Graphite Line Drawing for Portrait Sketchbooking
Materials
A course by Anaïs Gonzalez , Illustrator
About the video: Materials
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk about the different materials to decide which ones to work with. We will also practice line shading with a graphite hardness.”
In this video lesson Anaïs Gonzalez addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphite Line Drawing for Portrait Sketchbooking. Discover dynamic ways to draw facial anatomy and improve your technique through daily practice in your sketchbook.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials I will share with you all my knowledge that I've acquired in my years of practice with the sketch technique in a notebook. This technique will not only give your drawings personality, but will also help you speed up the process and train your gaze. We'll learn how to synthesize the figure and work with elements needed in the drawing. My goal is for you to learn to adapt this style of drawing while you learn anatomy and the basic rules of portraiture. The final project will be to make two portraits in linework with graphite in different perspectives. We will do this using our noteb...”
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Course summary for: Graphite Line Drawing for Portrait Sketchbooking
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching

Anaïs Gonzalez
A course by Anaïs Gonzalez
Anaïs González is an illustrator and portraiture specialist. Her greatest passion is art, especially drawing, taking the human figure as a reference and inspiration. After completing a degree in fine art in Barcelona, she began working as an independent artist on personal projects and private commissions.
Her artistic identity is characterized by an expressive style and use of light through line shading. Her drawings have already found a faithful audience in her more than 300K Instagram followers.
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