Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

Overview

“Next, I will teach you how to construct the head with basic shapes and lines from different angles.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Basic Head Construction, 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

“ Basic Head Construction In this lesson, we'll construct a head with basic shapes. The first drawing I'll work on here will be straight on. I'll begin the drawing by drawing a circle. Your circle doesn't need be perfect, it's just a starting point. Now, I'll add the jaw. I started to erase this line here because I was coming in with not much control. It was getting too rough. It's OK to keep going over your line. I wanted to do my best to keep them connected. This is important too. I want to be looking at the tilt in his head. That line will be slightly angled. It's ok if this line isn't p...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

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

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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