Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Pencil
Constructing the Head
A course by Matt Smith, Artist
About the video: Constructing the Head
Overview
“In this lesson, I will begin my larger head construction. I will follow the same process as before, but I will be moving slower to be more accurate.”
In this video lesson Matt Smith addresses the topic: Constructing the Head, 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
“So in this lesson we'll begin by working on the construction of the head. of a more advanced sketch. So this sketch is gonna be a bit larger, so I'm gonna start with a much larger circle and I'm gonna put it a little bit more in the center of the page, So I want to compose it nicely on the page. Again, taking my time. thinking about it. Come and lay that circle in. Now I come in and add that jar. Again, there's a bit of a tilt. in the head, I'll bring part of the head up a little bit more. to kind of fit that circle better. I'll take out this old line because I don't want that there. So as ...”
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Course summary for: Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Pencil
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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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