Expressive Gesture Drawing and Portraiture
Influences
A course by Graceina Samosir , Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“These artists are some of the biggest influences on my style. In this lesson, I will share how they inspire me and how they manifest in my work. ”
In this video lesson Graceina Samosir addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Gesture Drawing and Portraiture. Learn how to illustrate an artistic collage filled with detail and movement by exploring a variety of drawing techniques including charcoal, chalk, and ink.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this lesson, I will talk about some artists that influenced my art pathway and whom I admire deeply. Nicolas Uribe is a painter based in Bogotá, Colombia. I was blessed to have been taught by him in university. His work is absolutely fantastic and stunning and he's one of the most prolific artists I know with a body of work so extensive and diverse that it speaks for itself. His paintings are incredibly done. A slice of his daily life and musings that possess rich tonal qualities. One of the many things that I extrapolated from him is that the process of painting or drawing ...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Gesture Drawing and Portraiture
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing

Graceina Samosir
A course by Graceina Samosir
Graceina Samosir is a professional artist and illustrator based in Ottawa, Canada. She majored in fine/visual arts in Colombia and Canada, during which time she regularly shared her projects online, which led to her selling her first piece of art.
Since then, Graceina’s work has been showcased in fourteen exhibitions, including her first solo exhibition in 2018. Her illustrations have been featured in magazines including Art House Press, El Malpensante, and InCorrecto, and she sells private commissions through her website. She also shares her work with over 26K followers on Instagram.
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