Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face
Face from the Front
A course by Gabriela Niko , Illustrator and Sketchbook Artist
About the video: Face from the Front
Overview
“In this lesson I’ll show you how I draw a face from the frontal view.”
In this video lesson Gabriela Niko addresses the topic: Face from the Front, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face. Discover the fundamentals of portraiture by learning to draw facial features and tracking your progress in a sketchbook.
Partial transcription of the video
“Face From the Front In this lesson, I'll show you how to draw a portrait from a frontal view. Here, I have a reference and it's going to be difficult because I always have problems with a frontal view, and also there is no strong light and a shadow here. Everything is even, but we'll try. It's just a sketchbook, we'll practice. As before, I'm starting with general shapes, very lightly, so, the pencil is almost invisible on the paper right now. Here's the central line. The eyes will be difficult to draw because... they're beautiful but asymmetrical. Also, a part here is in shadow because of ...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching
Gabriela Niko
A course by Gabriela Niko
Gabriela Niko is a freelance artist based in Poland. Having grown up in a family of artists, her passion for drawing came at a very early age. She went on to study design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poland, and started her professional career in sports apparel design. After almost a decade of working in the clothing design industry, she decided to leave her position as a designer and pursue drawing full time in 2020.
Gabriela uses her social media platforms to share her work and has quickly gained recognition by amassing over 350K followers on Instagram. She is currently a brand ambassador for Paper Concept, a Polish art store, and has completed a number of commissioned works, including book illustrations, tattoos, and logo designs.
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