Mixed Media Portraiture: Capturing Expressions and Emotions
Portrait Structure 2
A course by Daniel Segrove , Artist, Illustrator, and Teacher
About the video: Portrait Structure 2
Overview
“I'll share with you how I draw until I feel the structure is accurate to my liking. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Segrove addresses the topic: Portrait Structure 2, 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
“Portrait Structure As I'm drawing this, what am I looking at really? Am I looking at the hairline? Yes, but I'm also looking at the forehead shape. I'm visualizing what is this larger shape, it's almost an arch with an arrow point on top, something I'm considering too. I'm trying to disconnect myself from the actual face and look at things like abstract shapes, which also really helps. It goes down here and it almost touches the same thing, the hair coming down in the face, touches it right about that edge of the eyelid. Then crops, it might be too low, so it goes up like this. It's OK to e...”
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Course summary for: Mixed Media Portraiture: Capturing Expressions and Emotions
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing
Daniel Segrove
A course by Daniel Segrove
Daniel Segrove is a mixed media artist based in San Francisco. He graduated from Academy of Art University with a BFA in Fine Arts. Following his collaboration with ShowStudio creating fashion illustrations early in his career, Daniel quickly gained wide recognition for his work, and has amassed over 107K followers on Instagram.
His work has been displayed in exhibitions throughout the United States and Canada, most notably at the Robert Kananaj Gallery in Toronto, and the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco. Daniel’s work has also been featured throughout Europe, like at the Galerie de Francony in Paris and in London Fashion Week (2015). Daniel also teaches workshops on portraiture and figure painting.
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