Jeff – Female – Part 1
Jeff will demonstrate starting this older female portrait as he often does with a strong linear lay-in. He will utilize aspects of the abstraction and a bit of shadow mapping.
Lessons Archive
Jeff – Male – Part 3
Jeff now slowly brings the portrait up to a full value as he talks about his calligraphy, shape design and cross contouring. This is often referred to as the rendering phase.
Jeff – Male – Part 2
This video segment will find Jeff exploring the mapping of edges, or shadow mapping as we often refer to it, as well as starting to do some initial shading.
Jeff – Male – Part 1
In this video Jeff starts the process of laying in an older gentlemen’s portrait. Jeff will explore the lay-in using parts of the Abstraction as well as go into his calligraphic choices and some thoughts on embellishing the images.
Lucas – Female – Part 3
This is the last part of Lucas' female head drawing video. The final touches are put in the drawing as well as some information about creating appealing design.
Lucas – Female – Part 2
This video covers what comes after the two-value drawing including full value, edge refinement, the start of halftones.
Lucas – Female – Part 1
This video is the first part of the female head drawing. Lucas walks you through some prep work before you start drawing as well as some information about the importance of building a solid foundation for the rest of the drawing.
Lucas – Male – Part 2
Lucas puts the final touches on the male head drawing. Topics discussed are quality of line and edge, appeal of good shapes, and pushing the full value.
Lucas – Male – Part 1
This first part of Lucas' male head drawing covers, the lay-in, shadow mapping, and the two-value block-in.
Erik – Female – Part 3
In this final stage Erik will once again talk about how he uses his personal opinion to finish off a drawing, particularly in terms of a young female as apposed to an older male.
Erik – Female – Part 2
In the second stage of this drawing Erik will discuss developing a cohesive value scheme to prevent your drawings from becoming fragmented.
Erik – Female – Part 1
This is the first stage of Erik’s female head drawing. In this first video Erik will cover the linear lay-in, 2 value block-in, as well as begin developing the full value range.
Erik – Male – Part 4
In the final stage of his head drawing Erik will demonstrate how he uses his knowledge and personal taste to develop a head drawing to a finish.
Erik – Male – Part 3
In the third stage of his head drawing Erik will discuss adding in halftones to develop form as he nears a finish.
Erik – Male – Part 2
In this video Erik will cover establishing a full value range in a head drawing.
Erik – Male – Part 1
This is the first stage of Erik’s male head drawing. In this step Erik will cover the linear lay-in and 2 value, tonal block-in of the head, with a focus on structure and accuracy.
Closing Thoughts
Closing Thoughts
Dragons in Illustration Part III
This lecture will introduce you to other artists interpretations of dragons as well as how real world animals are used in creating dragons.
Dragons in Illustration Part II
This lecture will introduce you to other artists interpretations of dragons as well as how real world animals are used in creating dragons.
Final Painting Part VIII
The final video covers a little more background works and one more pass to finish up.
Final Painting Part VII
This part covers the final touches on the wings as well as some of the environment elements.