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Portrait Drawing 101
5.0( 1 REVIEWS )
41 STUDENTS
5h 22m

Learn the basics of how to draw an appealing realistic portrait.

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Course Skill Level
Beginner
Time Estimate
5h 22m

Instructor

Hi, I'm Tamas! Learn something new today - I love to teach new skills to students.

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About This Course

Who this course is for:

  • Students who are curious about learning to draw the head and interested in portrait drawing with pencil

What you’ll learn: 

  • Drawing an appealing realistic portrait of a woman’s face
  • How to draw the head from any angle
  • How to draw each facial feature (the eye, the nose, the ear, the mouth)
  • How to draw facial expressions
  • Perspective drawing and shading principles

Requirements: 

  • Motivation and desire to learn to draw

In this 5.5-hour portrait drawing course, I will teach you step by step how to draw your first impressive portrait with a pencil on a paper or with a digital drawing tool.

No previous drawing knowledge is necessary. This drawing course is for beginners.

Most people think that drawing a human portrait is extremely difficult. Actually, it’s just a myth. If there is desire in you, you will learn this stuff. Believe it or not, art is not the privilege of the few, it is more like a set of skills that you can learn.

Even if you draw like a 4-year old kid now, it will change dramatically in a few days.

Portraiture is a great thing, because once you draw your first pencil portrait, it will make you believe that you are able to learn to draw anything.

What drawing tools you need

If you have just a traditional graphite pencil and some copy papers, that’s perfectly enough to begin this course. But if you prefer to use any digital drawing tools, that’s ok too. For example, you can use Photoshop with a drawing tablet, or the popular drawing and painting app called Procreate on the iPad with the Apple Pencil. Whatever drawing tool you use, note that we will be doing traditional portrait drawing with a simple graphite pencil (or its digital equivalent).

Content

This beginner drawing course consists of four main sections.

I like to build up my students’ drawing skills systematically, so we will start off with the basic building blocks of the human head, and gradually move forward. You’ll be doing plenty of drawing exercises before you draw your first full portrait.

The 1st section is about the structure of the head. The structure, the proportions, and relative position of the facial features (the eyes, the nose, the ears, the mouth, etc.) are crucial for drawing a realistic portrait.

So, you will learn:

  • how to draw the head from any angle in a few simple steps (sketching)
  • the proportions of the head, the location of facial features in front view and side view
  • the planes of the head which will help you to understand its 3D structure, how to draw a face in perspective, and create a believable shading later in the course

The 2nd section is about one of the most important drawing skills called shading. Shading is key to create depth and the illusion of 3-dimensionality on your drawings.

You will learn:

  • how an object surface behaves in light
  • how shadows are created
  • and how to illustrate them on your drawings to create a convincing 3D look

You can also make some shading exercises to prepare yourself for drawing faces from real life.

In the 3rd section, you will have the opportunity to draw each facial feature one by one in all kinds of viewing angles.

You will learn:

  • how to draw eyes
  • how to draw nose
  • how to draw ears
  • how to draw mouth or lips

As a bonus, I’ll show you how to illustrate emotions on the face in cartoon style. When you draw a human portrait, it’s important to observe every little detail on your subject’s face. Drawing cartoon faces is fun, and a great exercise to recognize the important facial features. Don’t miss this lesson!

In the 4th section we will make a fairly realistic, full pencil portrait from scratch.

We will:

  • take a reference photo, and analyze the face piece by piece
  • draw the construction lines of the head paying special attention to proportions and relations
  • then start the shading process step by step building up the face layer by layer
  • make the final touches and polish the portrait

If you follow my instructions and perform the drawing exercises along the way, your friends and family will be amazed at the human portrait you’re capable of drawing.

Have some fun with me and enroll in this portrait drawing course now.

Our Promise to You

By the end of this course, you will have learned how to draw portraits.

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Course Curriculum

Section 1 - Introduction
Introduction To This Portrait Drawing Course 00:00:00
Course Resources 00:00:00
Section 2 - The Structure Of The Head
Draw The Head From Any Angle 00:00:00
The Proportions Of The Head 00:00:00
The Planes Of The Head 00:00:00
Section 3 - Understand Shading
Shading Basics 00:00:00
Shading The Planes Of The Head 00:00:00
Section 4 - Facial Features On The Head
Preparation For Portrait Drawing 00:00:00
The Eye – Part 1 00:00:00
The Eye – Part 2 00:00:00
The Eye – Part 3 00:00:00
The Eye – Part 4 00:00:00
The Nose 00:00:00
The Ear 00:00:00
The Mouth – Part 1 00:00:00
The Mouth – Part 2 00:00:00
Facial Expressions 00:00:00
Section 5 - Portrait Drawing
Portrait Drawing – Part 1 00:00:00
Portrait Drawing – Part 2 00:00:00
Portrait Drawing – Part 3 00:00:00
Portrait Drawing – Part 4 00:00:00
Portrait Drawing – Part 5 00:00:00
Section 6 - Congratulations
Goodbye 00:00:00

Course Review

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  1. Anonymous
    Anthony Varnadore March 27, 2023 at 12:55 PM

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    5.0

    Could use more direction on shading. Outstanding course!

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