Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil

Overview

“The soft tissue and features are responsible for the visible forms in the head. We already know the skull, let's see now how are the muscles that surround it and the elementary shape of eyes, nose, mouth, etc. These conceptual ideas will help us to identify the elements that can give more plausibility to our drawing on our model.”

In this video lesson Diego Catalan Amilivia addresses the topic: Surface anatomy: facial features and muscles - I, 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

“Good. After all that. what's left is to cover the rigid skull structure with muscles and skin and prepare it for modeling. So why don't we get to it? We'll independently address the eye. mouth. nose. and the ear. In the ear chapter. we'll also cover some surface muscles. Let's start with the eye. First. we'll build a skull seen as a three-quarter view. slightly from above. on which to add layers and layers of soft tissue and features. We begin with this simple shape: a skull viewed from above. Consider how we essentially have the top plane. which serves as the foundation for adding the vari...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
• 35 lessons (9h 30m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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