Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Pencil
Dexterity Building Exercises
A course by Matt Smith , Artist
About the video: Dexterity Building Exercises
Overview
“Here I will be working on dexterity building exercises. This will include drawing circles and ellipses, as well as straight lines. I will also cover shapes and calligraphy/hatching.”
In this video lesson Matt Smith addresses the topic: Dexterity Building Exercises, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Pencil. Learn to sketch a portrait from scratch by exploring a variety of drawing techniques and bring it to life using basic shapes, tones, shadows, and line work.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Dexterity Building Exercise In this lesson, we'll work on exercises to help build our dexterity and hand control. These exercises will help get you better control. If you have a shaky hand, these will help remove that and will also give you more confidence in your drawing ability. I used to have a very shaky hand many years ago, and these exercises helped get rid of that. The first exercise we'll work on is drawing some circles and ellipses. As I draw these, I'll start by something I call ghosting, which is I'll just guide the pencil before I make a mark. I have my pinky knuckle portion o...”
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Course summary for: Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Pencil
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing
Matt Smith
A course by Matt Smith
Matthew Smith is an award-winning artist, illustrator, and educator from upstate New York, but has been living in San Diego, California for 15 years. He comes from a family of six, and has a twin brother, who is an artist as well. Like many artists growing up, he has been creating art for as long as he can remember. From drawing dinosaurs very early on to his favorite cartoon and video game characters, he was always creating.
After completing an art degree in university, he began to teach drawing and painting for over a decade. He has created artwork for clients across multiple industries, from gaming, film to fashion. Some of his clients include TIME Magazine, BLT Communications, Remetee Clothing, among others. His work has also been published in multiple books and magazines, such as Spectrum, Infected By Art, and ARC Salon .
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