Pencil Portraits: Light, Shadow, and Proportion
The Materials
A course by Juan Perednik , Illustrator
About the video: The Materials
Overview
“In this lesson, I am going to describe and recommend the materials that you should use during the course.”
In this video lesson Juan Perednik addresses the topic: The Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pencil Portraits: Light, Shadow, and Proportion. Learn how to draw expressive portraits by understanding the basics of lighting and the proportions of the human face.
Partial transcription of the video
“The materials Now I am going to show the materials that we are going to use throughout the course. On the one hand, the pencils. I always recommend starting well loose and sometimes we must help ourselves with loose tools. For example, this pencil here. It is a pencil that is 5 mm in diameter. This means that we are hardly going to know where you are stepping and that allows us to relax without being so focused on the point of support. On the other hand, we have this box of six Faber-Castell, which brings the range of hardness that I like: from HB to 8B. It has HB, B, 2B, 4B, 6 and 8B. Obvi...”
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Course summary for: Pencil Portraits: Light, Shadow, and Proportion
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Juan Perednik
A course by Juan Perednik
Argentine illustrator Juan Perednik has been drawing for as long as he can remember and it is one of the things he most enjoys in life. For him, every drawing is a brand new experience, a challenge, and the truest artistic technique for expressing emotions.
His delicate line work and mastery of light paved the way for him to work with The Rock, PayPal, MercadoLibre, Canal 13, and Marcelo Tinelli, as well as create portraits for various celebrities as famous as Justin Bieber. This gave him the visibility he needed to grow his now extensive community, made up of fans who admire and follow each of his new creations through his social media.
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