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Portrait Drawing Tutorials

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Front View Portrait Drawing Tutorial Part Five - Color - Chapter Eight

In this digital drawing tutorial Matt will share with you some simple color theory for skin tone and atmosphere. Part five will be all about painting the frontal portrait in color digitally. . . . keep reading

Front View Portrait Drawing Tutorial Part Four - Color

In this digital drawing tutorial Matt will share with you some simple color theory for skin tone and atmosphere. Part four will be all about painting the frontal portrait in color digitally. . . . keep reading

Front View Portrait Drawing Tutorial Part Three

Drawing a front view portrait is extremely tough. In this digital drawing tutorial Matt will show you how he tackles drawing a face from the front. If you have a hard time drawing a nose mouth and eyes from head on watch this video . . . keep reading

Front View Portrait Drawing Tutorial Part Two

Front View Portrait Drawing Tutorial Part One

How To Draw Hair - The Finished Drawing

This page contains my step by step process in photographs for finishing up the drawing. Also included are photographs of how I finished the face Comments coming later today. . . . keep reading

How To Draw Hair Section Three Chapter Eight

This "How To Draw Hair" lesson is a members request tutorial. Many members have been asking me how I draw wavy hair. I believe this drawing tutorial will cover every aspect of drawing hair. Included in the tutorial is a podcast and a PDF . . . keep reading

How To Draw Hair Section Two Chapter Five

How To Draw Hair Section One Chapter One

Portrait Drawing DVD Project One Screencast Tutorial Chapter One

In this screencast Matt will be drawing on top of his main portrait pencil drawing in photoshop. He will be breaking down his thought process and demonstrating multiple techniques to help you understand the portrait drawing process . . . keep reading

Portrait Drawing DVD Project One Disc Two- Chapter One

This is the first in four portrait tutorials to come. Each portrait drawing will be followed up with a screencast tutorial demonstrating diverse techniques on top of the traditional drawing. Matt will show you the same techniques he demos for his students at SVA. Each tutorial will have homework. This tutorial will be put on DVD . . . keep reading

Portrait Drawing DVD Project One Disc One- Chapter One

Learn How To Draw Facial Features

In this video tutorial Matt will teach you how to draw individual facial features. The tutorials are short and to the point covering techniques that will improve your drawings immediately. Matt gets into certain nuances that . . . keep reading

Portrait Drawing Tutorial Part Four

In part four of this long portrait lesson Matt focuses on the shoulders, neck and shirt. Shading different textures utilizing different . . . keep reading

Portrait Drawing Tutorial Part Three

In part three of this long portrait tutorial Matt will teach you the fine points of drawing hair. How to work the edges plus countless other little tips that really take your drawings up to the next level . . . keep reading

Portrait Drawing Tutorial Part Two

If you are interested in working on long detailed portrait drawings this video tutorial is for you. In part two Matt starts to work all of the detail, rendering out the . . . keep reading

Portrait Drawing Tutorial Part One

Everyone wants to be able to draw a fine portrait. In this four part series Matt will walk you through a portrait from start to finish. This four part series will be accompanied by a homework PDF for members only . . . keep reading

Portrait Drawing A Layered Approach Section Three

This section of the DVD has a fifty minute tutorial . . . keep reading

Portrait Drawing A Layered Approach Section Two

Section two contains the features portion of the DVD . . . keep reading

Portrait Drawing A Layered Approach Section One

This section contains the first few chapters . . . keep reading

Getting A Likeness When Drawing A Portrait

If you cannot get a likeness when drawing a portrait here is why, you need to stop looking at all of the minor details and focus on the big picture. In this article I have laid out four steps . . . keep reading