Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method
Proportions: Portrait Study 2
A course by Michele Bajona , Contemporary Figurative Artist
About the video: Proportions: Portrait Study 2
Overview
“Let's complete our drawing by adding more depth and details to it.”
In this video lesson Michele Bajona addresses the topic: Proportions: Portrait Study 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
“Proportions: Portrait Study I'm almost done getting my tonal value in. Erasing is also a good way to create nice shadow areas that are uniform. Another way to do it is to use a blender, which Leonardo would have done a lot, and blend in all this, the upper part of the eye, for example, and the bottom part of the eye. Then we can always add some more charcoal to it. In this case, I'm starting to use carbon because it's finer compressed charcoal. Even in Leonardo's time, there might have been some charcoals that were better at than others. You will see that materials behave differently depend...”
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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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