Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

Overview

“In this lesson, I will add darker values and smaller shapes to the drawing, so that I can take it to the next level.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Adding Darker Values, 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

“ Adding Darker Values In this lesson, we'll add darker values and smaller shapes. When we begin to add darker values to the drawing, I generally start in a safe area, which would be the hair. Here, we don't have any hair, so I'll begin around the cast shadow and start to venture down into the eye on the left. I'm doing it lightly, it will be a slow buildup. I’ll not come in and blast a dark value, which is a harder thing to do with graphite. It's something you can easily do with charcoal, but here I’ll slowly build up my values. Here, as I come down into the eye, I want that shape to be qu...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

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

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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