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Portrait Drawing Course Term 1, Lesson 5: Boundaries
🕑 Added 2023-04-15 20:20:39 +0000 UTCThis video is Lesson 5 of the 'Learning to see' term - in this lesson we'll take our first look at tonal shapes, with an exploration of hard, soft and lost tonal edges and tonal gradients. I'll show you how you can map those tones out in a drawing, before elaborating on tonal value. As always, to get full benefit from the course, watch one video per month, practicing for at least 2 hours per week over the course of that month, before moving on to the next lesson.
You will need:
Your drawing medium of choice
Something to draw on
Your assignments are:
Make 1 continuous line drawing focusing on tonal shapes (10 mins+)
Make a tonal map / block in (45 mins +)
Optional: Add tonal value to the map (45 mins +)
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Sharing your work
If you post any work from the course on social media please do tag me (@jakespicerart) and Draw (@draw_brighton) so that I can see what you've made! You can also share your drawings to the Draw Brighton Community Notice Board on Facebook.
Practice
Practice from one of our photosets HERE.
You'll find all the reference images from todays video below.
Come to Portrait Club or a live online or in-person session via our programme HERE!
Links
Watch our interview with Caragh Savage HERE
Follow Caragh Savage on Instagram HERE
Find my books HERE
Visit the course overview on Patreon HERE
Visit the course page of the Draw Navigator HERE
The music on todays video was by Paper Planes
<< Visit the previous lesson Term 1, Lesson 4: Constellations HERE
>> Watch week's lesson, Term 1, Lesson 6: Distances HERE
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Practice from Tilli's photoset HERE
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Practice from Priss's photoset HERE
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Practice from Urte's photoset HERE
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Guidelines for using the photographs
Please do:
Use the pictures to draw, paint, print and sculpt from, being as realistic or creative as you like
Share the artwork you’ve made with us and the world - in books, in exhibitions, on social media, or on your fridge
Tag us in work you make (@drawbrighton / #drawbrighton) – you don’t have to, but we love to see what you’ve made!
Edit the screenshots as reference for your own drawings - you can change the contrasts, colours and backgrounds to provide more tailored reference for yourself.
Please don't:
Share these pictures with anybody else – they are between you and us
Share the pictures themselves online – thanks for respecting our models’ privacy
Edit the pictures themselves for artwork – we want to see original work you’ve made
Thanks!
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Having trouble viewing the video? You can watch it directly HERE
Comments
Asta Koomen
Really enjoying and the course and the beautifull pictures available. You make it look so easy, but I find it really challenging.
Jenny Higham
Thank you for explaining hue, saturation, tone and value in such a clear way. I’m studying this in my degree at the moment and despite having read numerous explanations, watching this is the first time the penny has dropped and I have truly understood the concepts!!
Amanda
Love the cheeky wink at the start!
Jess Hiller
Thank you so much Jake, as usual the high standard of this tutorial is unmatched. I finally feel like I'm learning at the right pace, that all of my questions are answered in each video, and that the assignments/homework is achievable with my schedule. A million thank you's!
