Drawing Portraits

Sketching A Layout, Features of the Face and a Full Portrait

What you'll learn

The proportions of the face

How to sketch and shade eyes, noses and mouths

How to draw a portrait from start to finish

How to shade skin and hair

Methods for accurate seeing and drawing

Requirements

Basic sketching and shading techniques

Description

This course is made up of my three drawing classes in drawing portraits including: Understanding The Layout of the Face, Sketching Eyes, Noses and Mouths and The Final Portrait, a class that takes you through drawing and shading a portrait from start to finish. If you are new to drawing or if you are still struggling with how to get your faces to look more realistic, these three classes together will take your drawing to the next level. Each class takes you through real time drawing so you can draw along with me and learn through practice as I discuss what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. You will learn:How to break down the structure of the face to find the correct proportions for a portraitHow to draw realistic looking features of the face  - the eyes, nose and lips.The steps for taking a drawing from a starting plan to a fully formed portraitThis is not a character drawing or animation course, instead the focus is on fundamental drawing and seeing techniques which if practiced, will improve not only your portraits but your overall drawing skills. I'd suggest taking these three classes over 3-4 weeks: Complete the exercise in the first class and then spend some time practicing to cement what you've learnt before moving on to the next class.Portraits are one of the hardest things to master. But this series of classes will teach you tips, tricks and practical methods for drawing portraits to give you the confidence to start drawing portraits on your own. 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Part One: Understanding The Layout Of The Face

Lecture 2 Introduction To Class One: Layout Of The Face

Lecture 3 A Bit About The Way I Teach

Lecture 4 Guide To The Proportions Of The Face

Lecture 5 Sketching The Proportions Of The Face

Lecture 6 Taking A Good Selfie

Lecture 7 Drawing A Simple Layout Of Your Own Face

Lecture 8 Summary of Part One: The Layout Of The Face

Section 3: Part Two: Sketching Eyes, Noses, Mouths

Lecture 9 Introduction to Part Two: Sketching Eyes, Noses, Mouths

Lecture 10 Project And Materials For This Class

Lecture 11 Why Are Portraits So Hard To Draw?

Lecture 12 How To Sketch And Shade Eyes

Lecture 13 Drawing The Second Pair Of Eyes

Lecture 14 Drawing The Third Pair Of Eyes

Lecture 15 How To Sketch And Shade A Nose

Lecture 16 Drawing The Second Nose

Lecture 17 Drawing The Third Nose

Lecture 18 How To Sketch And Shade A Mouth

Lecture 19 Drawing The Second Mouth

Lecture 20 Drawing The Third Mouth

Lecture 21 Summary of Part Two: Sketching Eyes, Noses, Mouths

Section 4: Part Three: Drawing A Full Portrait

Lecture 22 Introduction to Part 3: Drawing A Full Portrait

Lecture 23 Your Project For This Class

Lecture 24 Tips For Choosing A Resource Photo

Lecture 25 Analysing The Photo Before We Start Drawing

Lecture 26 Starting With Sketching The Basic Structure

Lecture 27 Sketching The Shape Of The Face

Lecture 28 Sketching In The Features

Lecture 29 Shading The Eyes

Lecture 30 Shading Nose

Lecture 31 Shading Mouth

Lecture 32 Two Useful Tricks For Correcting Your Drawing

Lecture 33 Shading Skin Tones Part 1

Lecture 34 Shading Skin Tones Part 2

Lecture 35 Balancing the Tonal Values

Lecture 36 Hair

Lecture 37 Ear

Lecture 38 Eyebrows

Lecture 39 Summary of Part One: Drawing A Full Portrait

Intermediate and Improver drawing students who want to draw portraits