Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil

Overview

“The right materials will produce the desired effects, although the opposite will also be true, so it is vital to have everything you need before you start. There are times when you can get great effects using improvised tools, but this is usually the exception to the norm and when you are learning you must learn to master the technical language starting with the simplest. Get your materials, know them, and learn to master them! ”

In this video lesson Diego Catalan Amilivia addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil. Learn the basics and technique to create realistic anatomical drawings.

Partial transcription of the video

“MATERIALS Alright, the time has come to talk about materials. I'm going to give you a brief overview because, later on, I'll explain how to use them in greater detail. Pencils. We want a range including hard pencils, like a number 3 or a 4H, and also a very soft pencil, like a 9B. Like this one here. We'll use these pencils to do very dark shading. Sometimes, if the surface to be colored is a lot darker, we'll need a graphite pencil like this. It should also be very soft. We'll see that as we go. We'll also use some much harder pencils to do modeling work and create more delicate textures. ...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (5169)
• 150833 students
• 4 units
• 35 lessons (9h 30m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration