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Portrait Drawing In Charcoal – Full Demo | Preview |
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Preview for Portrait Drawing in Charcoal Demo with Nathan Fowkes |
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Introduction to Portrait Drawing Demonstration |
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00:23:00 |
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Renowned artist and veteran teacher Nathan Fowkes takes you through the entire process of Portrait Drawing in Charcoal. After introducing the materials in the demo, Nathan begins by blocking in the figure with an orange Prismacolor pencil. |
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Tone | Find the Simple Statement |
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00:25:00 |
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Using compressed charcoal to block in the portrait, he finds the simple masses of light and shadow to make a clear statement and explains why it is so important to squint to see the relationship between light and shadow shapes. |
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Laying in Heavy Darks |
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00:24:00 |
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Using Cretacolor chunky charcoal, Nathan commits to applying a heavy dense dark tone to the background and fabric. Frequent cleaning of the work-space is needed when using your fingers to push the charcoal around the paper. Learn to use your fingers and a stump to model form and soften edges, maintaining simple light and shadow shapes. |
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Model the Form |
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00:25:00 |
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Use soft and sharp edges maintaining the silhouette of the portrait while working on the face area. Push and pull the tone to roll the form and emphasize the falloff of light on the forms of the face to help build the three-dimensionality of the drawing. |
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Highlights and Cast Shadows |
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00:25:00 |
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Continue to simplify light and shadows shapes drawing in charcoal and the kneaded eraser. Learn how to use a hand mirror to help make judgments on areas to adjust. Understand the importance of taking a step back to look at your drawing to help decide what is working and what is not. |
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Finishing the Drawing |
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Emphasize drawing around the form to help communicate the three-dimensionality of the portrait and work around the whole image, making a simplifying pass and a detail pass to finish the portrait. |
