Learn to create portraits
Learn to create portraits
Break down each facial feature and learn to create your own original portraits.
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What is the course about?
What is the course about?
Portrait Foundations
A Step-by-Step, Beginner-friendly Course
Portrait Foundations
A Step-by-Step, Beginner-friendly Course
Learn to create portraits using monochrome watercolour techniques to understand volume, form, and depth by breaking down each facial feature and how they correlate with one another.
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What are others saying
What are others saying
Bev B
Oh my what a stunning class. Anna you’re an incredible teacher what can I say you lead us effortlessly into these beautiful sketches. This has been a magical course for me. You have taught and given so much of your knowledge to us thank you.
Margaret N
What a brilliant lesson plan! Just listening to your commentary and checking the shadows on the download helped me achieve lighter washes, build up tonal values, curbed my tendency to overwork. I’m blown away with your process.
Sally T
Wow. What a class! This was a seriously respectful class that challenged you to observe at the highest level and then broke it down so you could achieve success. This class went beyond my expectations. Thank you Anna for the gift of knowledge.
Ken P
Thank you, Anna. I feel like your approach to getting feature placement and proportion is just the foundation I'd been missing. Being new at drawing faces has been a frustrating, hit-or-miss struggle and this first lesson alone has been a step forward.
Elsa W
I have lots of practicing yet to do but I never thought I’d ever be able to draw a portrait at all. Grateful for the portrait foundations class and the very patient and clear teacher, Anna Korteweg.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I get my money back if I don't like the course?
Can I get my money back if I don't like the course?
Yes, we offer a no-questions-asked 14-day money-back guarantee, counting from the purchase date.
What will I learn in each class?
What will I learn in each class?
COURSE CURRICULUM
Session 1: The Face - Understanding and Sketching Shape and Proportion
Learn about the head and face structure while doing drawing exercises. Anna will cover the basics of depth, shape, proportion, anatomy, perspective, foreshortening and the role of observing your subject. At the end of this class, you will have drawn the head from different views and comprehended how to place hair.
Session 2: The Face - Understanding and Sketching Depth and Value
Learn how to use watercolour washes to create and build up depth and value in your portrait painting while suggesting a realistic face structure. Anna will also show you how to establish a simple value scheme for portrait painting seen from different angles.
Session 3: The Eyes
Learn how to draw the proportions of the eye seen from different angles and how we can use watercolour washes to create and build up depth and value.
Session 4: The Nose and Mouth
Learn how to draw the proportions of the nose and the mouth from different angles and how we can use watercolour washes to build up depth and value to create a realistic depiction.
Session 5: The Ears and Hair
Learn how to establish the right shape and proportions of the ears and hair, and how we can 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.
Session 6: Final Project - Painting a Full Portrait in Monochrome
From defining the drawing to the intricate details, in this class, you will paint a complete portrait in monochrome watercolour to bring together everything you have learned so far.
How long is the course?
How long is the course?
This course is made of 6 sessions of 90 minutes each.
What art supplies will I need?
What art supplies will I need?
ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES
Watercolour Paper
Watercolour Paint in one colour
Watercolour Brushes
Blowdryer
Reference photos, etc. will become available after the purchase.
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About the Artist
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. Anna has 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.