Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

Overview

“In this lesson I will explain the importance of the concept that the elements must have within the work, the plants in my case.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Planning the Portrait: Conceptualization and Choice of Elements, 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

“Planning the portrait: Conceptualization and choice of elements In this lesson, I will speak about the importance of the concept and the choice of the elements to give a narrative power to your work and your drawing. In my case, I use the plants to have a meaning in my work. I use a lot of stramonium because it's a hallucinogenic plant and it allows me to create a work with a lot of ecstasy in it. In the history of art, all the flowers that artists used have a perfect meaning, for example, the lily. The lily is really important in the Christian world to create paintings about the Annunciati...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

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

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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