Realistic Pencil Portraiture: Capture Stories and Emotions

Composition of Your Subject

A course by Alan Coulson , Portrait Artist

99% positive reviews (135)

3,405 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Composition of Your Subject

Overview

“Here, you will learn how to create your reference photo. Considering how pose and composition will affect your portrait, select the reference that will best translate into a drawing. ”

In this video lesson Alan Coulson addresses the topic: Composition of Your Subject, 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

“Composition of Your Subject In this lesson, we'll be looking at reference photos and how composition of your subjects can really affect the outcome. Personally, I like to take my own reference photos. I think that this creates a more unique portrait and I also really like the story that's attached to each of my subjects. Whether it's somebody I know intimately, a close family member or friend. Whether it might be myself or somebody I have only met briefly. It all ties into the portrait and when I'm working on the portrait and thinking about this relationship and this affects the work. We're...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Pencil Portraiture: Capture Stories and Emotions

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (135)
3405 students
5 units
18 lessons (4h 0m)
3 downloads

Category
Illustration
Areas
Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration

Alan Coulson

A course by Alan Coulson

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Portrait Artist

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.