Introduction to Portraits with India Ink and Nibs
Light and volumes
A course by José Rosero , Visual artist and teacher
About the video: Light and volumes
Overview
“Once the basic elements are drawn, the volume and the areas of light and shadow will begin to be established. For that we will use the pencil f and the hb in order to leave established how they inflict the light strokes in each area of the head, and leave every important feature ready to give the necessary gesture to the character. ”
In this video lesson José Rosero addresses the topic: Light and volumes, 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
“Light and volumes What follows after locating the essential elements on paper It is to start creating the volume. Remember that the face, as it is an oval or spherical, It has a volume. In this case it is projected in relation to her face. It is here where one begins to look for detail. It is here where work begins that the nose begins slowly to look like the final nose. Here I do for those effects with a thicker pencil. That the eye already begins to have the form or expression of the eye as we want to point it out. That the look is somewhat centered. Over the mouth, Remember that Clarice ...”
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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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