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 pencil portrait techniques focusing on proportions, shading, and facial structure for realistic drawing results.

Partial transcription of the video

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

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Course summary for: Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 36 students
• 6 units
• 77 lessons (13h 23m)
• 48 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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