Mixed Media Portraiture: Capturing Expressions and Emotions

Overview

“Now you will do an exercise that is crucial to understanding how to properly position and draw your facial features. ”

In this video lesson Daniel Segrove addresses the topic: Methods of Basic Facial Proportions, 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

“Methods of Basic Facial Proportions We just went over how to take a good reference photo. In this lesson, we'll see how to find basic proportions of the face. The first thing I think about is the placement of the face. Usually, your first measurement is the height. Then you'd do a sighting measurement to find the width, but since we'll just do a very simple, almost cartoony face, just to find where the facial features go, I'll just do a simple egg shape. I do often use the Loomis method as well, but I find the Loomis method works better for faces at angle, whether that'd be looking up, look...”

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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