Expressive Gesture Drawing and Portraiture
The Digital Composition 3
A course by Graceina Samosir , Artist
About the video: The Digital Composition 3
Overview
“I will now delve into my process for making a collage with self-portrait drawings. To do this, I will repeat the same steps as I did for my sketch of the human form, with a few exceptions. ”
In this video lesson Graceina Samosir addresses the topic: The Digital Composition 3, 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 Digital Composition Now I'll show you how I make a collage out of the self-portrait drawings. I'll repeat the same steps as I did before for the human form with a few exceptions. The reason is that there are gray waves, marks, and undulations on these drawings because of the nature of the paper and the dried ink. I'll delete the previous ones because I'm done with them, and they are saved. I'll do the same things as I did before. I'll edit and correct the individual drawings. That includes fixing the saturation, brightness, contrast, white areas, gray areas, dark areas, and black area...”
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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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