Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

Overview

“My drawings are full of contrasting saturated colour. I like colours to connect and to move the viewer so complimentary colours are usually the point from which I start. In this lesson we will look at and use complementaries and build out a little from there.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Colour Study, 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

“Colour Study In this lesson, we'll do some colour studies. We'll look at the colour schemes that I use. Then, we'll also look at some different colour schemes as well, so you can consider other options too. We'll begin with complementary colours. I use complementary colours in my work a lot. Complementary colours are colours that sit opposite to each other on the colour wheel. A good example of that and something that you'll know from nature and from the fact that we have red and green in traffic lights are obviously, red and green, they need to be seen against each other. They do stand out...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

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

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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