Intro to Portrait Sketching: Draw in Real-Time
Full Figure Sketching
A course by Bill Robles , Courtroom Illustrator
About the video: Full Figure Sketching
Overview
“I will now talk about the differences between masculine and feminine physiques, using my drawings of Michael Jackson and Cristina Ferrare as exemples. ”
In this video lesson Bill Robles addresses the topic: Full Figure Sketching, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intro to Portrait Sketching: Draw in Real-Time. Learn to draw on-the-spot sketches with a famous courtroom illustrator, using pens, colored pencils, and markers to capture a subject and their environment.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the last lesson, we talked about drawing the human head. In this lesson, we're going to talk about full figure illustration in an interesting composition. I want to discuss a couple of trials that I covered. that span 21 years between the two. The first one, is the John DeLorean drug trafficking trial. John DeLorean, of the car manufacturer The DeLorean. and his beautiful model wife, christina Ferrara. in the 1984 trial in Los Angeles. 21 years later, the Michael Jackson trial in Santa Maria, California, Michael Jackson trial. took place in 2005. I wanted to discuss the differences and w...”
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Course summary for: Intro to Portrait Sketching: Draw in Real-Time
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Category
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Areas
Colored Pencil Drawing, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Portrait Drawing, Sketching
Bill Robles
A course by Bill Robles
Bill Robles is a courtroom illustrator from Los Angeles who has worked on some of the world’s most high-profile cases. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Art Center College of Design, and went on to work on the 1970 Charles Manson case, which launched his career. He has since worked on cases involving O.J Simpson, Michael Jackson, Harvey Weinstein, and Britney Spears among others.
Outside the courtroom, Bill has received numerous awards and assignments, including an Emmy Award nomination and three gold medals from the Broadcast Designers Association. He has worked with clients including CBS News, CNN, NBC News, and Fox News. Bill was also commissioned by NASA to cover the first four space shuttle missions. He is still active in TV News and Illustration Commissions, and gives lectures about his courtroom artwork at libraries, colleges, and art groups.
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