Vibrant Portrait Drawing with Colored Pencils
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Fill your sketchbook with colorful, semi-realistic portraits by exploring drawing techniques and experimenting with values, shades and contrast
Drawing with colored pencils allows you to explore unconventional combinations that capture the unique spirit of your subject. Artist Gabriela Niko mostly uses them to illustrate people – their beauty, diversity, expressions, and emotions. She works primarily on book illustrations, art commissions, and tutorials, and shares her knowledge with over 350K followers on Instagram.
In this online course, Gabriela teaches you how to illustrate semi-realistic portraits using colored pencils and a sketchbook. Draw a person’s face, based on a photograph, exploring fun color compositions to create unexpected works of art. Build an artful journal just as unique as you are!
Begin the course by getting to know Artist Gabriela Niko. Discover the journey that led her to a full-time career as a creative, along with the influences that inspire her work.
Learn how to prepare your mindset for the drawing process before getting an introduction to the tools and materials needed for the course. Explore how to use colored pencils and dive into color theory. Then move on to the importance of contrast and hues.
Gabriela takes you step by step through the process of drawing a head in proportion. Move onto the facial features, learning how to draw the eyes, lips, nose, and ears in detail before focusing on different hairstyles and facial hair.
Hear Gabriela’s advice for choosing a photo reference and decide between a realistic or stylized portrait for your finished piece. Create your initial sketch, then add color, starting with the base before moving on to the hues of the face. Darken the values with both planes and lines, and play with saturation and contrast techniques. Lastly, add any final details and finishing touches.
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