Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

Overview

“During this part of the lesson, you will see how to focus on adding detailed textures and tones to hands, emphasizing shadows, highlights, and subtle shapes that define realistic anatomy. Precision is key, as even minor inaccuracies can distort the hand’s proportions and overall appearance.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Detailing 3, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing. Master Pencil and Charcoal by focusing on light, shadow, and proportion to create expressive, realistic drawings.

Partial transcription of the video

“Let go of the hair. I'm starting to overwork it now, but I'm really happy with how that's come out. So now I'm going to move over to the details in the hand. I'm going to use this hand in particular. I think it has a really nice share of shadows and highlights, and will demonstrate all the techniques we need to create details in hands. So with all the work that we've been doing on the back, a lot of the mapping has lost its contrast. So I'm starting to go back in there, just cleaning everything up, getting it ready for that detail stage. What I'm trying to do with my tones here is get every...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

• Level: Beginner
• 181 students
• 6 units
• 82 lessons (15h 40m)
• 53 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Architectural Illustration, Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration