Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

Overview

“We will now start to work on the hair of our portrait. Hair can be tricky, but it is useful to think of it as a structure. In this lesson, we will start to render the hair and introduce some small details.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Hair, 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

“Hair Hair can be a bit tricky. In this lesson, we'll look at how to draw it. It's important to try and think of hair as a structure, then we can apply what we've learned. I'll start to take a look at the hair. One of the reasons why I chose this picture is because his stylized hairstyle, with the hair parted to one side in a quiff. That makes this box-like structure on the top of the head. It's easier for us to see what's going on. In the reference image there, we can see the light source's coming in from above. We can see his hair as having a front plane on the front side of his head, a si...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

• Level: Beginner
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• 239 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