Learn how to draw portraits
Develop a likeness through observational drawing of your own model. The tutor will guide you through each stage of drawing from establishing scale, building up the features and then creating tone and form.
Please Note: When learning to draw portraits, best practice is to use a real person as your model, rather than working from a photograph. You can either ask a friend or someone from your family to sit for you, or alternatively you can draw a self-portrait using a mirror.
Ability: Suitable for all
The minimum time required to watch and respond to the video content and complete the tasks is 6 hours. The tutor also recommends how you can develop your work further so that you can continue to use the skills acquired on this course for future projects. Six months of online access to all of the course content.
Please Note: When learning to draw portraits, best practice is to use a real person as your model, rather than working from a photograph. You can either ask a friend or someone from your family to sit for you, or alternatively you can draw a self-portrait using a mirror.
Ability: Suitable for all
The minimum time required to watch and respond to the video content and complete the tasks is 6 hours. The tutor also recommends how you can develop your work further so that you can continue to use the skills acquired on this course for future projects. Six months of online access to all of the course content.
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Introduction to tutor George Popesco and workshop overview
Getting started
Getting started
- Health and safety, materials, equipment and set up requirements
Workshops
Completion
- Making a first study – face on
- Exploring different poses
- Building up the features
- Focus on mark making and rendering tonality
- Finishing touches
Completion
- Additional notes and ideas
Course includes:
- Access to our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) with course content
- A series of instructional videos to work through and repeat at your own pace
- Practical tasks to complete
- Helpful materials suppliers list
- Student online gallery where you can post images of your work for tutors to review and comment on
- Support from the college and tutors via email should you need it during the course
- Additional notes and ideas
You will need:
Materials
Equipment
- Pencils 2B & 4B Soft charcoal pencil
- White chalk pencil
- Thin willow charcoal
- Putty eraser
- Hard eraser
- Masking tape
- 3 sheets of A2 Cartridge paper – Arboreta paper or stone colour, medium grade
- 3 sheets of A2 Sugar paper
Equipment
- A2 size drawing board, if using sheets of paper, otherwise use the pad to support
- An easel - if you don’t have an easel at hand then work on a drawing board and rest it/ prop it up against a chair
- Clips to hold paper
- Blending tool
- Scalpel
- Pencil sharpener
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