Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil
Face proportions
A course by Diego Catalan Amilivia , Painter and Illustrator
Joined November 2017
About the video: Face proportions
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you what are the proportional relationships of the face. Check and respect these distances on the model is an operation sometimes cumbersome but always necessary to locate the factions and get the resemblance to our model. Sometimes a difference of a couple of millimeters can ruin the resemblance and although obsessing with the measurements is also dangerous in this phase, we must always work from the precision. ”
In this video lesson Diego Catalan Amilivia addresses the topic: Face proportions, 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
“We've sketched the face; now let's arrange its features. We'll discuss proportion and harmonious relationships. Amen. Let's explore facial proportions and harmony. Let's talk a bit about the proportions of the face. its internal distances. and its harmonious relationships. We'll show two views: the frontal and the lateral. always considering the proportional ratio. the relationship between the two axes. the longitudinal and transverse of the skull will favor the longitudinal. The skull and face will always be taller than wide. viewed from the front. side. and above. it doesn't matter. So. w...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Diego Catalan Amilivia
A course by Diego Catalan Amilivia
Diego Catalán graduated from the University of Salamanca with a degree in Fine Arts, specializing in painting. He has done postgraduate work at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York City. He currently combines his art with his work teaching Artistic Anatomy at the Escuela Superior de Dibujo Profesional in Madrid.
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