Classical Portrait Drawing: The Renaissance Man’s Method
Features and Details 2
A course by Michele Bajona , Contemporary Figurative Artist
About the video: Features and Details 2
Overview
“Let's complete our portrait and bring it to life by adding more and more details and emphasizing its tridimensionality.”
In this video lesson Michele Bajona addresses the topic: Features and Details 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
“Features and Details It's time to get closer to the final look. Part of it will be adding some background. To do so, we could either use the same ink of the toning of the paper, or we just can simply hatch the background being darker on this side with charcoal, just like this. This is probably what Leonardo would've done. Remember, we're using the entire arm. I highly recommend that you draw standing because that creates a lot of dynamics that do not happen when you're sitting down. All these lines, especially the charcoal, in the beginning, they look kind of odd and they look kind of rusty...”
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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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