Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method
Features and Details 1
A course by Michele Bajona , Contemporary Figurative Artist
About the video: Features and Details 1
Overview
“In this lesson, we are going to focus on the features and details of our portrait.”
In this video lesson Michele Bajona addresses the topic: Features and Details 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
“Features and Details In this lesson, we'll focus on features and details. We'll do that with the three colors. Since I blocked all the main darks with my charcoal, it's time for the portrait to become more 3D and as close as possible to a realistic representation of my model. As we said in the exercise of the sphere, this darker tone normally is right where we have a transition between lights and shadow. This creates a more 3D representation on my bidimensional surface. Just pushing the limit here to see where my skin ends and where my transition with the hair starts. An artist in the Renai...”
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Course summary for: Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method
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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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