Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

Overview

“The following natural step it's to add depth to your artwork. Therefore I will teach you how to add highlights and shadows.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Shading and Highlights, 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

“Shading and Highlights Now that we have the base colors, we want to create the shadows and lightings. And we first start with the shading. For that we want to create a new layer on top of everything. And let's name that layer, Shading. Before we continue, what I like to do is create a duplicate of the complete file. Go to Procreate and then you swipe left and duplicate your project. You have a safe backup in case something goes wrong and you can always go back to that one. Now what I usually like to do and what is not very conventional, but I like to keep things as simple as possible. Now I...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Artistic Portrait Drawing Techniques

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

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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