Caricature Portrait with Graphite

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Course overview

Provider
Domestika
Course type
Paid course
Level
Beginner
Deadline
Flexible
Duration
2 hours
Lessons
15 lessons
Certificate
Available on completion
Course author
Víctor Vélez

There are many ways to pay tribute to a person: through a song, a poem or even a sculpture, but for Víctor Vélez the best way is with a caricature. Better known as Chubasco, Victor is passionate about drawing and has worked for over 31 years as a cartoonist for "El Universal", "El Economista", among other great Mexican media.

In this course, you will learn how to portray a person through the caricature with the graphite technique in a professional manner.

Description

Learn to represent characters and capture their essence through a caricature of the face

First, you will meet Víctor Vélez, who will tell you how he discovered his passion for drawing and introduce you to the world of caricature by showing you the evolution of his work and his major influences.

You will see in detail the different materials that you can use to make your caricature, such as the types of graphite and their graduations, the gums and the effects that you can achieve with them and, also, the different kinds of paper. In addition, you will become familiar with them performing an exercise of light and shadow.

You will learn the basic principles of facial anatomy with a basic guide to build a face from scratch, you will draw the skull and you will know the facial muscle structure. You will continue drawing with your eyes, nose, mouth, teeth and hair, and then put everything you have learned into practice by drawing your first realistic portrait.

Now, it's time to make your caricature. From Víctor's hand, you will analyze the most characteristic features of your character, in this case Freddie Mercury and, you will create the first sketch. From there, you will begin to polish all the details with different techniques and tricks to achieve a simple and elegant finish.

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