Imaginative Portraits
Welcome to our page 'Drawing & Painting: Imaginative Portraits' where I will be sharing with you some of the resources and activities of our course. Enjoy!!!
CLASS 1 (10/01/19) - Initial exercise & Loomis method for sketching heads and faces
- Click on the image below to see the photos.
- Click here to see how to draw heads with the Loomis method.
- Click here to learn more about facial and head proportions.
CLASS 2 (17/01/19) - Drawing heads and faces & the hatching technique.
- Click here to learn more about the basics of sketching heads and faces.
- Click here to learn more about the hatching technique.
CLASS 3 (24/01/19) - Sketching the human figure + exercise on pointillism
- Click on the picture below to open the photos that we used in class.
- Click on the image below to learn more about drawing the human figure, focusing on gesture.
- Exercise on pointillism: Draw one of the features of the face, hands or feet and experiment using this technique, as in the picture below. I recommend you to use ink pens with different sizes/thickness to get better results. Have fun!
- Some inspiration for your exercises on pointillism: Click here to see Pablo Jurado Ruiz's artworks.
CLASS 4 (31/01/19) - How to draw light from darkness + Exercise on Expressionism
Click here to learn more about how to draw with white pastel on black paper.
Click here to open the presentation on Oswaldo Guayasamin.
Homework for Thursday 14th February: Expressionism/Distortion: Produce an expressionist drawing of the human figure using white pastel on black paper.
CLASS 5 (07/02/19) - Life drawing session
CLASS 6 (14/02/19) - Skin tones
Click here to learn more about how to paint realistic skin tones with acrylics
- Examples of unconventional skin tones:
Painting by Jessica Miller
Painting by Stephen Bennet
Painting by Veronica Jaeger
CLASS 7 (28/02/19) - Drawing and painting hands
Click here to learn more about drawing hands in different poses.
Croquis cafe's website (photo and video archive of life models).
CLASSES 8 & 9 (07 & 14/03/2019) - Individual project (Paint a portrait that you like):
CLASS 10 (21/03/19) - Group project (Mixed media):
Click on the image below to see the youtube video by Juna Biagioni.
THANK YOU!!!
Thank you very much for your passion and hard work during these 10 weeks! It was a fantastic experience. Keep up the good work and hope to see you soon!
Alberto Pitalua
