Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Pencil
Refining the Shapes
A course by Matt Smith , Artist
About the video: Refining the Shapes
Overview
“In this lesson, I will adjust the shapes for better accuracy and design. This will improve the overall look of the artwork.”
In this video lesson Matt Smith addresses the topic: Refining the Shapes, 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
“In this lesson, we'll be adjusting the shapes to get a better design and overall look. So the first shape I'm going to adjust is actually up in here. So right now I have basically a line going through it, which is not what I want. That that shape is a little bit thicker. It probably should have been addressed earlier, but Being that this is the shape adjusting lesson, this would be the perfect area to start. So right now I'm just gonna take the pencil and do My swirling motion to kind of build up that shape and get it a little bit thicker. just trying to be very close. So this takes a lot o...”
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Course summary for: Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Pencil
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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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