Graphite Line Drawing for Portrait Sketchbooking

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

“Summarizing the Figure In this lesson, we'll learn how to summarize the figure to speed up the shading process. There are many ways to summarize a figure to transfer them to paper, but I recommend doing it by volumes so you can see masses of light and shadow, and it's much easier to see the figure as a whole. These volumes can be simple geometric shapes. A very common mistake when starting a drawing it is to focus on a specific area and not on the whole. Although it seems like an easier way to work, the figure is more likely to end up disproportionate if we work like that. That's why I reco...”

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Course summary for: Graphite Line Drawing for Portrait Sketchbooking

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (258)
• 10494 students
• 4 units
• 12 lessons (1h 53m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching