Portrait Drawing Course: Drawing For Beginners | How to Draw
Start to learn portrait drawing today in this online drawing course made for beginners. You can learn how to draw a portrait with pencil in a few days. Believe it or not, art is mostly a set of skills that you can learn.
Even if you draw like a 4-year old kid now, it’s not a problem.
I’ll show you how to draw portraits with a pencil step by step. By the end of this portrait drawing course your drawing skills will get a boost, and you’ll be able to draw an engaging human portrait.
You will have a solid understanding on
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the structure of the head
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head proportions
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how to draw the face in perspective
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how to draw different facial features (the eyes, the nose, the ears, and the mouth)
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and how to shade your drawing to create depth and get a solid 3D look
Plus, just to have some fun, you will learn how to illustrate expressions, different emotions or feelings on the face.
No previous drawing knowledge or special drawing tools are required.
I’ll be drawing on the iPad with the Apple Pencil using the Procreate drawing and painting app, but you’re good to go with a simple copy paper, a pencil, and an eraser.
If you follow my instructions and perform the drawing exercises along this course, your friends and family will be amazed soon what portrait you’re capable to draw.
Have some fun with me and enroll in this portrait drawing course now.
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Watch the 2-min Free Preview Video to see if this course is good for you.
Understand Shading
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Draw the Head From Any AngleYou learn how to draw a simplified construction of the head quickly. You will understand the volume of the head and be able to draw it in the 3D space from any angle.
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The Proportions of the Head
You learn the proportions of the head and the location and sizes of the different facial features like the eyes, the nose, the mouth and the ears. You're going to draw the head in front view and side view.
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The Planes of the Head
You learn to build up the head from simple planes. This practice helps you to understand the 3D structure of the head which will be essential for rendering it correctly in light and shadow
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Warm-up QuizThis short quiz is about some of the basic principles of head drawing.
Facial Features on the Head
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Shading Basics
You learn the basics of one of the most important drawing skills - shading. You learn how the surface of objects behaves in light and how to draw dark and light areas on a surface to create a convincing 3D look.
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Shading the Planes of the Head
You learn to properly shade the planes of the head. Plus you learn a cool trick about how to change the colors of your drawing dynamically on digital tools.
Portrait Drawing
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Preparation for Portrait Drawing
If you use traditional drawing tools, in this lesson you can learn a cool trick about how you can draw more engaging portraits with pencil and paper.
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The Eye - Part 1
You learn how to draw the most important facial feature, the eye from several angles.
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The Eye - Part 2
Let's draw some more eyes.
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The Nose
You learn how to draw the nose from several angles.
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The Ear
You learn how to draw the ear from side, in 3/4 view, and from the back.
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The Mouth
You learn how draw the mouth,the lips, and the teeth from different angles.
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Facial Expressions
You learn how to draw expressions on the face. Illustrating feelings on the face is a great fun. Don't miss this lesson.
Congratulations
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Portrait Drawing - Part 1
You learn how to draw a photorealistic portrait based on a reference photo. In Part 1 you build up a solid base for the portrait by drawing the construction lines of the subject's head.
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Portrait Drawing - Part 2
In Part 2 you learn how to shade the head step by step.
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Portrait Drawing - Part 3
In Part 3 you perform the final touches and finish drawing the portrait.
