Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

Overview

“In this lesson I will teach you the method that I use in most of my watercolor work, I call it the 3 stage method. This method is the main piece of planning a work and through the following demonstration I will share it with you so that you can also apply it.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: 3 Layer Method, 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

“The three stage method I'll now teach you the three stage method, which we'll use to paint in watercolor. The three stage method is a sequential transition, from the lights, to the shadows and to the detail. I'll explain it with the examples I have here. This image has the same treatment done in shape unification. So, low saturation and high blur. In the blurring exercise we can see what the tonal values and large shapes are. In the lights stage, I'd see the higher tonal values, like, tea and milk consistencies, that in the image, would be this big shape. Then in the shadows stage, we'll se...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

• Level: Beginner
• 184 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