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Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method

Gesture and Drawing Structure

A course by Michele Bajona , Contemporary Figurative Artist

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12,776 students

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About the video: Gesture and Drawing Structure

Overview

“Now, we will create the main structure for the drawing with construction lines that can be helpful to define where our main masses will go.”

In this video lesson Michele Bajona addresses the topic: Gesture and Drawing Structure, 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

“Gesture and Drawing Structure In this phase of the final project, we're going to analyze the gesture and start our drawing structure of the head. This is important to find every single element of the portrait and put it on the paper, again, looking at proportions the way Leonardo would've looked at them and also considering the position of the reference picture of your choice. If the head is tilted somehow and it's not standing still like this. If it turns down or if it turns up, we have to take that into consideration based on the ideal proportions of the head. In this case, we said that w...”

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

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (432)
12776 students
5 units
21 lessons (4h 25m)
10 downloads

Category
Illustration
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching

Michele Bajona

A course by Michele Bajona

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Contemporary Figurative Artist

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.