Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Pencil
Adding Calligraphy
A course by Matt Smith , Artist
About the video: Adding Calligraphy
Overview
“Now, I will make some quick corrections to my drawing. Then, I will add some calligraphy/hatching to the sketch. This will create more interest to the overall drawing.”
In this video lesson Matt Smith addresses the topic: Adding Calligraphy, 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
“ Adding Calligraphy In this lesson, we'll add calligraphy to add more interest to the sketch. Before doing to the calligraphy, I want to make a quick correction to my sketch. I just noticed here on the headpiece, it needs to come out a bit more on my drawing. It's feeling a little bit flat and flush with the head into the headpiece all the way out when it needs to jump out or carve out a bit more. That looks better now. To start adding the calligraphy, I'll begin down here in the beard, in the facial hair, to demonstrate that area. Then, I'll begin to add calligraphy throughout other parts...”
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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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