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1. Welcome!: Hi, I'm intervene and I am a watercolor and
drawing teacher. I love rarely so Minot, and I've been
drawing and painting realistic subject for
several years now, I created this class
to share with you all my experience and
my tips on the subject, throwing a realistic
portrait in this class. But we will focus on
the shading techniques. And I introduce you to my uncle Patrick is the
subject of the class, but of course, you can pick
another to pick, if you like. During this class,
you will learn how to use the layers to
build the volume, which Pentheus to use
to build some contrast, and how to use the
paper stump to create gradients and
give a smooth reserves. To summarize, if
you want to learn how to draw a
realistic portrait, this class is for you. I will explain all the
process and give you a method so you can apply
all the techniques we have seen on other subjects. I created this class to
be beginner friendly. I included some warm-ups
exercise so you can practice before doing the
big jump to the topic. But if you start to draw, I recommend you to follow
first my first-class, the part one to train and
to have some tips and some techniques to
draw the outlines of a portrait or
your class project. I expect you to draw a
realistic portrait using the shading techniques you
can draw from the picture, reference my uncle Petrus. Or you can pick anybody
else, friend, family member, or even some flowers
or vegetables, or actually any
topic that inspires you and very excited to
share all my tips with you. And I see you in
the first lesson.
2. Your Project: Thank you so much for
joining the class. I hope you had a great time. Now it's time to
share your project. Your project in this
class is to draw a realistic portrait using the shading technique that
we have seen in the class. Of course, you're free to take any other subjects that you lie. I think it's always better to pick something
that inspires you. I think we learn better. So first step,
choose your subject. You can find a reference picture in the project and
resources section and don't hesitate if you need advice about the reference
picture, I can help. Then I recommend you to the warm-up exercises to practice a bit
before the big jump. And once you feel ready, grab your pencil and let
get started drawing. So you can either
trace this object, it's okay, or you can
follow my first-class, the part one, where I explain
how to draw the outlines while capturing the likeness of the subject and the
right proportions. And finally, it's the time to
use the shading techniques. Choose your painting carefully and start to play
with this temp. And once you done, I would like to
see your projects. Please share it in the gallery so I can
give you my feedback. And if you have any question, you can contact me via
the discussion section. So now it's time to get
ready, grab your pencil, a sheet you stamp, and let get started to drop.
3. Materials: Let's go over the list of supplies you will need
to follow this class. First, the pencils. Pencils have a different
degrees of oddness. So you get B. And B stands for black, this benzyl or soft. If the number on it is high, it means that the
black will be more intense than H stands for HOD. And it's now more subtle and
it's perfect for details. And finally, HB
stands for HOD blood, which means medium, hot. And in general, that's the one we use to draw in this class. I will be using a range of
fancies from HP to eight. Now the paper, you can use a sheet of paper
or sketchbook. I will be using
the basic 180 gram consumed drawing paper. It's not perfectly smooth, it is slightly textured. The eraser can be powerful
tools while I'm drawing. I like using a
kneaded eraser, e.g. the kneaded eraser
is great to softer new lines to make
it less intense. You just have to press it like this and now it is lighter. Another, a riser that I
like is the pen eraser. Here, I use the mono pen. You can use it to equate
very small white areas. It can be very
useful for the hair or in the eyes to create
some light reflection. And finally, in the stamp
that we will use to create a smooth gradient
and a smooth effect. I see you in the next video
where we will be playing with all those tools before
jumping into the real topic.
