Expressive Portrait Drawing with Soft Pastels
Proportions 2
A course by Chris Gambrell , Artist and Fashion Illustrator
About the video: Proportions 2
Overview
“Here I will continue to work on the proportions and check that the distances between the elements are correct.”
In this video lesson Chris Gambrell addresses the topic: Proportions 2, 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
“We're going to now reference the bottom of the tip of the nose. so that we can see where her cheekbone pulls in and we'll use that as a point to draw to. If you want to measure across, you've got the measurement of the eye to work from. And I would say it's just a little bit less than the width of the eye. So from here to here. So just getting the line of the side of the face in. So there are two Curves So that lines, it goes down. I think it might need to come over slightly. Don't worry. I think possibly my measurement of that was slightly off. It's a little bit different because of the an...”
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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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