Learn to paint beautiful portraits in acrylic paint. -How to plan a portrait. -Accurately draw the portrait into canvas. -Techniques to accurately draw the facw -Facial proportions explained -Preparation to start painting. -Mixing color -How to take the painting to completion. -Ideas for the background

Drawing Lessons (10 Lessons) Materials: Drawing Pencil Set, A4 Cartridge Paper, Staedtler Eraser, Pencil Sharpener. Pen and Note Pad. 1. How to draw to scale: * Using the Grid Technique (Example and exercise) * Sightings measurement explained/ Arm straight and one eye closed (Example and exercise) * Triangular Grid Technique (Example and exercise) 2. Shading Techniques and Mark Making: * Exploring Graphite. Hard and Soft Pencils (Exercise) -Shading can mimic light and shadow -Make drawings look 3 dimensional. -Expert shading can create hyper realistic photographic drawings - Shading always start with the lightest areas to dark - Shade in one direction * Hatching, Crosshatching, Contours, Broken Hatching, Stippling, Scribbling, Repeat Shapes, Tiling, Scallops, Tick Hatching, Woven Hatching (Examples and exercises) *Values in drawing (Example and exercises) * Blending soft gradients * Rendering with an eraser Values, Tone and Contrast Value- Light and Dark Values The lightest tone is the highest value The darkest tone is the lowest value Tone- Describes how light or dark shading Contrast- When two opposite values are positioned next to each other. Strong contrasts are impactful. (Example and exercises) *How to draw depth (Example and exercise) 3. 2D Shapes and 3D Shapes- * Use of Volume in drawing- Still-life, animals/ birds (Examples and exercises) 4. Portraiture: *Mapping the face * Tilted head (Example and exercise) 5. Figure Drawing- Proportions and Gesture Drawing: * How to proportion the figure, hand, foot * How to use the 3-dimensional shapes to create a figure * How to draw gestural drawings (Example and exercises) 6. Positive and Negative Spaces * How to correct drawings by observing positive and negative space (Examples and exercise) 7. Composition: * Different compositions to create visually aesthetic drawings (Examples and exercises) 8. Perspective: *Linear perspective / Vanishing point * 2 Point perspective *3 Point perspective/ Worms eye view & Birds eye view (Example and exercises) 9. Anatomy, Basic Shapes and Form *Volume 2D and 3D Shapes *8 Heads figure proportions *Hand tutorial *Foot tutorial (Example and exercises) 10.Portraiture *How to measure proportions on the face *Drawing lip, eyes and nose (Example and exercises) 11.Chiaroscuro *Play on light and dark-Light source and tonalities add depth, emotion and add narrative. *Mood and atmosphere- Drawing viewers emotions into the painting. Somber, mystery and ominous *Storytelling- shadows can hint at hidden narratives and secrets. Encouraging the viewer to engage with the painting at a deeper level. *Symbolism- shadows can symbolize the unknown. Subconscious or repressed. Adding layers to meaning in the work. (Example and exercises) Price excludes materials