Mixed Media Portraiture: Capturing Expressions and Emotions
Abstraction of the Face 2
A course by Daniel Segrove , Artist, Illustrator, and Teacher
About the video: Abstraction of the Face 2
Overview
“This is where you will execute the practice you did now on the real drawing. Building up the textures, adding colors, until satisfied with the result. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Segrove addresses the topic: Abstraction of the Face 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
“Abstraction of the Face I want to have a feeling of movement, so I'm gonna add more repeating shapes. I want this eye to repeat, which is very common for figurative work, because great at creating that feeling of movement in a still image. I'll repeat the same shape I see there. I'll blend it out and I'll keep refining it to get the right shape. Maybe it's too much, so I'll deteriorate it a little bit to keep some of that subtle feeling. I'll go back and forth until I am satisfied. Do I like it or not? Do I think it's going in a good way? I'm doing all these little things to build up textur...”
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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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