Realistic Portrait with Coloured Pencils
A course by Néstor Canavarro , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Learn to illustrate by mastering volume, light, and shadows using a photograph
Learn to illustrate by mastering volume, light, and shadows using a photograph
With a career spanning more than 30 years as a graphic designer and making his debut as an illustrator the moment he learned to hold a pencil, Néstor Canavarro is a true master of realistic illustration with colored pencils.
Throughout his career his work has been featured in fields as diverse as publishing, advertising, and the textile industry. Nowadays, he observes the world and all its tiniest details, then recreates it on paper using a technique that, while imitating photography, is much more artisanal in style.
In this course, Néstor teaches you how to use colored pencils to draw hyperrealistic portraits in stunning detail. Discover some of the technical aspects of this type of illustration, learning to work with different materials and applications and paying special attention to the volume, light, and shadow of the human anatomy.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 13 downloads
- 95% positive reviews (1.2K)
- 30,055 students
- 17 lessons (2h 58m)
- 13 additional resources (7 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Intermediate
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create a realistic portrait using only colored pencils and a photograph as a reference.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Illustrators, cartoonists, designers, and anyone interested in advancing their illustration style with a more realistic technique.
Requirements and materials
A basic understanding of drawing is recommended. As for materials, you need colored pencils, fine-grain drawing paper (at least 150G/M), a kneaded eraser, and a graphite pencil.
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A course by Néstor Canavarro
Néstor Canavarro has spent more than three decades in the world of imagery, working first as a graphic designer and later as an illustrator. He went on to teach typography at the University of Buenos Aires from 1991 to 1999, then between 2002 and 2004 he was a teacher at the Escuela de Creativos Publicitarios. It is there that he currently works as a designer and illustrator, as well as running a drawing and illustration workshop in Buenos Aires.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Tools and techniques
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Colored pencils
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Papers
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Other tools
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Color pencil application techniques - Part 1
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Application techniques of the color pencil - Part 2
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U3
Areas of the face. Road to portrait
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The eye
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Mouth
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The skin
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The hair
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U4
The portrait
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Choice of the image
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The look
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Nose
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Mouth and cheek
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Face
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Hair and background
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FP
Final project
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Realistic portrait with colored pencils
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rossella_piccolo
PlusArtista bravissimo, corso interessante e utile
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simoslau74
impeccable, essential as training to understand the volumes of the face, the values of color and how to work with the value, the care of detail, the precision of the proportions. The review of the material is also very good.
impecable, imprescindible como capacitacion para entender los volumenes del rostro, los valores del color y como trabajar con el valor, el cuidado del detalle, la precision de las proporciones. Muy buena tambien la reseña del material.
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adeledror
cant wait to start your course!!♥
adri.mavina
PlusExcelente curso. Mis últimos dibujos han sido retratos para practicar la figura humana y en este curso he encontrado muchas herramientas muy útiles para mejorar mi técnica. Estoy muy agradecida con el profesor ya que sus conocimientos son muy valiosos. Lo recomiendo ampliamente
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artist
Es macht mir große Freude, mit diesem Kurs meine zeichnerischen Fähigkeiten und meine Beobachtungsgabe zu verbessern.
Klare Empfehlung meinerseits, diesen Kurs zu buchen.
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