In this class, we shall be learning how to sketch out portraits with the right techniques. I know most of us might want to draw fully rendered, beautiful portraits like the ones that we see on Instagram and YouTube, but sometimes we forget how much practice, time and effort it takes to master the fundamentals.

We shall be focused on quickly sketching out expressive faces, limiting ourselves to about 5 - 15 minutes per face. It's all about cultivating the habit of sketching wherever we are, and in this way, eventually improving our drawing skills. We will also cover the theory of how to draw by using the Loomis Method.

In future classes, we shall tackle how to fully render male and female portraits using charcoal, but first, let us start with sketching them out. So join me in this class, and let's have fun!

MATERIALS

The basic materials needed are;

• Charcoal pencil or lead pencil

• Eraser

• Sharpener

• Sketchbook

Done!

For your project, please download the reference images attached in the lectures and go ahead and follow along to the lessons. Websites from which you can get good reference images are Pinterest, Pixels, Pixabay, and even Instagram. I have over 350 reference images that I have pinned over the years on Pinterest.