Realistic portrait
This course offers an in-depth study of the foundations of portrait art. During the training, you will study the anatomy of the head, improve your thr
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This course offers an in-depth study of the foundations of portrait art. During the training, you will study the anatomy of the head, improve your three-dimensional thinking and understand how to work with tone, construct the head and model the shape of the face. You will go through all the stages – from drawing constructive heads to realistic portraits. The course includes additional lectures on composition in tattooing: you will learn how to apply the principles of composition and use space, lines, shapes and colors to create harmonious and aesthetically pleasing tattoos. Portfolio pre-approval is required.
What You Will Learn
How the Learning Works
Watch video lessons at your own pace
Complete assignments and reinforce your skills
Gain knowledge and build your portfolio
Who Is This Course For
To artists of an intermediate level and above
To tattoo artists, illustrators, comic book artists and everyone who needs a portrait of a person in their work
To graduates of the Figure Drawing Middle or Portrait Sketching courses, as well as to those who are studying or have studied at an art school and institute
Course Instructors
20 courses
Anastasiya Patrina
2D artist (illustrator)
Instructor works
Student Works
What Students Say
Anna Ivanova
Egorenkov Dmitry
Course Program
Theory- •Anatomy of the skull: frontal bone, cranial region, facial module
- •General principles of head shaping
- •Anatomy of the skull in profile: temporal bone, parietal bones, occipital bone
- •Full-face skull: maxillary block, lower jaw, interior of eye socket
- •Composition in a tattoo, part 1: the basics
Practice- •Drawing a skull in 3/4
- •Drawing a skull in profile
- •Drawing a skull in full face
- •Refining three camera angles or creating a general composition of skulls
Club video archive — available to all students
Dozens of lectures, masterclasses, movie nights and soft-skills sessions from school instructors. The archive keeps growing.
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Bonus video lesson
A lesson on the basics of digital painting. Drawing a pear
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