Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method

Overview

“Let’s start preparing our supports in order to be able to draw just like Leonardo used to. For this, we have to use some of the materials described in the previous lesson. Let’s see how they work on paper!”

In this video lesson Michele Bajona addresses the topic: Support Preparation 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method. Learn to cultivate active curiosity while exploring Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing techniques to create a classical portrait drawing with materials used in the Renaissance era.

Partial transcription of the video

“Support Preparation This lesson is about support preparation and we're going to prepare a piece of paper the way Leonardo would've done with the materials of his time. Let's start with a half-size sheet of paper. This is cotton paper. This is the kind of paper Leonardo would've used. We know it lasts the test of time because we have drawings from Leonardo that are more than 500 years old. We can now proceed to part this big piece of paper in two. In order to do that, I like to do it manually and not use any tool. What I do is I fold the paper in two, and I pass my finger a few times on the ...”

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Course summary for: Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method

• Level: Beginner
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• 5 units
• 21 lessons (4h 25m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching