Realistic Pencil Portraiture: Capture Stories and Emotions
Hair
A course by Alan Coulson , Portrait Artist
About the video: Hair
Overview
“ In this lesson, I will show you my approach to drawing convincing hair by layering shading and line and working with an eraser pen to create highlights. ”
In this video lesson Alan Coulson addresses the topic: Hair , 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
“Hair In this lesson, we'll be focussing on drawing the hair. I've already finished the face, continued with the process where we left off in the previous lesson. Continuing with those directional lines and then blending and softening with the brush, adding a few highlights with my eraser pen. I'm really happy with how the face is looking. It will need refining, especially once the hair is there. It changes the dynamic slightly. But I'm still enjoying working in this methodical way, finishing this drawing section by section. Let's move on to the hair and get drawing. There's quite a few cons...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Pencil Portraiture: Capture Stories and Emotions
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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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