Expressive Monochromatic Oil Portraits

Overview

“In this lesson it is time to emphasize the character's facial features. I will also tell you in detail about the most important parts of the portrait.”

In this video lesson Gustavo Velasco addresses the topic: The portrait, 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

“The portrait In this lesson we are going to focus now in the main planes of the portrait and start building some details of facial features. This time, as my face is going to go inside the stain, I'm going to need to remove paint. For this I am going to use the cloth and sometimes also the rubber. So let's say I'm going to start drawing the planes of the head, but in a negative way, that is, removing paint. For this, we have already studied the plans from Asaro's head earlier. So I'm going to try to find the general or main plans. It is also important to choose where we are going to put our...”

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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