Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital

Overview

“I will show the proper way to hold the pencil for rendering, the so-called “artist's hold”. Then, I will also demonstrate how with varying pressure and applications you can create a thick or transparent texture with the oil pastel.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Techniques and Exercises with Oil Pastel and Graphite 2, 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

“But hopefully already, even with that first initial passive blending, you can see how much more cohesive the drawing gets, right? and fills in a lot of that white of the paper. And as I mentioned, the more you layer, the less it kind of takes to put on top over it, because more and more of that paper is getting covered with the graphite. So you're kind of losing more and more of that wire to paper. which again, makes those areas look a little bit darker. But Also, each stage, you want to make sure you really establish your values, meaning reestablish the shadows, reestablish the core shadow...”

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

• Level: Beginner
• 144 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