Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method

Overview

“Now, we are going to see how to work with colors and how to create watercolors for our drawings. We will also see the rest of the tools and materials.”

In this video lesson Michele Bajona addresses the topic: Support Preparation 2, 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 We know for sure that Leonardo da Vinci was using watercolors. He used them in many different drawings but especially, in his cartography drawings. So he will use probably more blue tones with his watercolors. We're going to use Italian Raw Umber instead, which is an earthy pigment, which comes from iron oxide and we're going to put it on the plate, just like that. I'm going to add Arabic gum to it. This has a little bit of glycerin added to it. It's a preparation from Rublev Natural Pigments. As you can see, the natural pigment doesn't like the binder, so you might want...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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  Illustration

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