Head study portrait on canvas and paper

08/27/12 • 8 min

Dr Deborah Walker walks through the head study project on canvas and paper raising the visual issues that arise when planning and executing a great visual head study portrait. Two of the main considerations are scale and colour range. Dr Walker is Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts in the Bachelor of Creative Arts at Deakin University.

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