Pencil Portraits: Light, Shadow, and Proportion

Overview

“With the finished drawing and next to the chosen reference photo on the table, I will make a brief analysis of my process. This is important to rescue both what I liked and what I didn't and, in this way, be able to apply it or not to future creations.”

In this video lesson Juan Perednik addresses the topic: Drawing Analysis, 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

“drawing analysis Finally, we are going to do a little analysis, not only about the reference photo, but also about our drawing and process. On the one hand, I always recommend change the reference photo to black and white. Why is this? Because we are going to be working with graphite and only with tones of lights and shadows. We are not going to work in colors and that makes our work much easier. If we had the color photo, we should be thinking and reasoning if, for example, the pinkness of the lips it is lighter or darker than the earth of the cheekbones. If we turn it to black and white, ...”

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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