Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

Overview

“We will now look at establishing different types of edges in our drawings. Edges can be hard, soft, or completely lost. They can be used to help us to define bone and muscle, to create convincing shadows, and to create a focal point in our portrait.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Edges, 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

“Edges In this lesson, we'll focus on edges. Edges are an important part of any painting, drawing, or portrait. They can help us identify bone, muscle. They can help establish shadows and they polish the drawing. We'll start to look at different edges in the drawing. There are different types of edges that we can have. We can have soft edges, where two forms tend to almost blend into each other and blur into each other. We can have hard edges, where there's an abrupt line between two values. We can completely lose edges. You can't tell where one form starts and the other one stops. We talked...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

• Level: Beginner
• 20 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