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

Partial transcription of the video

“ Dexterity Building Exercise In this lesson, we'll work on exercises to help build our dexterity and hand control. These exercises will help get you better control. If you have a shaky hand, these will help remove that and will also give you more confidence in your drawing ability. I used to have a very shaky hand many years ago, and these exercises helped get rid of that. The first exercise we'll work on is drawing some circles and ellipses. As I draw these, I'll start by something I call ghosting, which is I'll just guide the pencil before I make a mark. I have my pinky knuckle portion o...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

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

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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