Realistic Pencil Portraiture: Capture Stories and Emotions
How to Create Form
A course by Alan Coulson , Portrait Artist
About the video: How to Create Form
Overview
“ In this lesson, you will learn my approach to creating a form with pencils, experimenting with mark making and using erasers. ”
In this video lesson Alan Coulson addresses the topic: How to Create Form, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Pencil Portraiture: Capture Stories and Emotions. Illustrate lifelike portraits using a reference photo as your guide and make them your own with personalized details.
Partial transcription of the video
“How to Create Form In this lesson, we're going to look at how to create form using our pencils, a convincing 3D shape, looking at darks, midtones and lights. I'll make a study of an ear. Ears are an interesting shape. There's a real contrast between the dark areas and where the light catches certain areas of ear. It's also great for making a quick study as we don't have to worry too much about getting it exactly right. No ear is the same. No one will look at your picture and think it's not right. It's lovely curves and shapes. I've created a reference by taking a photo of my own ear with my...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Pencil Portraiture: Capture Stories and Emotions
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration
Alan Coulson
A course by Alan Coulson
Alan Coulson is an award-winning portrait artist from England with over fifteen years of experience using oil paints. He began a Fine Arts degree, however, after struggling to articulate his creative ideas, he dropped out and began working in fashion retail.
It was the birth of his first son in 2005 that prompted him to reconnect with his artistic ideas and explore oil painting. Shortly after deciding to pursue his dream of becoming a portrait artist, Alan Coulson was awarded a BP Portrait Award from The National Portrait Gallery in London. The exposure and awards he has received have given rise to a successful career in portraiture with clients including The New York Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, Bloomberg Markets Magazine, Carlton Books, The Chronicle Review, Club Wembley, and more.
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