Pencil Portraits: Light, Shadow, and Proportion

Overview

“You already have the abstract structure made and you drew your character with lines. You also saw what aesthetic to give to the drawing and you did the gray scale. Now it's time to shade your drawing with the values 1 and 3, with 1 being the white of the paper and 3 being the middle of the scale. ”

In this video lesson Juan Perednik addresses the topic: First Layers of Shading of the Drawing, 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

“First layers of shading of the drawing We already have the base to start all the shading of our final project. We made the abstract structure. Then, with straight lines, we draw the character in question, We saw what aesthetic we are going to give to the drawing. We tried three thumbnail sketches. We have, on the other hand, our gray scale which will help us in the next step. Now we are going to shade our drawing with the values one and three. Remember that the one is the white of the paper and the value three is the middle of our scale. Notice how I grab the pencil from behind. I don't car...”

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Course summary for: Pencil Portraits: Light, Shadow, and Proportion

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (90)
• 3591 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 8m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration