Expressive Monochromatic Oil Portraits

Overview

“In this lesson I will tell you about my beginnings in urban art and my career as an artist and drawing teacher. I would love to convey to you how exciting this path is.”

In this video lesson Gustavo Velasco addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Monochromatic Oil Portraits. Learn the technique of monochromatic oils and create expressive portraits that capture the power of your gestures and the quality of the materials.

Partial transcription of the video

“Presentation Welcome to this course. My name is Gustavo Velasco. I am a Mexican painter born in the state of Tabasco. My beginnings were in urban art. When I was in high school, around the age of 12, I got my hands on some urban art, graffiti and other magazines, and that impressed me a lot. I started doing my first studies and attempts of that style, but i already knew I wanted to make more realism, faces, figures or characters. Try to do. At first I started with black and white spray and little by little I was adding color. When I was around 17 years old I took my first drawing class. Pre...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Monochromatic Oil Portraits

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (82)
• 2856 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 25m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting, Portrait Drawing