Draw a freehand portrait using the Paintology app

In this drawing, we are going to draw this portrait couple using the free Paintology drawing app. The app is available for free from the Google play store, you just need an android phone or tablet.

This is a far more natural process of drawing than using digital tools. The opacity setting of the brush allows you to build up the tones with each stroke much like using a colored pencil and paper. This method of drawing feels like actual drawing without always having to dive into the tools section. You can rapidly build tones, colors, textures required for great drawings without the extensive tools. Focus more on your actual drawing than always having to access tools.

Mastery of these skills will allow you to create photo realistic drawings with ease and much faster than using tools. You can carry these fundamental skills to other art mediums too.

We first draw the outline and do some blocking of colors using the traced mode of the drawing in the Paintology app. In this way, we can get better accuracy of the shape and form, especially the faces. With the color picker we can translate the exact colors that are in the original image and transfer to our own drawing canvas.

After the outline/blocking, we do the complete drawing by freehand. This will help you to increase your freehand drawing techniques as well as the application of tones in a drawing.

Try more free courses in Paintology, just search for Paintology in the search box.

Alternatively, go through the in-app video tutorials provided with the app, it is organized by levels and interests, so there is something for everyone.

I hope to see you soon in one of my drawing courses!