Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method
Botanical Drawings 2
A course by Michele Bajona , Contemporary Figurative Artist
About the video: Botanical Drawings 2
Overview
“In this lesson, we will end the study of botanical drawings and complete our exercise.”
In this video lesson Michele Bajona addresses the topic: Botanical Drawings 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
“Botanical Drawings I've been working on this for approximately 40 minutes. You can take your time obviously. The way I drew the top part of the branch is exactly the way I was doing for the bottom part. I also started to shade in a few places just to give a tonal value, just like a mid tonal value to represent everything that is in shadow. Because what we do now, once the drawing is in place, is to just find out if this drawing is correct. The only way to figure out when a drawing is correct is to represent lights and shadows and see the big masses, the way they are conformed, so if we see ...”
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Course summary for: Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching
Michele Bajona
A course by Michele Bajona
Michele Bajona is an architect-turned-painter whose artwork has been exhibited throughout America and Europe. He attended the Art Student League in New York City and is a member of Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc in Barcelona. He currently resides in Mexico City, where he continues to paint and teaches art. He has given masterclasses at Museums and cultural institutions.
In addition to solo and collective exhibitions across the globe, he won the first prize for best video documentary at the 54th Venice Art Biennial, Padiglione Italia.
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