Ink Portraits with Lines and Dots
A course by Leonardo Gauna , Illustrator
Learn to analyze the anatomy of a face, play with light and shadow, and express the identity of people through portraits
Learn to analyze the anatomy of a face, play with light and shadow, and express the identity of people through portraits
Illustrator Leonardo Gauna is an expert at capturing the identity and expressiveness of people through their face. Armed with a pen, he explores the limits of art by experimenting with lines, composition, and the distribution of white space on the page, which has led him to work with businesses like Starbucks and institutions such as the La Plata National University.
In this course, he teaches you how to analyze the anatomy of a face and play with light and shadows to create ink portraits of anyone you want using lines and dots. If you'd like to learn more with Leonardo, check out his other course Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 22 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (67)
- 1,129 students
- 16 lessons (1h 45m)
- 22 additional resources (11 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
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- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Illustrate an ink portrait using lines and dots.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Designers and illustrators, regardless of experience, who want to explore the art of portraiture as a dynamic form of expression.
Requirements and materials
No previous knowledge is needed; this course is a thorough introduction to the technique, which you can use with any other drawing skills you already have.
As for materials, all you need are some basic drawing supplies like pencils, pens, markers or felt-tips, and an eraser.
Reviews
A course by Leonardo Gauna
Leonardo Gauna is an illustrator with more than a decade of experience who lives in the city of La Plata, Argentina. He has illustrated for a variety of media outlets, institutions, agencies, and galleries, and has traveled across the world to present artistic and educational projects in cities like Tokyo, Toronto, Paris, Belo Horizonte, Prague, and Houston, among others.
In 2014, the publisher TASCHEN featured his work in the book Illustration Now 5! Leonardo has published 12 books and his latest is a collection of his illustrations. He currently teaches workshops and courses and does research on virtual reality, which was the topic of his thesis for his degree in fine arts from the La Plata National University.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Know your tools
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Materials
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Inking
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U3
What do you observe?
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Face anatomy
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Scale of values and tonal keys
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Inking and scale of values
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Volumes, lights and shadows
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U4
The strategy
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Start the sketch: choose photo and initial line
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Develop the sketch
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Complement the portrait
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U5
Inked
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Inking the face
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Ink peripheral objects
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Hairs and details
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A detail of color
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To learn more
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FP
Final project
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Ink Portraits with Lines and Dots
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agnieszka_gorka
Świetny kurs. Rysowałam już wcześniej grafiki tuszem, ale miałam trudności z cieniowaniem twarzy i kropkowaniem. Dzięki temu kursowi wiem już, jak to robić :) Zaciekawiło mnie też połączenie tuszu i digitalu, choć sama wolę chyba czarno-białą grafikę.
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lisev43
J'ai vraiment beaucoup aimé ce cours et l'enseignement détaillé de Leonardo. Une ouverture sur un travail de détails et de raffinement.
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elenacilento
Aprecio y disfruto mucho este curso. Las explicaciones son muy claras y estoy encantada con los trabajos que se obtienen. Lo recomiendo plenamente.
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the_flying_ewe
Overall recommend it :) it is a bit short, more volume/value exercises on portrait elements would help. I learned about major vs minor keys and looking at ink work a bit differently now. I'm not a super patient person so dot work is hard for me, but I find that it forces me to be a bit more organized and it's a new approach to volume/value work. So definitely a technique I will practice more - even if it is not necessarily a style of drawing I'm naturally attracted to.
morgannorma777
An interesting and different approach to creating portraits, lots of new information.