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Level Up your Portrait Drawings: Practical Approaches to Advanced Concepts!

How do you createa sense of lighting in yourportrait drawing? And make it feel more "realistic" and full of life than a photograph? This class is all about t...
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Platform: Skillshare
Video: 2h 15m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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About the course

How do you create a sense of lighting in your portrait drawing? And make it feel more “realistic” and full of life than a photograph? This class is all about taking the complexity of portrait drawing like lighting and design and distilling it down into simple steps you can take to level up your portrait drawings!

I introduce how to apply a sense of light through the use of shapes to group complex values, take you step by step through how I build up a solid drawing that feels structural, and lastly share some simple techniques you can do to inject even more appeal and life into your drawing.

This class is designed for those who have some prior experience with drawing the human head as well as observational drawing, as I won’t be going into drawing basics or cover the anatomy side it. Rather, I approach drawing the portrait as a designer would; drawing the human head is a vast, complex topic that would be difficult to cover in any effective way in a single class – so the purpose of my class is to introduce complex concepts like lighting and design in practical ways that you can take and apply directly into your work today!

What can you learn from this course?

Your project for this class is to do a finished portrait drawing from start to finish! Either from one of the photos I used in the class or from a photo of your choosing. You can use either pencil and paper or do it digitally if you’d like.

But before tackling the project, I would recommend you also practice drawing and identifying shadow shapes from the Shapes Lesson, and then practice drawing some block-ins.

Upload your finished portrait to the project gallery along with the photo reference you used. Share the progress photos as well, and feel more than free to share anything you did from this class on social media! Don’t forget to check back on this tab periodically for other helpful resources!

– Chris.

Photo References: Secret Pinterest Board

Examples of Great Portrait Drawings: Secret Pinterest Board

What you need to start the course?

Basic knowledge of Drawing is required to start this course, as this is an intermediate level course.

Who is this course is made for?

This course was made for intermediate-level students.

Are there coupons or discounts for Level Up your Portrait Drawings: Practical Approaches to Advanced Concepts! ? What is the current price?

You can enrol in this course with a Skillshare subscription that costs $8/month, but you start with a FREE 7-day trial. You can also enrol in thousands of courses on a variety of topics with your subscription, including several Portrait Drawing courses.

Will I be refunded if I'm not satisfied with the Level Up your Portrait Drawings: Practical Approaches to Advanced Concepts! course?

There is no money-back guarantee with Skillshare, but you can start with a free one-week trial to learn without risk. With the subscription, you can download classes to your tablet or phone using the Skillshare app.

Are there any financial aid for this course?

At the moment we couldn't find any available scholarship forLevel Up your Portrait Drawings: Practical Approaches to Advanced Concepts!, but you can access more than 30 thousand classes for $8/month on Skillshare, including this one!

Who will teach this course? Can I trust Chris Hong?

Chris Hong has created 1 courses that got 658 reviews which are generally positive. Chris Hong has taught 19,132 students and received a 4.6 average review out of 658 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Chris Hong is an instructor that you can trust.
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Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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