Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

Overview

“One thing about drawing is that most of the time, you need to learn how to see as well as learn how to draw - a thing that can be tricky at times. Therefore, let me give you some tips that hopefully will make it easier for you to see the shadow shapes.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Limited Value Drawing 2, 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

“Limited Value Drawing One of the things about getting better at drawing, in general, is it's much about learning to see as it's about learning to draw. A thing that people find difficult is sometimes actually seeing the shadow shapes. You can do many things that help you visualize and see them better. One thing you can do is squint your eyes a bit when you look at your reference image, and then that will cut out a lot of detail and it helps grab the contrast between the light areas and the dark areas. If you're having trouble seeing some shadow shapes, you can squint down if you want. Nowad...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

• Level: Beginner
• 23 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