Figure Drawing The Portrait

On August 15, 2021

In Drawing , LinkedIn

Release date:2021

Author:Amy Wynne

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Artists have been drawing the portrait for centuries. One of the best ways to practice drawing the head and features is to start with understanding the structure and proportion of the skull. Once that foundation is established, adding expressive features is easy. In this course, instructor Amy Wynne begins with an introduction to the skull’s key landmarks and proportions from three views: frontal, three quarters, and profile. Next, Amy shows you the facial features and the key muscles that act on them to create expression. She demonstrates techniques to simplify the head and features into easy-to-draw geometries that allow you to add basic tonal rendering. Amy also goes over the head’s attachment to the neck and shoulders, as well as compositional choices in portraiture.

Watch online or Download for Free

[1] Introduction
[1] Figure drawing The portrait
[2] Courses to support your portrait practice
[3] Using the exercise files

[2] 1. The Skull
[1] Visualizing subcutaneous skeletal landmarks
[2] Learn the frontal proportions of a skull
[3] Learn the 34 view proportions of a skull
[4] Learn the profile proportions of a skull
[5] Challenge Draw a skull from three views
[6] Solution Draw a skull from three views

[3] 2. The Features
[1] Draw eyes
[2] Draw a nose
[3] Draw a mouth
[4] Draw ears
[5] Challenge Draw three views of each feature
[6] Solution Draw three views of each feature

[4] 3. Expressions
[1] Understand muscles acting on the forehead and eyes
[2] Understand muscles acting on the mouth and nose
[3] Challenge Draw expression and emotion
[4] Solution Draw expression and emotion

[5] 4. X-Ray Vision Overlaying Features
[1] Overlay features on a frontal skull, attach neckshoulders
[2] Overlay features on a 34 skull
[3] Overlay features on a profile skull
[4] Challenge Draw features on top of a skull
[5] Solution Draw features on top of a skull

[6] Conclusion
[1] Demo Putting it all together
[2] Next steps

[LinkedIn] Figure Drawing The Portrait.7z
[LinkedIn] Figure Drawing The Portrait_Subtitles.7z

Join us on
Channel and Group