Certificate Portrait drawing

Inside the Course – Introduction to Portrait | Facial features | Tools, Tips & Techniques | Front and profile face | Observation skills

Certificate course in Portrait Drawing

ABOUT THE COURSE

Description

Description
Course Contents

A portrait is an artistic representation of facial features of a person, in which the expression is predominant and intent is to display the likeness, personality, and mood of the person.

The Portrait Drawing course is a complete basic foundation for everyone who wants to learn Portrait drawing. If you are either beginner or intermediate and wanted to draw a portrait, but don’t known where and how to start drawing, then this course is for you. While aimed at beginners, the Portrait drawing course is also useful for those who have tried before and want a recap on the concepts and basic techniques.

This course is a guide to improve skill and gain mastery in Portrait drawing. The detailed study about facial features i.e eyes, nose, ear, lips including expression of portraiture are covered in this course.

What you’ll learn

Be familiar with Portrait drawing method.
How to see and develop our observation skill.
Sketching of the basic shapes and forms of a subject in a very simple and easy way.
Basic anatomy of each of the facial features.
Draw the head from different angles to create more dynamic portraits.
Add details to the drawings and bringing life-like appearance to them.
Composition theory and its effects on artwork.
Study of Light and Shades on objects and understanding of highlights and shadows as well as Tones and Values.
Creating a dimension to the portrait with proper shading techniques.
Start at the very beginning and understand the techniques step by step to advance level.
The student will gain confidence with this medium and its different techniques and will able to draw like pro successfully.

Duration: 4 Months

Level: Beginners and Intermediate

Basics of Drawing

Fundamental of Art
Understanding of line, shape and forms
Study of light and shades
Basics of Perspective and composition

Portrait Drawing Techniques

Introduction to Portrait drawing and its method and tools.
Basic fundamental shape of the face, contours of surface, and study of strokes and hatching application to create forms (different strokes and layers)
Techniques and tricks of drawing.
Basic anatomy of each of the facial features.
Various shading techniques: Hatching, Cross Hatching, Squirkling, Stippling, slinky pencil shading.
Textures in Color pencil, (smooth and rough texture).

Exercises