Caricature Portrait with Graphite
Our materials
A course by Víctor Vélez , Caricature Artist
About the video: Our materials
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you different brands and types of graphite that you can use to make your caricature. I will teach you which are my favorites and the different graduations. We will know the types of paper recommended for graphite, the different gums and the effects that are achieved with the scissors.”
In this video lesson Víctor Vélez addresses the topic: Our materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Caricature Portrait with Graphite. Learn to depict people and capture their essence through a caricature portrait.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson I will show you the materials that we will use in the course and how it works. Well, the first material What we're going to talk about is paper. Two of the main roles I use are the bond and the corsican. I use a bond paper because the big wave of paper allows me ... trace with ease. There are other papers that are very satin Like opaline paper. They could also use and experience it. I use these papers for porosity and this allows me how not to get to the deepest of blacks and keep working. Some people do not like to use bond paper Because it is very economical. For me this ro...”
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Course summary for: Caricature Portrait with Graphite
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Víctor Vélez
A course by Víctor Vélez
Víctor Vélez is a caricature artist from Mexico City with more than three decades of experience in the industry. He published his first piece at the age of 16, launching a long-term collaboration with El Universal, one of the biggest newspapers in Mexico. He has also collaborated with other major publications such as El Economista, La Jornada, and Reforma. He is currently a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte in Mexico, specifically in the field of graphic narrative.
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