Mimicry to Mastery: Drawing Portraits from Reference

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Free Online Course: Mimicry to Mastery: Drawing Portraits from Reference provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for Less than 1 hour of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Mimicry to Mastery: Drawing Portraits from Reference is taught by Cara Ord.

Overview
  • This class will take you through the basics of illustrating from reference. Helping you improve your eye and hand skills in developing likeness in your imagery. This class is great for any skill level, it can help you with a basic understanding of drawing as well as improve the skills of a fine artist. We will go all the way from understanding the anatomy of a face and working with basic shapes to rendering a realistic or stylised portrait (your choice).

    Here are my finished portraits from this class for some inspiration:

Syllabus
    • Class Introduction
    • Warm Up
    • Shape Skeleton
    • Character From Reference
    • Facial Anatomy Mapping
    • Measuring the Face
    • Drawing Portraits from Reference
    • CHALLENGE UNIT - Portraits using Multiple References
    • Thank you