Expressive Portrait Drawing with Soft Pastels
Initial Sketching 1
A course by Chris Gambrell , Artist and Fashion Illustrator
About the video: Initial Sketching 1
Overview
“In this lesson you will become familiar with the subject matter by producing some studies, this will prime you to work on a more finished drawing.”
In this video lesson Chris Gambrell addresses the topic: Initial Sketching 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Portrait Drawing with Soft Pastels. Learn how to combine mark-making, composition, and color using soft pastels to create captivating portraits filled with emotion.
Partial transcription of the video
“Okay, so in this lesson, we're going to help you to become a little bit more familiar with the subject. by producing some studies, some initial sketching. This will help to prime you for the final drawing. I'm going to be using a Conte pencil for this. This one is an HB. so it's not too dark. I'm going to produce the first sketch. The first sketch will be first response to the subject. It will be an intuitive a raw interpretation of what I see. This should be about three minutes in length. probably no more. You don't have to time yourself, but if you feel like you have a tendency to become ...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Portrait Drawing with Soft Pastels
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Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Chris Gambrell
A course by Chris Gambrell
Exploring form, color, and texture through portraiture is a passion Chris carries with him since his teenage years in Bristol, UK. Always seeking to give a fresh perspective on movement and character, he could usually be found at local cafés, filling his sketchbooks with expressive renderings. Chris got his first comissioned work soon after graduating with an illustration degree at the University of the West of England and transitioned into fashion illustration soon after, with clients like Zara clothing.
Following his return from a twelve-year sabbatical in 2016, he started an Instagram account to document his artwork, which gave way to numerous work opportunities. He began illustrating for major European fashion houses and editorials. In 2020, he was chosen by VOGUE to be one of seven artists to draw his favorite looks from VOGUE’s Runway archive pages. Since then, his vibrant portraits have been featured in numerous exhibitions and art galleries. His most recent commissions include the book cover illustration for–art critic from The Guardian–Jonathan Jones’s biography on Artemisia Gentileschi.
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