Drawing From Imagination with Graphite and Charcoal
Transferring to Paper
A course by Shaun Friend , Visual Artist
About the video: Transferring to Paper
Overview
“I will now explain how to scan and resize the drawing and show you how to transfer it to paper before beginning to work on the final piece. ”
In this video lesson Shaun Friend addresses the topic: Transferring to Paper, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing From Imagination with Graphite and Charcoal . Embrace the freedom of drawing and create art that tells a story through mark making, composition, line work, and tone.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Transferring to Paper In this lesson, I'll show you how to transfer our sketch to paper. The first step is to scan it into Photoshop. I'll show you how to resize it to the finished size that we need, and then output it to A4 paper so that we can begin our transfer using graphite paper to the paper that we need. Ok, let's do it. Here we have our A4 scan of the final sketch that we did in our sketchbooks. I'll talk you through how to resize that to A3, which is approximately the size of the final piece of paper that we'll do our final drawing on. Before that, I want to go back to one of the...”
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Course summary for: Drawing From Imagination with Graphite and Charcoal
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Shaun Friend
A course by Shaun Friend
Shaun Friend is a visual artist based in the UK. He studied a foundation course in art and design before going on to work as a trainee artist at an advertising agency, learning the basics of typography, layout, and design. This led Shaun to a 25-year career in graphic design which he initially enjoyed but later, felt stifled his creativity. Encouraged by his wife, he returned to drawing and painting, initially as a hobby, and eventually as his full-time job.
Shaun soon began posting his work online and connecting with creatives from all over the world. Since then, he’s exhibited his art which combines a variety of artistic mediums, in Germany, Japan, the UK, and Australia. He also sells his illustrations via his website and shares them with over 140K followers on Instagram.
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