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Digital portrait

The long-awaited course dedicated to drawing a digital painting portrait for those who want to improve their character drawing skills and learn how to

from 22 weeks
Beginner

About the Course

The long-awaited course dedicated to drawing a digital painting portrait for those who want to improve their character drawing skills and learn how to draw a human face from life and from imagination. In the course, you will analyze the academic principles of working with a portrait, the structure of the face on the example of male and female models — real productions in the studio and online using references, as well as the structure of the skull from several angles. You will learn how to draw picturesque portraits from imagination and replenish your portfolio with sketches and long drawings of varying complexity.

What You Will Learn

The skill of working with composition in portrait
Understanding of the structure, anatomy of the face and head
The skill of working with references
The skill of working with a real model
The skill of working with color in painting
The skill of working with different brushes in CG graphics
The skill of working with warm-cold contrast
The skill of depicting portraits from different angles

How the Learning Works

01

Watch the lecture and complete the assignment

02

Get feedback from instructor and make revisions

03

Gain knowledge and build your portfolio

Who Is This Course For

1

For начинающие artists who want to understand the structure of the face and learn to draw живописные portraits.

2

For experienced artists who need to improve their portrait drawing skills and deepen their knowledge of head anatomy.

3

For everyone who wants to learn how to draw portraits from натуры, reference and imagination.

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For character artists.

Course Instructors

Azat Nurgaleev

13 courses

Drawing courses

Azat Nurgaleev

Artist, founder and ideologist of Skills Up School

Instructor works

Student Works

What Students Say

Анна Иванова

Егоренков Дмитрий

Юлия Некрасова

Христина Таймухина

Иван Скрынников

Юлия Феоктистова

Мария Докучаева

Анна Кузнецова

Юлия Кардонова

Григорий Капица

Черепанов Никита

Course Program

Theory
  • •The study of the proportions of the face and head using the example of a stump and a plaster head
  • •Constructive analysis of the parts of the face: eyes, mouth, lips, ear
  • •Working with the tone. Tonal analysis of staging with a plaster head
Practice
  • •Constructive linear drawing of a plaster head from several angles
  • •Constructive sketches of parts of the face
  • •Sketch of a plaster head in black/grisaille
  • •Tonal drawing of 4 parts of the face
  • •A sketch with a plaster head
Format Selection

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A curator is a practicing artist who will review each piece and help you grow faster

This course is offered with a curator — so you get the most out of the program

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$101/mo

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