Mixed Media Portraiture: Capturing Expressions and Emotions

Overview

“In this lesson, I will go over the materials for the course, the brands I use and why, and the strengths and weaknesses of each medium.”

In this video lesson Daniel Segrove addresses the topic: Tools and Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Mixed Media Portraiture: Capturing Expressions and Emotions. Create expressive contemporary portraits that combine realism and abstraction using a variety of materials and artistic techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“Tools & Materials Previously, I went over my inspirations, my influences, things that motivate me to jump into the studio and create art. In this lesson, I'll go over my tools and materials, starting off with my graphite, which is gonna take up most of the video for the final project. Starting off with my mechanical pencil. My mechanical pencil is used for detailing. It's a light pencil, it has HB led, H stands for hardness, the B stands for blackness. When I go down the line here, the 2B, the 4B, the 6B, and the 8B that's going from lightest to darkest. Where the higher the number, the...”

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Course summary for: Mixed Media Portraiture: Capturing Expressions and Emotions

• Level: Beginner
• 96% positive reviews (119)
• 2975 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 57m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing