Introductory Portraiture Course

A 100% Quebec drawing class! An online art course, to do from home!

The intensive portrait drawing program for

• Learn to draw a face
• Draw a realistic portrait
• Make pencil portraits

Expect to

• Solidify your basic techniques
• Drastically improve your results
• Add multiple projects to your portfolio

The format of the program is created to allow you an easy, motivating and tailor-made journey

• Video lessons, followed at your own pace
• Feedback on your work

What does it include?

Seven lessons on the fundamentals of portraiture (pre-recorded)

Classes explore a technical aspect of portraiture with demonstrations and exercises that you can do the exercises at the same time. Courses are available for viewing at any time.

• How to draw a face without errors of proportion
• Draw a living look
• How to make a realistic mouth
• How to draw a nose with gradients
• And more
  

Technical notions of lead drawing:

• Chapter 1: Hardware Demonstrated and Explained
• Chapter 2 : Techniques for drawing straight lines and segments
• ​Chapter 3: How to make round circles
• ​Chapter 4: Creative practices of various geometric shapes in different mediums
• Chapter 5: Pencil Techniques for Solid Areas and Silky Gradients
• ​Chapter 6: Understanding and Representing Light and Shadow on Objects
• ​Chapter 7: Criteria for making a good reference choice
• Chapter 8: How to Apply These Techniques to Portraiture and Wildlife Art

Portrait Basics - Chapter 1: Facial Proportions:

• Understand the technique so that your faces have an IMPECCABLE structure
• Exercise of robot portraits to integrate the technique
• Examination of proportions to self-assess yourself

Fundamentals of portraiture - Chapter 2: The gaze:

• The characteristics of a quick eye full of life
• A challenge of 5 minutes a day to achieve the eyes in a week
• Realistic eye project

Fundamentals of Portraiture - Chapter 3: The Nose:

• Learn simple tricks to make a successful nose every time
• ​How to sculpt volumes rather than making lines
• Fast noses and realistic noses galore

Fundamentals of portraiture - Chapter 4: the mouth:

• The steps to make a delicate mouth
• Understand the mouth in different angles
• The texture of the lips

Foundations of the portrait - Chapter 5: bank of practices:

• Project 1: Front sketch without reference. Practice basic technique.
• Project 2: Little girl. Use the technique with a photo.
• Project 3: The Blonde Lady. Practice an older model.
• Project 4: Master Class - Smiling Woman, with rendering.

Pedagogical follow-up

Printable exercise and reference sheets:

• Pages accompanying the videos
• Exercises chosen to target the techniques to be reinforced
• Concise explanations, segmented by step
• ​High resolution images of the references used
  
  

Exclusive student community

• Share your drawings in the Facebook group
• Connect with other enthusiasts
• Find advice and encouragement

Technical support seven days a week

• Customer service 7 days a week
• ​Don't get lost , ask for help!
• Find your password , connect your devices, etc.
• Ask for advice on your purchases

FREE BONUS 1: Complementary Practices - Sketch Missions

• 3 small challenges of 20 min to practice
• Apply your new skills with real projects
• Beginner level to start gently
• ​Touches different art themes like nature and animals

FREE BONUS 2: Portrait Notebook - models to shade or color

• Ten portraits in contour lines only
• ​Print at home
  
• Practice the gradient techniques taught without worrying about proportions
• Study light and shadow in a portrait

CRITICISM OF YOUR DRAWINGS by the teacher:

• Send your drawings
• Receive a comment
• Know immediately what to practice first
• Improve quickly !