Expressive Portrait Drawing with Soft Pastels
The Importance of Keeping a Sketchbook
A course by Chris Gambrell, Artist and Fashion Illustrator
About the video: The Importance of Keeping a Sketchbook
Overview
“In this lesson we’ll look at the value of keeping a sketchbook. A sketchbook is an incredible tool that allows you journal and document your observations whether this be through drawings or even words.”
In this video lesson Chris Gambrell addresses the topic: The Importance of Keeping a Sketchbook, 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
“So in this lesson, we're going to be looking at the value of keeping a sketchbook, the importance of being able to record what you see then and there, and then be able to reference that You'll be able to use it to discipline yourself, to be able to produce things over time, and also to be able to use it for your work it's a motivational device, it's many many things. So the first point is that it is a journal-like recording of words, thoughts, and drawings. Other people might choose to have a diary or to write down notes in a day. I'm a very visual thinker. as a lot of people are. And it's ...”
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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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