Drawing Lessons: A Lesson in “Circulism” with Brian Duey
Drawing Lessons: Circulism
“Circulism” is a technique that many artists use in attaining a realistic skin texture in drawing. People’s faces are not perfect and should not be rendered so. Circulism is basically drawing very tiny overlapping and intertwining circles. The circles do not have to be perfect to achieve this effect. Of course, the circles do not need to be this perfect on a drawing, just an example. The picture on the right shows what circulism will look like when applied to a drawing. I laid down some 3B graphite and blended in a circular motion with a blending stump. The circulism technique may also be used without blending, depends on your preference.
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Never heard of this method before but, I like it and it makes perfect sense. I will try it soon.
Hey Mike, another Mike here, a Belgian Mike, I would like to see the two pics that you are talking about in the text above, but i kinda dont see them… 🙂
hi there, if you could post the second picture thit tutorial will make more sense. but i did go to his site and saw it there.
it is an awesome tip.