Artist Lance Dooley will guide you through the skills required to draw the portrait.

All of the well known masters like Leonardo Davinci, MichelAngelo and many of the highly skilled draftsmen of the 19th and early 20th century learned the principles of drawing a convincing human figure and portrait.

Lance believes the best way for learning is to observe someone who is at a higher skill level and implement the observed techniques on one's own work. Therefore, Lance will work along side the students and create his own charcoal drawing.

This course will show you a set of intellectual tools you can use to confidently draw the portrait from any angle or position.

Goals

• Fit the entire drawing of the model on your sheet of paper
• Create a correctly proportioned portrait, with facial features in the correct place
• Be able to identify anatomical landmarks on the face and skull
• Talk about how to vary line weight to increase the line quality
• Draw a likeness of the model, not create a generic person
• Understand how sharp and soft shadow edges can bring realism to your drawing
• Train your eye to recognize the natural shapes throughout the face, neck & shoulders