Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Pencil
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Learn to sketch a portrait from scratch by exploring a variety of drawing techniques and bring it to life using basic shapes, tones, shadows, and line work
To learn how to draw a striking portrait, you need three things: a pencil, some practice, and a good teacher. In this online course, award-winning artist and teacher Matthew Smith teaches you the basics of portrait drawing, from the initial proportions to the final details. So really, all you need is a pencil.
Matthew takes you step by step through the process, starting with drawing exercises to warm up, sketching proportional facial features, adding detail with tones and shadows, to creating texture with line work. By the end of this course, you will be able to draw realistic and captivating portraits from scratch.
Meet Matthew Smith, an artist, illustrator, educator, and your teacher for this course. Hear about his creative journey, which started as a child and led him to become a professional artist. Then he shares his influences and sources of inspiration.
Get an overview of the course materials needed, before starting on some drawing exercises. Discover the fundamentals of representing a head, its shapes, and its different features. Then learn how to sketch the light and dark tones found on a face.
Time to start your final project! Begin with the key lines that give shape to the head, before rendering your model’s main facial characteristics. Matthew shows you how to fill in the shadows, adjust the proportions, and refine your piece.
Put some finishing touches to your portrait drawing by adding the darker values to add more depth. Matthew wraps up the course by showing you how to add calligraphy (linework) for texture and correct the final details.
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