4. Grading chart: So before we start, I would like to show you how to use the material of the class. Let's start with
the grading shot. This is a quick exercise
I recommend you to do to create a gradient
shot with your pencil. We start with the oldest
or lighter pencil that we have on the left angle with
the darkest to the right. Now I am creating a layer. I don't push too much. You see, you can see that
my hand is flexible. I don't add too much
pressure on the pencil. I'm very gentle. And then you just
have to repeat for each benzyl to Kuwait
to grading shot. It will help you to choose
which pencil to use. So keep it safely. I think the challenge
here is to not question match and to keep the same pressure
for each pencil. Thick, all the pencil you have. And just try to do the grading. Number of benzyl is
not important here. If you'd just have
three, It's okay. Just do the exercise with all the different
pencils that you have. Maybe you have
noted that when you use the very black pencil, so the six be Bobi API. You can see the texture
of the paper more. So that's why it can
be interesting to use this temp to have
smoother effect. And now just draw a line. It just will give me
another reference to help me to choose which
pencil to use. In the next video, we will see how to play with a pen eraser and
other type of eraser.
5. Playing With Erasers: Eraser are very interesting
to create white areas. We will be using these eraser when working on the
hair, on the eyes. And of course, to correct
some mistakes we could do. But before that, let's start
with a little exercise. I just create some layers with different pencils so we can
observe the difference. Then we will try to
remove the pencil with the kneaded eraser and with
a pencil eraser to see the difference with the kneaded eraser and just press to
remove the benzene. Because dispenses is lighter, the contrast is not really good. We can't see it well. But here, because
the pen is darker, we can see better the contrast. Now, I want you to use the pencil eraser and
just trace a line. So it works quite well. But now with the darkest pencil, you can see it's more
difficult to have to do it another time. The more intense the
darker your pencil is, the more difficult it will be to remove it with the eraser. That's why the grading
shots is so interesting. So you can pick the right
pencil for what you have to do because it might be
difficult to remove. Now just do the same exercise, but with another pen eraser, I encourage you to test
all the material you have with older razors that you have to
see the difference. So with the four B pencils you can see it's
more difficult to have the white of
the paper and you will use the four
before very dark area. And if you do so, you might not be able
to remove the benzene. So keep in mind
that it's better to use an HB pencil when drawing. This is the end
of this exercise. I see you in the last
warm-up exercise video and we will play with the stamp.
6. Playing With Stumps: The last useful tool in
this class is the stump. It gives a very nice smooth
effect to your drawing, but it can also be used
white beautiful gradients. So doing this exercise, I will be using a HB pencil. And before starting, let's
see how to use them. So you have two sites that
you will use differently. One clean, it will allow
you to remove some of the graphite on your paper
to soften their chosen. And the other part should
be dirty with graphite. So it allows you to add or flight in your paper
without losing too much. I create a layer. Now I use the stamp, the clean side to
extend the layer I had. And this is how we will have a smooth results in
your final drawing. If you like, you don't have to. It depends on what
you, what you like. But if you want a smoother
result at the end, you may use a stamp. You could also use brushes. And you can see the difference
between the two areas. This one is textured
and this one is more. So to recap Decker's term, you must have a clean side
and dirty side with graphite. And you are now done with
the warm-up exercises. And it's time to
jump into the river pink and start
drawing the outlines.
7. Shading the Face: So now we're going to
use shedding techniques. So you need your
drawing, some pencils, a stamp, a razors, and a little piece of
paper to clean the stamp. So let's observe what you have. So we are going to add some darker areas on the
face with this term. The goal here is to
learn how to use them and to have
a smooth results. At the end. I hope you have your
grading chart next to you so you can pick
the right pencil. Will be using different
pencil for this class, especially for the dark areas. We are going to use
the four B or AB. With the dirty side. I'm going to add
some dark areas. It's not very dark. I'm just using the dark
sides of the stamp and also the pencil graphite
that is already on my paper. And I spread it to create this darker area
I see on the face. If I want something darker, I press a bit too much. We can also see that
I turned my stem because there is more
or less graphite. Understand? You could also use a brush. Actually, it works there too. I switch the size
because now I want to spread the graphite
that is on my paper. I don't want to add more. Just want to spread it. Again because now I
want something darker. But you see it was
a bit too dark. No problem. I used the reserve. I add a lot of pressure. I don't know if you see it. I really want to spread
it continuously. I want something uniform, so I press quite a
lot on the stamp. Now I press less because I want to head just
a little graphite, so I don't want to have too
much graphite on this area. And you see it just
a game on switching. I switch all the time
the side of my stove. So depends if I want
to add graphite, if I want to spread
it or remove some. And I'm so sorry
because I go tissue is with the autofocus
while drawing. Sometimes unfortunately,
the focus is on my hand and not on the drawing.
