Intro to Portrait Sketching: Draw in Real-Time
Capturing the Likeness of the Figure
A course by Bill Robles , Courtroom Illustrator
About the video: Capturing the Likeness of the Figure
Overview
“In this lesson, I will go over how to accurately capture a live subject! You will learn how to choose where to start, how to identify unique features of the subject, and how to fix mistakes. ”
In this video lesson Bill Robles addresses the topic: Capturing the Likeness of the Figure, 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
“ Capturing the Likeness of the Figure In the last lesson, you recall that we rendered an architectural drawing from life. In this lesson, we'll cover how to capture the likeness of a live model. For my final project, we'll be drawing in my vellum pad, my Pentel Rolling Writer, my Tombow brush pen in black, and I'll demonstrate later how we get a dry brush with another Tombow brush pen, and my eraser is a single-edge razorblade. I have Tom here as our model for our final project. Looking at Tom, our model, I see him as an almost ethnic, Scandinavian-looking person, very handsome, great feat...”
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Course summary for: Intro to Portrait Sketching: Draw in Real-Time
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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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