Introduction to Portraits with India Ink and Nibs
Basic forms: mouth
A course by José Rosero , Visual artist and teacher
About the video: Basic forms: mouth
Overview
“In this lesson we will see the last basic form that is part of the portrait: the mouth. We will analyze the different ways we can find and what is their gestural potential in our work.”
In this video lesson José Rosero addresses the topic: Basic forms: mouth, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Portraits with India Ink and Nibs. Learn to interpret, draw and add personality to a subject from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Basic forms: mouth I hope you have done very well with eye and nose training. In this lesson we will talk about how to make a mouth. We will work front, profile and three quarters, That is the easiest way to understand the structure of the mouth. We won't talk about jaws, teeth, any of this right now, to concentrate on the neutral and closed mouth. Then I will tell you more about how to make gestures with open mouths. In profile, again we go to geometry, The mouth has a central commissure, the lower and upper lip. It is very simple to establish when drawn like this. I put this line because ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Portraits with India Ink and Nibs
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Areas
Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration

José Rosero
A course by José Rosero
José Rosero is a visual artist and teacher. His job is to approach the image from different points. He is now the director of CASATINTA, a space dedicated to workshops, exhibitions, and events around the visual arts. He also coordinates the Fig. International Congress of Illustration, of which seven versions have already been made in FILBO (2011-2017).
He has made several exhibitions, conferences, and workshops based on his own research participating in different events in Colombia and in other countries such as Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, and Chile.
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