Caricature Portrait with Graphite
Lights and shadows
A course by Víctor Vélez , Caricature Artist
About the video: Lights and shadows
Overview
“In this lesson, through an exercise, we will see the importance of lights and shadows in the quality of a drawing, since, the contrast of these elements, allows us to obtain volume. ”
In this video lesson Víctor Vélez addresses the topic: Lights and shadows, 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 using the materials that we saw in the last lesson, We will do an exercise of lights and shadows. Well, first I will work in a sphere that I have already drawn to explain a bit how the lights and shadows work. In this case I will place the light on the left side and the shadows on the right side, where there will also be a shadow that is projected and a light reflected in the sphere and then in the head we will apply the same principle, since the face has its own reliefs. Eyes, nose, mouth and everything has their own lights and shadows and this makes the exercise much more ...”
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Course summary for: Caricature Portrait with Graphite
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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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