The Guide to Graphite: Portrait Drawing - Part 1
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4 Hours of Instruction
19 Videos
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Lesson Description
A look at portrait drawing with graphite. Learn how to lay out a grid to ensure accuracy and apply a range of value to develop the form of the subject. (Part 1)
Lesson Materials
White Stonehenge paper, H graphite pencil, 2B graphite pencil, ruler, eraser pencil, and a kneaded eraser.
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Course Curriculum
Lesson 1: Introduction and Materials (6:15)Lesson 2: Graphite Grades and Sharpening (8:31)Lesson 3: Erasers (10:49)Lesson 4: Mark Making and Blending (12:57)Lesson 5: Light and Shadow - Part 1 (8:32)Lesson 6: Light and Shadow - Part 2 (7:45)Lesson 7: Sketching (12:16)Lesson 8: Texture Study 1 (14:50)Lesson 9: Texture Study 2 (15:16)Lesson 10: Texture Study 3 - Part 1 (12:30)Lesson 11: Texture Study 3 - Part 2 (12:12)Lesson 12: Landscape Drawing - Part 1 (13:26)Lesson 13: Landscape Drawing - Part 2 (9:45)Lesson 14: Portrait Drawing - Part 1 (12:49)Lesson 15: Portrait Drawing - Part 2 (13:05)Lesson 16: Powdered Graphite (13:09)Lesson 17: Water Soluble Graphite (8:33)Lesson 18: Colored Graphite (16:35)Lesson 19: Framing / Matting / Conclusion (9:30)
Matt, I thought this course also included a study using a dog portrait. I can’t find it. It’s one of the main reasons I purchased the course and to get a review if the various areas discussed as I have had courses in all before. I’m most interested in a detailed study on dog portrait, particularly drawing the for. I’m pretty good with eyes, nose and mouth, but really struggling with fur. Thanks. I like your lesson style and teaching!
Hi Christine,
It does. The lesson with the dog is on powdered graphite and is lesson 16. You can find it here…https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/the-guide-to-graphite-powdered-graphite/
If you have 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H, HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 8B as your pencils which H pencil would you use?
Are there clear plastic sheets with one inch lines on them that could be laid across photographs?
Hey Matt! Great lesson. Have you tried to camera Lucinda for accurate proportions and to get started on a drawing? I’m curious about it as I’ve seen ads for them. Advantages/disadvantages for them? Completely different for getting proportions and lines right?
Hi Travis,
I haven’t tried it so I can’t really give you pros and cons. I have used a projector on a wall before and this worked great, but you have to look out for distortion.