Art Practical: Portraiture Painting Online
Course overview
Course description
Based on acrylics, this course introduces all the basic techniques used in portraiture from drawing the face and shoulders to painting the full and half-body portrait. Working from enlarged photographs, students learn to accurately transfer and draw the head, neck and face and to use light, shade and colour to create a good likeness. Supported by detailed handouts the course explains how the technical side of portraiture (like colour mixing for naturalistic skin tones, chiaroscuro and measuring proportions) can support more intuitive and individual approaches to the subject. The course finishes with a personal painting project.
Recommended materials:
HB pencil, eraser, sharpener, A3 cartridge pad (tracing paper if you are a beginner).
Acrylic paints: cadmium red, cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, burnt umber, burnt sienna, cerulean blue, primary blue, ultramarine, black and white, mixing palette, brushes (masking tape and board optional).
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