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Drawing-Charcoal-Multi-Figure Exercise 3 - 2031

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Description

Steve intertwines 3 standing poses in a charcoal figure drawing study of form. He uses line and value to express volume while looking for design and pattern opportunities in this simple charcoal drawing exercise. The final part of this charcoal video lessons investigates foreshortening. Steve demonstrates leg and hand rendering from a front on view. The concepts in this portion are provenance, drawing through to feel volume, building volume around the underlying form, and interpreting what you see.

Index

00:00:09 - This exercise is designed for practice working with mass

00:01:20 - Finding the light source and going to the universe

00:01:42 - Defining form

00:02:44 - Looking for patterns

00:03:12 - Defining line

00:04:35 - Keep it gray when object goes away from the viewer

00:04:59 - Finding highlights with an eraser

00:05:48 - Being one with the form

00:06:28 - Finding beauty with darks, using dark value effectively

00:10:16 - Making corrections, very important if you are not getting what you want

00:11:05 - Creating half tones with charcoal and finger tip

00:11:43 - Finding highlights with an eraser

00:12:04 - Defining for with line

00:12:46 - Cast shadows, go for them

00:14:36 - Finding the feminine form

00:16:10 - Finding pattern

00:21:37 - Foreshortening

00:22:48 - About scale

00:23:05 - Drawing through, to feel the form volume draw the volume

00:25:17 - Building volume around the underlying form

00:26:07 - The knee, it is not necessarily what you see but how you interpret what you see

00:27:38 - Using descriptive line to define form

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