Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face
Portrait Sketch: Profile 2
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 2
Overview
“Here I continue to work on the profile sketch, paying attention at the shapes and the direction of the subject's hair. I will also add some shading to the sketch.”
In this video lesson Gabriela Niko addresses the topic: Portrait Sketch: Profile 2, 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 I'll try to draw hair and a beard. I don't draw hair with this contour that I did here. It's just for support to measure where the hairline will be. I prefer to break this contour in many spots. Here, you can't see a very dark line as I did it. You see hair that is like this. You can erase the supportive line that is under, and it will look more natural because the hairline isn't just a contour. It's more something like this. You also need to follow the direction of single hair. I like to draw hair at the beginning of the hair and endings. I draw the beginning, wher...”
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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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