Al Gore- Time Lapse Drawing

This video is a time lapse drawing/painting of former Vice President Al Gore. I will attempt to make "Mr. Global Warming" look lik This video is a time lapse drawing/painting of former Vice President Al Gore. I will attempt to make "Mr. Global Warming" look like a "hottie". Stage 1 is a pencil drawing. In Stage 2 I scan the drawing adjust the mid tones digitally and then reprint it. Stage 3 I do an underpainting with markers (both paint and illustration markers) Stage 4- I build up layers of opaque and quick drying acrylic paint. In stage 5, I do the detail work (such as drawing hair and the subtleties of the eyes) I use a colored pencil and paint markers again. This video will show the viewer contemporary painting techniques. I was trained as an oil painter, but oil painting takes a long time to dry.....and who has time in the twenty first century? This is the third in a series of videos on portraiture. The portraiture in non traditionall in this one, but the final product is close to what could be accomplished with oil paint. At the very end of the video Al Gore is animated....saying his favorite two words (or least favorite) "global warming".

The hour-long drawing is sped up in to seven fact filled minutes. It is a great video to see if you want to impove your portrait drawing skills. This video covers, contour drawing, drawing from observation, mass drawing, midtones, halftones, tone, chroma, the elements of art, painting techniques, transparent or transparancies (with the illustration markers in place of glazing), crosshatching, tones, breaking drawings in to shapes to simplify the drawing process and drawing the features of the human face. It is an instructional, traditional drawing, video. For more drawing tips from Merrill Kazanjian or to see his art, contact him through his website; merrillk.com