Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

Overview

“Here I will be working on dexterity building exercises. This will include drawing circles and ellipses, as well as straight lines. I will also cover shapes and calligraphy/hatching.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Dexterity Building Exercises, 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

“So in this lesson we'll be working on some exercises to help build our dexterity and hand control. These exercises will help get you better control. If you have a shaky hand this will help remove that. This will also help give you more confidence in your drawing ability. I used to have a very shaky hand many years ago, and these exercises help get rid of that. The first exercise we'll be working on is drawing some circles and ellipses. As I draw these, i'm going to start by something that I call ghosting, which is I'm just going to guide the pencil before I make a mark. And I'll have my pin...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

• Level: Beginner
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• 1078 students
• 6 units
• 77 lessons (13h 23m)
• 48 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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