
Learn to capture facial proportions and relationships using quick techniques, focusing on faces to guide viewer attention, with practice in watercolor, markers, pastels, and pencils.
Learn to prioritize tonal relationships over color by using a full light-to-dark range, mixing greens and blues for shadows, and applying warm tones to the face for a unified finish.
Plan a composition with a focal point and eye movement, balance darks and lights, then turn a quick sketch into a unified, textured portrait using a cohesive color palette.
Human beings are one of the most popular and fun subjects in art, but we as artists sometimes struggle when working on faces. In this class we will look closely at faces, and learn the techniques for quickly and correctly capturing them in quick sketches. I will be using mostly watercolor for my demonstrations with addition of some water soluble pencils, markers and oil pastels, but you can start practicing and applying the information from this class even with just a regular pencil and some sketch paper. These principles are my check list for fast figure sketches, but they are also applicable when working on longer and more detailed pieces, like portraits. I will also reveal several secrets that will help you to make your portraits and figurative sketches more expressive, dynamic and appealing to viewers.