Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face
A course by Gabriela Niko , Artist
Discover the fundamentals of portraiture by learning to draw facial features and tracking your progress in a sketchbook
Discover the fundamentals of portraiture by learning to draw facial features and tracking your progress in a sketchbook
Portrait drawing can seem like a challenging skill to learn, since every face is unique and filled with detail. However, developing your ability by practicing on a sketchbook is the ideal way to improve, since you can track your artistic progress. Artist Gabriela Niko believes that portraiture is a fascinating form of self-expression and has a natural power to attract the viewer's attention.
In this course, Gabriela takes you through the basics of drawing portraits down to the finer details. Learn about proportion, structure, and how to draw facial features by drawing three different types of portraits. Express your artistic vision by capturing the essence of each unique face you draw.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 44 downloads
- 95% positive reviews (2.7K)
- 140,539 students
- 14 lessons (2h 23m)
- 44 additional resources (15 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English, Turkish
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Draw three portrait illustrations (profile, three fourths, and frontal) by learning the principles of portrait drawing.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone interested in learning how to draw portraits or who wants to improve their drawing abilities.
Requirements and materials
No previous experience is necessary.
To take this course, all you need is a pencil, a sketchbook and access to the Snapseed App (or a similar editing app) if you want to edit your illustrations digitally.
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A course by Gabriela Niko
Gabriela Niko is a freelance artist based in Poland. Having grown up in a family of artists, her passion for drawing came at a very early age. She went on to study design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poland, and started her professional career in sports apparel design. After almost a decade of working in the clothing design industry, she decided to leave her position as a designer and pursue drawing full time in 2020.
Gabriela uses her social media platforms to share her work and has quickly gained recognition by amassing over 350K followers on Instagram. She is currently a brand ambassador for Paper Concept, a Polish art store, and has completed a number of commissioned works, including book illustrations, tattoos, and logo designs.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
The Basics of Drawing a Face
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How to Use Your Materials: Shading and Hatching
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Structure of the Head and Proportions
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Drawing Eyes
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Drawing Noses
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Drawing Lips
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U3
Main Project
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Portrait Sketch: Profile 1
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Portrait Sketch: Profile 2
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Portrait Sketch: ¾
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Face from the Front
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U4
Documenting Your Work
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Photographing Your Sketches
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Editing with Snapseed
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Sharing Your Work on Social Media
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FP
Final project
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Portrait Sketchbooking: Explore the Human Face
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kharyole
PlusMe ha gustado muchísmo el curso ♡
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sylphthedev
Great course. Gabriela's style of teaching is great and her tips helped me a lot!
santariastar
I liked Gabriela‘s style how she is teaching. I‘ve done lots of life drawing classes in my junger year’s and it helped me to get back to draw more in detail. I still go from time to time to her Instagram page and inspire myself how she is drawing certain parts of the face.
Gabriela is a great artist!!
saor65
lo que llevo del curso hasta ahora, me parece muy practico e interesante.
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angelicabnobrega
The course was interesting, but the information provided is very general, and the details of the productions are not specified. They are good classes for those who already know how to draw (intermediate upper levels) and want to follow a new style of working with representations.