Mixed Media Portraiture: Capturing Expressions and Emotions
Blending and Detailing Techniques
A course by Daniel Segrove , Artist, Illustrator, and Teacher
About the video: Blending and Detailing Techniques
Overview
“You will learn rendering techniques like how to shade and blend using graphite to create a smooth and realistic form. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Segrove addresses the topic: Blending and Detailing Techniques, 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
“Blending and Detailing Techniques Now our major values are blocked in, in this lesson we'll blend and detail. Now that I'm feeling comfortable with the values, I'll start blending. I have my little squares of toilet paper here. When I blend I wanna make sure that I blend in certain areas and not spread them out, meaning, if I'm working on a dark value of the hair, I don't wanna blend into the highlight, because that will move the graphite into an area that I don't want to contaminate with any graphite. When I'm working in the hair section, I'll blend only in the hair section. Like so. The p...”
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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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