Portrait Drawing Course Term 1, Lesson 6: Distances
Added 2023-05-23 10:52:55 +0000 UTCThis video is Lesson 6 of the 'Learning to see' term - in this lesson we'll continue to explore tonal shapes, this time tightening up our measurement of distances between points. 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:
Your drawing medium of choice
Something to draw on
Your assignments are:
Make 2 blocks-in, one using sight size measuring and the other using comparative measuring (30 mins each)
Make a sight size block ready to add tone next lesson (1 hr +)
Optional: Repeatedly practice block-in
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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 of Xinchu's cast below.
Come to Portrait Club or a live online or in-person session via our programme HERE!
Links
Find my books HERE
Visit the course overview on Patreon HERE
Visit the course page of the Draw Navigator HERE
<< Visit the previous lesson Term 1, Lesson 5: Boundaries HERE
>> Watch Term 1, Lesson 7: Seeing Dark HERE
You can view the video directly here
Comments
How do I watch the next lesson I saw on this link that it was released in December https://www.drawbrightonnavigator.com/term-1.html#/
Sue
2025-02-15 16:32:01 +0000 UTCHi Jake Would I need to upgrade to full membership to access lesson 7? Thanks Penny
Penny
2024-12-23 16:27:27 +0000 UTCAre you still planning to develop this course further?
Conrad Bailey
2024-08-13 21:42:46 +0000 UTCHi Paul, it sure can! It will work most effectively when the tonal shapes are as clear as possible, but could be applied to any. subject.
Draw Brighton
2024-05-12 08:10:33 +0000 UTCCan any and all of this techniques be applied to the reference material provided here? Excellent content, as always!
Paul Shabi
2024-05-12 02:12:58 +0000 UTCGreat! Thanks for your response.
Hanna Skalabava
2024-03-01 10:52:00 +0000 UTCHi Hanna! We're just preparing the next stage of the course - we have been rather delayed releasing it, but it will be coming out very soon :)
Draw Brighton
2024-03-01 10:34:58 +0000 UTCHey! Is there perhaps a follow-up to the course available elsewhere?
Hanna Skalabava
2024-03-01 10:28:14 +0000 UTCOfcourse you can Emily! It should be as close to vertical as possible, so that it is (as you say) as close to the viewing plane as possible . It means being very upright as you're drawing, and will often work best standing.
Draw Brighton
2024-01-05 09:43:40 +0000 UTCMay I ask a question about this lesson? In the sight size process, does your drawing surface have to be near vertical (or at least in the same plan as which you are looking?) Just trying to work out a set up that would keep my drawing surface at a consistent angle! Thanks in advance
Emily Seccombe
2024-01-04 17:02:43 +0000 UTCHi Denis, my apologies - we're still having some delays in recording the next 6 lessons of the course while we change over team and prepare for our 2023/24 programme here at Draw. The July and August lessons haven't been recorded yet so we're going to have to jump straight to the September release date - the 7the lesson in this series will be released by September 17th. Thanks so much for your patience and I'm really glad you've enjoyed the lessons so far!
Draw Brighton
2023-08-23 06:59:50 +0000 UTCI really like this course about drawing. But we are actually 8/22 and I can't find the link available for the July and August lessons 7 and 8. Is it possible to have these lessons posted ? Thanks a lot for the good work.
Denis
2023-08-22 16:14:52 +0000 UTC
