Mixed Media Portraiture: Capturing Expressions and Emotions
Abstraction of the Face 1
A course by Daniel Segrove , Artist, Illustrator, and Teacher
About the video: Abstraction of the Face 1
Overview
“Now we are at my favorite part of the process, which is the abstracting of the face. This is where you make the artwork feel more unique to your own style and taste. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Segrove addresses the topic: Abstraction of the Face 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
“Abstraction of the Face With the blending and detailing finished, we'll start the abstraction, which has a few additions that I wanna go over once more. We've discussed this in the material list. I'm getting my acrylic paints ready in various colors. Don't choose this many. If you have one color in mind for a monochromatic image, that's fine. Brushes, paper towels to clean the brushes, but also to use for pushing around the oil pastel. Also a cup of water. It serves a few purposes of keeping my brushes clean, but I'll use it to abstract the face as well, like a watercolor. We also have the ...”
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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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