Sorry for that. It's a bit like painting yellow. I don't know if
some of you paint. Okay. So now it feels
like it's too dirty. That's why I asked you to have a little piece
of paper next to you. So you can use them a bit and remove some of the graphite. Now it's already
changing the portrait. We can see more volume to it. You also have different
size of stamp. I'm just using one peak, but there are small
one as you prefer. But here because the face is quite big, it's a big drawing. I think that the size
of distance is right. I also try to respect the lines, the direction of the lines. I want something or is entered. If they want something vertical, it can help to give the volume. So try to use this temp
in the right direction. Also, don't forget to take
some time, take some break. Take some distance from your drawing to see
better what is missing. I'm using the clean side to
make it more uniform unit. I also ask myself this area, our dark because it's
comparing to this other area. I compare elements
again with each other. And none trying to do all this gray that I see.
This level of gray.
8. Adding Depth & Contrast: In this video, we
are going to add more contrast and
deep to the drawing. I'm going to accentuate
certain areas of the face. So you can use
either the HB pencil or something a bit stronger. So on the range of B, so to B3 Bs. So you don't have
to push too much. You see a switch.
So now I'm using the Tooby and you can
see it's darker without pressing too much about
the fact of fusing to B3, B4, B pencil versus
just the HB pencil. I met different
teacher in my life. Some recommended to only use a HB and press much
more on the benzene. And order would encourage us to use the two b3, b4 be pencils. So it's two different
point of view. I personally prefer
using the two b3, b4 be and to not have
to push too much. Because if you just use
the HB pencil first, you might damage your paper. Then you will see that the
phase of your drawing shines. It should turn the paper, you see it shining. And I don't really
like it, I prefer. So now I'm working on the teeth. I really take my time because
I'm working on details. I'm working on those
little ducks area. I'm working on the
little darker areas. It is very subtle. So I take my time and I switch between different pens to v3, v4 bees in HP, of course. Remember that unlike
me grow my drawing at the same pace or the
elements of the face. Okay, so now let's
work on the other eye. So you can use either
a TV, O3B, Pentheus. I now use the stamp tool, so often the area and I'm working now on the ear, lot of shadow are missing, so I'm doing them right now. Just a bit to add
something neat. And it is U-turn. And don't forget to take some pictures of
your progress and share them with me in
the discussion section.
9. Drawing Hair: Okay, So in this video, we are going to
focus on the hair. I'm using for B pencil to start with the dark areas
I can see in the hair. And it's kind of long process
here because we are going to draw air by air and try to recreate the
movement of the hair. It's quite repetitive. Be patient. You can switch to another
part of the face. As you have something to fix in the eyes or mouth
or anywhere else. Hesitate to switch to break
this to repetitive task. So while doing the air, I'm trying to keep
some lighter areas. If one of your area is a
bit too dark, no problem. You can fix it by
using the eraser pain, remove some of the fancier. I switched the pen to
add more intensity. So sometime I will be using the HB than the
to-be then for B. So play with your pencils if you have a different
and if you don't, just present bit more
with you, HB pencil. I see you in the next video. Don't forget to take some
pictures of your progress.
10. Drawing the Shirt: So now we're going to
work on the fluids. It's not the key
element of the drawing, but it's still an important
feature to work on. Because this part is very dark. I'm using for B or B pencil. You can see that we see a lot
the texture of the paper. So I'm using the stamp to soften a bit this area because I want
something a bit smoother. And because I have a lot of
pencil on my stump now I can use it to paint the
other area directly. And I'm using the pen
eraser to correct the area. It's easy because I
didn't push too much. It's easy to remove. Now I'm going to
work on the line. I decided to do something
not very precise. It just an idea of the lines. I'm not like being very
precise on this shirt. I know it's just a choice. I want the focus
to be on the face, whether then on the shirt. So that's why I decided to
have some feeling less defined for your fridge will have something more
defined a few months. And it's really up to you. It's more like a
style or decision or and I use the kneaded eraser to have something a bit
lighter because once again, I don't want the focus
to be on the shirts. I want something subtle with the pen eraser and create a white areas as we saw
in the warm-up exercise. And it's your turn. I see you in the next video.
