Skills You’ll Learn
Face Anatomy Basics
How to sketch the face
Facial Features
Learning about facial features and how to draw them
Tonal Value
How to add contrast and different shades to your portraits
Mastering Painting the Face
How to use Gouache and Watercolours
Finalizing your Paintings
Adding final touches and completing your painting
Developing your art style
How to make stylistic choices and approaches when creating art
An Ultimate Guide To Portraiture, Sketch, Mix and Paint
with Artist, Cancallmeartis
WHAT IS THIS CLASS ABOUT?
Whether it is to create a portrait of someone you admire or even a family member, this class will give you a better understanding of the different aspects of creating a portrait. It will focus on the fundamental stages and different processes when creating a portrait, such as sketching (being mindful of proportions), mixing colors then painting and blending using gouache and watercolors. Portraiture seems daunting, but in this class, I hope to guide you to understand the face's anatomy better and transform it using paints!
WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR?
- Anyone interested in making portraits who wants to learn how to execute a traditional painting.
- Beginners and practicing artists to achieve a more semi-realistic style using watercolor.
- People who want to learn how to paint with gouache.
Class Takeaways
- By the end of this class, you will better understand how to use a reference to capture more accurate proportions.
- You will also understand the basics of mixing skin tones with only the primary colors, which will increase your color theory knowledge and can be used with other mediums accordingly.
- As well as this, we will take a deeper look into the painting medium called Gouache, which will share different techniques that will help you acknowledge its strengths and qualities, leaving you with more blended smooth portraits.
- We will also explore watercolors and how you can build up tonal value and contrast.
Class Highlights
The Fundamentals of Sketching
Mixing Skin Tones Colours
Painting and Blending with Gouache/Watercolour
Curriculum
Creator
Cancallmeartis
I am Fatima, mostly known as ‘Cancallmeartis’ on social media. I am a Fine art graduate from London who loves to paint the face using a variety of mediums.
As someone with ADHD, painting has been my hyper-fixation for years. Painting has been a healing process for me where I can detach from the world and get into an unconscious state of making which is why I recommend you try it. Over the years, I was able to teach myself how to drastically improve my art and my skill by practicing and researching with the materials that were available to me.
As I am at a comfortable stage in my practice and have gathered the sense of painting the face, I believe it is the perfect time to share the knowledge I gained with you so that you can progress with me too!
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