Expressive Gesture Drawing and Portraiture
The Human Form 1
A course by Graceina Samosir , Artist
About the video: The Human Form 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how to draw the human form in a figurative manner. I will demonstrate my drawing process based on photographs from my reference library. ”
In this video lesson Graceina Samosir addresses the topic: The Human Form 1, 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
“ The Human Form In this lesson, I will give you tips and pointers on how to draw the human figure in a gestural and convincing way. I'll be drawing from photographs depicting various poses, but to preface this, I suggest you draw from life regularly aside from this course. We learn and acquire so much information from the natural world. With continual practice, we become more aware of all the complementary elements that make up visual input like lines, shape, value, tone, saturation, composition, perspective, patterns, and positive and negative space. We get better at constructing drawings...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Gesture Drawing and Portraiture
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Category
Illustration -
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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