Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn methods to improve accuracy in portrait drawing. We'll cover using straight lines to form an "envelope," visualizing shapes abstractly, and checking horizontal and vertical relationships. You'll also practice triangulating landmarks and refining details step by step for better precision.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Methods of Checking Accuracy 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital. Master portrait techniques from graphite to digital, creating expressive, professional artworks across various media styles.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, I will go over my primary methods of achieving accuracy in a portrait drawing. I will show you each of my methods of achieving accuracy as well as finding mistakes and how to correct them. These methods of achieving accuracy will include visualizing shapes and how much space they occupy within other shapes, Visualizing horizontal and vertical relationships within the face Timing the distance your eyes need to travel between landmarks on the face. and triangulating landmarks. We will discuss several different concepts to always keep in mind as you're trying to draw an accurat...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (4)
• 315 students
• 6 units
• 83 lessons (16h 8m)
• 17 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Digital Illustration, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Typography, Watercolor Painting