Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

Overview

“Here I will discuss some of my favorite artists that are relevant to this course. The first two are specifically relevant to the course and I highly recommend their books! ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Influences | Matt Smith, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques. Master portrait techniques focusing on proportions, shading, and facial structure for realistic drawing results.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, I'll be going over some of my favorite influences. One of my favorite artists here is John Van Der Poel. I looked at him a lot when I was trying to develop my academic skills. One reason why I like him is because he designs very clear well thought out shapes for the features. He's also a very good resource for this course. I highly recommend his book, the Human Figure. Within the book, it has very clear diagrams of the facial features. I study and drew these diagrams a lot to help improve my drawings of the facial features. I like looking at these diagrams because they are v...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (16)
• 1004 students
• 6 units
• 77 lessons (13h 23m)
• 48 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Digital Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing