Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

Overview

“I believe that understanding the behaviour of light is the most important thing any artist must learn. Light allows us to see the world around us, and as artists, we need to understand it properly. In this lesson, I will explain how light interacts with objects, and how we can use light and shading to really bring out facial structures.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Behaviour of Light, 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

“Behaviour of Light I believe that it's quite important to understand the behaviour of light for us as artists, as that's how we see the world around us. Light interacts with everything and that's how we see it. In this lesson, I'll explain the behaviour of light and how to apply it to draw portraits. I'll start by drawing a sphere here. We'll shade it in realistically and use that to show how light behaves. First of all, let's draw a ball in here. It doesn't have to be too perfect. We'll put a light source, somewhere up here. I'll draw a light bulb to replicate that. Light will travel and e...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

• Level: Beginner
• 199 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