11. Adding Light & Contrast: We are now almost at the end. We have been working
on the volume. We added some contrast, darker areas where
it was needed. And now I'm going
to remove some of the pencil on certain area. For that, I'm using
the pen eraser. I'm trying to have the
white of my paper. And in certain place
I use this term to add more pencil to it to
accentuate the contrast. And in certain areas, I'm adding some shadow or
some dog with this term. So now it's more
like a game between the pen eraser to remove pencil and add some white areas or two ahead dark areas to
accentuate the contrast. Night to turn and ICU
for the final videos, where we are going to add some little details to
finish the drawing.
12. Final Details: I'm very excited because this is the last video of this lesson. You are almost done. Congratulations, and we're going to add
some final details. We're going to accentuate
some darker areas, maybe add some lights in others. So now I'm working
on the air again because it needs to be
darker in certain places. So I'm using the four B pencil. I don't have to press
too much with my pencil. It depends of what you
have in front of you. So just add some darker as where it's needed.
And to help you. You can take a
picture and compare your picture to the
reference photo. He can help you to identify where it needs to be
darker or lighter. Another tip that
you can use to help you is to ask yourself, okay, which area of my drawing? The same level of gray here. The shirt. Their
shirt is quite dark. And it's about stock as my air. Air, or even darker
in certain places. The eyes are quite dark. At the middle of the eyes and some part of the
teeth between the teeth. So you see you eat, identify the different areas that are
at the same level of gray. Then it helps you to check if your drawing
is well-balanced. So this is what I'm doing now. I'm adjusting some lines, some area, so the
dark is dark enough. These are some very
subtle touches that will make the difference
at the end of your drawing. So I really recommend you to allow some time to this step. It really will
give more depth to your drawings and add
some volume contrasts. Really take the time to observe the different
level of gray. Okay, So I'm working again on the head because it
needs to be darker. Once again, it's
very repetitive. It's actually not
my favorite part of towing a part to it. If you remember the warm-up
exercise with the razors two, now I'm using my pen eraser to remove some of the
pencil in the hair. I'm three again because I
had a difficult issues. Use the eraser if you
have one to recreate. White areas are lighter, areas in the air. We are done. So don't forget to take
pictures of your progress congratulation because you
reach the end of the class. I hope you enjoy it. If you did, please
share your fault, I really want to know what
you think of the class, what can be improved, the patch you prefer it, it will help me with
during my next classes. And also, it's always nice
for the students to know if the place is for them looking forward to
seeing your projects. So don't let them
on the gallery. And if you have any questions, please ask in the
discussion section. And I see you in the
conclusion video to recap, everything you have
learned in this class.
13. Conclusion: Thank you for
watching the class. We are now at the end
of this second class on the topic throwing a
realistic portrait. I hope you enjoy it. So in this class you have seen many new techniques and in particular the
shading techniques. You learned how to create
volume and contrast, which pencil to use and why. And you learn to use the paper stump to
give us most results. At the end. If you have seen my class
painting realistic insects, you can recognize the steps. So you see it's
always the same step. One last thing, please
share your work. I would be happy to see your final drawing and
to give you some tips, some advice, and my feedback. And I think it's also nice for the other students to
see what you have done. I think it can help people to get them motivation
to continue to start. And it can also inspire
the other students. So please share your work. And finally, if you
liked this class, please leave me a comment or anything so I can see
that you enjoy the class. It's always, I'm always
happy to see that you know, to read your comments. Bye bye.
Ludwine Probst, Watercolor and graphite Illustrator
