Hatched portrait: everything you need to know about drawing with hatch lines!

Atelier Le Coquillage et l’Oreille, 5 bd Adolphe Billault

Day 1: Review of canonical proportions, drawing task: a face, front, profile, and three-quarter view. Theory of stroke dynamics, applying it with ink to the previous drawings. Theory of hatching, how to cross strokes, practical exercises. Apply this principle to a sphere following its volume, same exercise with simple geometric shapes. Introduction to hatch work on a face with examples. Day 2: Final step, the student selects a portrait from a catalog. Explanation on how to make a good sketch. Independent work, individual follow-up.