Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Pencil
Finishing the Sketch
A course by Matt Smith , Artist
About the video: Finishing the Sketch
Overview
“Next, I will go over any final details as I bring the sketch to a finish. This will include adding more darker values and calligraphy, and any last-minute shape adjustments that may need correcting.”
In this video lesson Matt Smith addresses the topic: Finishing the Sketch, 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 be adding finishing touches to the sketch. That will be anything from adding calligraphy, darker values, cleaning up the drawing, Anything that I think that needs to be done to make it look more successful. The first thing I'm going to address is just cleaning up a lot of the smudge work that I had happening from resting my hand on the drawing. Like I was mentioning earlier in the other lessons, you want to keep your drawing clean as you move throughout it. So I'm gonna take my kneaded eraser here and just start cleaning up these large, smudgy areas in the drawing. S...”
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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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