Achieve 100% success in drawing lifelike Portraits
What you'll learn
- How to draw portraits with 100% accuracy
Requirements
- No, other than a range of pencils, a ruler and drawing paper
Description
This course takes you through subjects such as; how pencils are made, what paper to use, types of erasers, planning your portrait, creating values and many more elements to ensure you create a perfect likeness of your subject every time.
It will take you step by step in real time through transferring your subject from a photographic reference to your drawing surface using the 'grid' method. This guarantees that your finished work will be exactly like the person you're drawing.
Alan has a 100% success rate with his students of all ages. Provided you follow the video lectures to the end, you cannot fail, so join him and discover your new talent which will inspire and amaze your family and friends as well as guaranteeing successful commissions if that is your wish.
Make this year, the year of your creative transformation. The one problem I see time and time again is the frustration artists go through when it comes to drawing a perfect likeness. This fear of failure can be reversed to knowing in advance that you are going to achieve success before you even start. How would that make you feel? Don't put it off and join this easy-to-follow course today.
Who this course is for:
- Beginners to aspiring and professional Artists
Course content
- Preview07:08
- Preview05:41
- 05:43The Pursuit of Perfection
- 19:53Achieving a 3D Effect Part 1
- 20:40Achieving a 3D Effect Part 2
Instructor
Alan Keane is a full time artist and tutor having run his own marketing consultancy for 45 years. “I’ve always had a deep interest in art but it wasn’t until I rediscovered the love of drawing that I took the bold decision to close my consultancy on reaching 60 and concentrate on art. What attracted me to it was a latent desire to have more control over my expression and the humble pencil allowed me to achieve this.
I chose portraiture because of its challenging nature. The quest for a perfect likeness has become an obsession not just because I’m a perfectionist at heart, but because the slightest error in portraying the unique characteristics of an individual renders the work simply ‘un-characteristic’ and therefore disappoints the recipient who often cannot identify where the error lies, they know it’s just ‘not them’.
“The technique I’ve perfected is more akin to the art of sculpting rather than drawing. I first create a mid-tone and then carefully ‘sculpt’ out the highlights with different types of erasers and add to the darker areas. I love to share my passion and enthusiasm for my technique and hold regular Saturday morning class in the United Arts Club and at home in my studio in Foxrock during the week". This online course is an identical curriculum.