DRAWING CHALLENGE: For this course, I have created a challenge to help you improve your drawing skills when drawing faces. The purpose of the challenge is to draw 50 faces in 50 days. But, please, don't panic! These sketches don't need to be very detailed, just quick sketches of 10 - 15 minutes each. I recommend you to draw every day, using reference photos or drawing from life, if it's possible. For example, you can find lots of references on Pinterest (just type portrait or faces, and you'll find lots of photos). Also, try to use different styles and techniques (pencils, charcoal, ink, colour pencils...), draw different types of people (old, young, male, female...), from different angles and, most importantly, don't forget to have fun! I hope it's useful and I'm sure we will all learn a lot from doing this!
CLASS 1 (26/09/19) - Initial exercise
CLASS 2 (03/10/19) - Drawing heads in perspective
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Demo: How to sketch heads I. Click here or the image below to watch the video.
Demo: How to sketch heads II. Click here or the image below to watch the video.
CLASS 3 (10/10/19): Shading techniques
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Demo: How to shade a portrait. Click here or on the image below to watch the video.
CLASS 4 (17/10/19): Painting a monochromatic portrait
Demo: Click here or on the image below to watch the video.
CLASS 5 (24/10/19): Sketching the human figure
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Demo: Click on the image below to watch the video
You can find thousands of examples of life model poses on www.artmodeltips.com
CLASS 6 (07/11/19): Shading techniques II
Demo: How to shade the human figure in charcoal. Click on the image below to watch the video.
CLASS 7 (14/11/19): Painting the human figure.
Demo: Painting the human figure (monochrome study). Click on the image below to watch the video.
CLASS 8 (21/11/19): Painting skin tones
Here are some examples of how to mix realistic skin tones, using oils, by John Howard Sanden:
THANK YOU!!!
Thank you for these 8 weeks of creativity and hard work! Here is a selection of some of the sketches and paintings that you produced for our '50 Faces Drawing Challenge'. I'm so proud of you! I hope you enjoyed the classes and they inspired you to keep learning and move forward. Keep up the good work and hope to see you soon!Alberto Pitalua
