Create Expressive Portraits.

Enjoy 40% off this 6-class course on crafting portraits that evoke emotion.

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About the Artist

Born in Amsterdam, Anna Korteweg studied at the University of Arts in Amsterdam and obtained her Master's in Fine Arts at the Dutch Art Institute in Enschede in 2008. After graduation, Anna travelled the world for a long time and exhibited in Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, New York and the Middle East.

As a teacher, Anna believes that art can help people overcome their struggles, allowing them to be free.

40% off this Step-by-Step Course

Learn to create portraits by breaking down each facial feature and using monochrome watercolour techniques to create volume, form and depth.

Offer expires on 30th May.

Class 1

Shape and Proportion
Class 2

Depth and Value
Class 3

The Eyes
Class 4

The Nose and Mouth
Class 5

The Ears and Hair
Class 6

Full portrait in Monochrome

40% off this Step-by-Step Course

Learn to create portraits by breaking down each facial feature and using monochrome watercolour techniques to create volume, form and depth.

Class 1: The Face: Shape and Proportion

Class 2: The Face: Depth and Value

Class 3: The Eyes

Class 4: The Nose and Mouth

Class 5: The Ears and Hair

Class 6: Full portrait in Monochrome

What you'll learn

Class 1: The Face - Understanding and Sketching Shape and Proportion

Learn about head and face structure while doing drawing exercises. Anna covers the basics of depth, shape, proportion, anatomy, perspective, foreshortening, and the role of observing your subject. By the end of this class, you have drawn the head from different views and understood how to place hair.

Class 2: The Face - Understanding and Sketching Depth and Value

Learn how to use watercolor washes to create and build up depth and value in your portrait painting while suggesting a realistic face structure. Anna also shows you how to establish a simple value scheme for portrait painting seen from different angles.

Class 3: The Eyes

Learn to draw the proportions of the eye from different angles and use watercolor washes to create and build up depth and value.

Class 4: The Nose and Mouth

Learn how to draw the proportions of the nose and mouth from different angles and how to use watercolour washes to build up depth and value, creating a realistic depiction.

Class 5: The Ears and Hair

Learn how to establish the right shape and proportions of the ears and hair, and how to use watercolour washes to build up depth and value to create a realistic ear, as well as suggest the hair around the ears and the face.

Class 6: Painting a Full Portrait in Monochrome

From defining the drawing to the intricate details, in this class, you paint a complete portrait in monochrome watercolor, bringing together everything you have learned so far.

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What are others saying?

Thank you, Anna. Your approach to getting feature placement and proportion is just the foundation I'd been missing. Being new, drawing faces has been frustrating, and this first lesson alone has been a step forward.

-Ken

Student

This class has given me wonderful tools to use in portraits (I.e. learning how to take the time to properly measure the features). I have to laugh at myself for putting the ear too close to the middle of the head on a profile and I had the ear straight - no more. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

-Marjorie

Student

I learned a lot from this session. Good instruction! She's very detailed in helping us get proportions correct. I say that as I observe so many errors in my proportions. Still, practice makes perfect! I really like this instructor.

-Nikita

Student

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