Contemporary Drawing of the Human Figure

Overview

“In this lesson I will show you how to make the lace to start transferring the figure to the paper. I will teach you to look for the gesture and the basic proportions of the figure that will serve as a guide to make the composition and define the final figure. ”

In this video lesson Pau Marinello addresses the topic: Lace, which is part of the Domestika online course: Contemporary Drawing of the Human Figure. Learn to create expressive drawings of the human figure with mixed media by exploring abstraction and movement.

Partial transcription of the video

“Outline Now we'll start on our outline. To create the outline, we'll use the following materials. First, we'll use the willow charcoal you're already familiar with, this natural charcoal, which we're going to break like this to sharpen one of the sides. We'll also use the eraser that we used before, the charcoal eraser, which we'll simply use to erase. It’s part of the process. We can also use a stick or a pencil like the one I have here to measure with our arm outstretched and one eye closed. This way, we can get a sense of some of the measurements. In these first few lines of our outline,...”

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Course summary for: Contemporary Drawing of the Human Figure

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (134)
• 4701 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (2h 22m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Acrylic Painting, Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Traditional illustration