Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face
Photographing Your Sketches
A course by Gabriela Niko , Illustrator and Sketchbook Artist
About the video: Photographing Your Sketches
Overview
“In this lesson I’ll tell you how to take photos of your sketches.”
In this video lesson Gabriela Niko addresses the topic: Photographing Your Sketches, 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
“Photographing Your Sketches In this lesson, I'll show you how to photograph your sketches to post them on social media. The main rule I have is to take photos in natural light. That's because, in artificial light, my sketches tend to look a bit yellowish. Also, it's difficult to take a photo of very subtle, delicate lines. In sunlight, they're more visible. What I mean by sunlight it's not that I'm going out with my sketch, because the sun and the contrast would be too strong. The paper would reflect too much light. I'm only putting my sketchbook next to the window. I like to take photos of...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face
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Category
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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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