Caricature Portrait with Graphite
Drawing the hair
A course by Víctor Vélez , Caricature Artist
About the video: Drawing the hair
Overview
“Now, let's see an important part that is often a relevant characteristic of a character, the hair. I'll show you a simpler way to draw it.”
In this video lesson Víctor Vélez addresses the topic: Drawing the hair, 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
“Before drawing the full face We will draw the hair in its different forms. From a circle that I draw to simulate our head, I'm going to draw the axes that allow us how to see what a face is, but we are going to concentrate In what is the hair. In this case we are going to make a girl's hair. I will try to make it a bit messy hair, but as to give the continuity of the hair that looks behind Like the one ahead. For that use a pencil that is very hard, that allows me to just trace before entering the strongest shadows. For strong shadows I will use a softer pencil, a B or 3B, Maybe up to 6B. T...”
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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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