Graphite Line Drawing for Portrait Sketchbooking
Synthesize the figure
A course by Anaïs Gonzalez , Illustrator
About the video: Synthesize the figure
Overview
“Synthesizing the figure will help speed up the shading process. In this lesson I will recommend the way to do it that I consider most useful for this course.”
In this video lesson Anaïs Gonzalez addresses the topic: Synthesize the figure, 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
“In this lesson. we will learn how to synthesize the figure to speed up the shading process. There are many ways to synthesize the figure to transfer it to paper. but I recommend doing it by volumes. That way. you can see masses of light and shadow. making it much easier to see the figure in its entirety. And these volumes can simply be geometric shapes. A very common mistake when starting a drawing is focusing on a specific area rather than the whole. Although it may seem like an easier way to work. it's much more likely that the figure will end up disproportionate if we work this way. Ther...”
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Course summary for: Graphite Line Drawing for Portrait Sketchbooking
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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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