Drawing From Imagination with Graphite and Charcoal
Ways to Create Tone 2
A course by Shaun Friend , Visual Artist
About the video: Ways to Create Tone 2
Overview
“Next, I will continue the process started previously and keep working on the rest of the drawing. It is essential to always draw lightly with the pencil, gradually building tone and taking time to assess the overall progress.”
In this video lesson Shaun Friend addresses the topic: Ways to Create Tone 2, 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
“ Ways to Create Tone As I work on the hair, I'm trying to keep it light, but it's naturally going a bit darker, which is not a bad thing as we'll then work on it to lift the highlights. We can take it back a little bit more if we needed to, or you might want to see it working as a dark. I suspect we want to probably work it darker around the edges of her body but because the plan is to take this hooded figure or her head to be dark and black, we'll make sure to keep enough highlights around here to see a differentiation between the hair and the background. That will come from the lights an...”
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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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