Course Description
Course Outline
LESSON 1: Drawing for Portrait Painting Drawing is the essential first step of portrait painting, capturing the subject's anatomy with accuracy. In the first lesson, you'll learn how to work with basic facial proportions and use important methods like plumb lines and reference points to represent the subject. You'll also learn about the types of portrait representation and the challenges of this art form. For your first exercise, you'll do a right-brain drawing workout and create a drawn portrait of a live subject.
LESSON 2: Value and Underpainting Before you can create a finished, full color portrait, you need to work with the values (lights and darks) of your subject and create an effective underpainting. This lesson looks at the procedures used in creating cast drawings and raw umber underpaintings, including methods for isolating and defining areas of similar values. You'll explore light theory, learning tips for representing light with paint in a portrait. In the exercise, you'll create an underpainting of your live subject portrait.
LESSON 3: Laying on the Paint The final step of an oil portrait is filling it with color, especially the flesh tones that take up so much of a portrait and are the most challenging to create. Local and perceived color choices are explored, including a look at the color combinations used by masters of portraiture, and you'll gain tips on mixing just the right flesh tones. You'll learn the best ways to lay your color onto your portrait and some important (and common) missteps to avoid. In the exercise, you'll complete the portrait you've worked on throughout the class and create another from start to finish.
More Information
| Language | English |
| Course Length | 0.00 hours |
| Duration of Access | Up to six months |
| Instructor | Palden Hamilton |
| Vendor | Sessions (Read more about Sessions accreditation.) |
| Course Certification | Fine Arts |
| Prerequisites/Audience | Basic drawing and painting experience. |
| Requirements/Materials Included | • PC or Mac computer with an Internet connection (56.6 Kbps modem or faster is recommended). |