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Portrait Drawing Course Term 1, Lesson 4: Constellations
🕑 Added 2023-03-27 16:26:26 +0000 UTCThis video is Lesson 4 of the 'Learning to see' term - in this lesson I'll show you how points and relational lines can be used to improve the proportion of your drawings. We'll explore those points in a continuous line drawing and look at the measured paintings of Euan Uglow. 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:
Some thing linear to draw with
Something to draw on
Your assignments are:
Make 1 continuous line drawing (10 mins+)
Make 1 contour drawing (45 mins +)
Optional: Make a personal drawing (1 hour)
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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 a documentary about Euan Uglow HERE
Find my books HERE
Visit the course overview on Patreon HERE
Visit the course page of the Draw Navigator HERE
(Thank you to Martyn Burdon & Adele Wagstaff for allowing their work to be used in this video)
<< Visit the previous lesson Term 1, Lesson 3: Cutouts HERE
>> Visit the next lesson Term 1, Lesson 5: Boundaries HERE
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Practice from Adrian's photoset HERE
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Practice from Arthur's photoset HERE
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Practice from Carole's photoset HERE
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Practice from Sam'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
Veronika Horvath
thank you for the course! in addition to giving very good instruction on drawing ourselves, I really enjoy the new angles I now have to look at art ...
Draw Brighton
Thanks so much Malin! I'm really glad it's helpful and that you're enjoying it! :)
Malin Flynn
So far this course is amazing! The idea of the face as a constellation is very helpful and poetic : )
Draw Brighton
Thanks so much Amanda! they are a joy to make, although they've been taking longer than initially planned! I'm so glad you're finding them helpful. :)
Amanda
Jake, these lessons are amazing. I could listen to you explaining art all day. You explain everything so clearly and in such a non-patronising way. Thank you. 🙏🏻
Draw Brighton
Thank you so much Nicky! I'm so glad that it's proving useful. I always think it's so necessary as we get so focused on seeing the model as a shape and an image that we keep their person-hood in mind at the same time. I'm relay glad it resonated withy you :) Jake
Nicky Barfoot
I am learning so much from this course. Thank you for making it comprehensive and building the skills up from a foundation level. The sensitivity you are adding to it is also an important reminder that we are drawing people not objects, something that many teachers (and students) perhaps forget in their striving for accuracy and is one of the things that makes your teaching so impactful.
