Realistic Pencil Portraiture: Capture Stories and Emotions

Personal Twist to Your Drawing

A course by Alan Coulson , Portrait Artist

99% positive reviews (135)

3,407 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Personal Twist to Your Drawing

Overview

“Outside of producing highly realistic drawings, I like to experiment with different ways of working. In this lesson, I will suggest ways to add an extra dynamic or splash of fun to your pencil drawing. ”

In this video lesson Alan Coulson addresses the topic: Personal Twist to Your Drawing, 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

“Personal Twist to Your Drawing In this lesson, I'd like to talk about adding a personal touch or an extra dynamic to your drawing. When we're working with realism, it's often easy to become quite precious about your drawing. I find, for myself sometimes, the most interesting things and the most interesting elements of my drawing are those mistakes or those areas where things happen that I didn't intend to happen. I look back and think that's actually part of the drawing that I really like. Sometimes when I'm making a drawing, I like to almost force those mistakes. I'll try maybe adding an e...”

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

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (135)
3407 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.