Mixed Media Portraiture: Capturing Expressions and Emotions

Overview

“I will show some techniques and exercises to get more familiarized with the materials.”

In this video lesson Daniel Segrove addresses the topic: Techniques and Exercises with Oil Pastel and Graphite 1, 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

“Techniques and Exercises with Oil Pastel and Graphite To get you familiar with the tools and materials, in this lesson, I'll be doing some quick exercises in graphite and oil pastel to show you their unique qualities. Starting off with my mechanical pencil here, I'll do a value grid and a value gradient. I'll also draw a realistic sphere to show you some blending techniques and to show you some ways to apply oil pastel over a rendered graphite image. The first thing I'll do is draw a quick five value scale. Five values, I would say, is the minimum values needed to create any realistic drawi...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 2975 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 57m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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