Rendering Realistic Pencil Portraits

$20 Discount for Guild Members. Apply Coupon Code when checking out.

Stanley Gilmore

Date / Time: Wed. 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21 — 1–3 pm
Class Size: Minimum: 5. Maximum: 11
Age Group: 18 years old and older
Artistic Level: Intermediate, Master
Cost: $145 Member Cost: $125
Required Supplies: Drawing Paper, Drawing Pencils, Erasers & Sharpener

Guild Member receive a Discount which can be applied by selecting “Add a coupon” at Checkout and then entering the Discount Code. (Contact the Guild for the Discount Code.)

Learning how to render a portrait in pencil will be the focus of a six-week study in achieving a likeness of the subject desired as an artist. It might be a grandchild, a friend, a noted figure in movies or television we love. To get to that point, we will learn how to draw the features properly, the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, within the form of the face in achieving the likeness desired. The face might be a straight on frontal view, a three-quarter view, or profile. Of course, a portrait needs ears, if seen, and knowing how to render the subject’s hair style. Finally, once features and all attributes associated with the subject are rendered, we will learn how to solidify the face with proper shading techniques of all drawn components of the face and head as a whole.

Portraits can be challenging, anything in art can be, but come fully interested and excited to meet those challenges with proper instruction provided by the art teacher, as achievements will come by watching intently, listening, and then implementing on a continuum and not giving up in learning how to become a successful portrait artist.