Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face
Portrait Sketch: Profile 1
A course by Gabriela Niko , Artist
Discover the fundamentals of portraiture by learning to draw facial features and tracking your progress in a sketchbook
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About the video: Portrait Sketch: Profile 1
Overview
“In this lesson I’ll show you how I create the first, warm up drawing. It’s going to be a face from profile. ”
In this video lesson Gabriela Niko addresses the topic: Portrait Sketch: Profile 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face. Discover the fundamentals of portraiture by learning to draw facial features and tracking your progress in a sketchbook.
Partial transcription of the video
“Portrait Sketch: Profile In this lesson, I'll show you how to draw a portrait. It will be made from profile. I usually start drawing portraits from profile. It's like a warm- up for me, because I like drawing faces from profile. Okay. Let's start. Here we have a reference of a man seen from profile. I like choosing pictures with visible features and good light. Everything has to be sharp, so I don't have to figure out what is in the picture. I showed you how to draw eyes, noses, and lips. Here we have a full head, but the rules are kind of the same. We'll start with just general shapes. Her...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching
A course by Gabriela Niko
Gabriela Niko is a freelance artist based in Poland. Having grown up in a family of artists, her passion for drawing came at a very early age. She went on to study design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poland, and started her professional career in sports apparel design. After almost a decade of working in the clothing design industry, she decided to leave her position as a designer and pursue drawing full time in 2020.
Gabriela uses her social media platforms to share her work and has quickly gained recognition by amassing over 350K followers on Instagram. She is currently a brand ambassador for Paper Concept, a Polish art store, and has completed a number of commissioned works, including book illustrations, tattoos, and logo designs.
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