Introduction to Drawing Portraits with Ken Spirduso

How to Draw Portraits Tutorial
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Introduction to Drawing Portraits with Ken Spirduso
Creature Art Teacher Course

Draw portraits with stronger accuracy.

In this 6+ hour course, artist and teacher Ken Spirduso demonstrates his approach to drawing portraits.
You’ll learn how to break down the shapes of the face, capture a likeness, use negative shapes, understand facial anatomy, draw eyes, noses, mouths and ears, identify bony landmarks, use comparative measurements, and build values and shading.

6+ Hours
Portrait Drawing
Real-Time Demos
With Ken Spirduso

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Shapes & Likeness

Learn how Ken breaks down the shapes of a face, uses negative shapes, and approaches capturing a likeness.

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Facial Anatomy

Study eyes, noses, mouths, ears, bony landmarks, male and female faces, and the structure behind stronger portrait drawings.

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Measurements & Shading

Practice comparative measurements, values, shading, and other portrait drawing techniques through lectures and real-time demonstrations.

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Meet Ken Spirduso

Learn from educator, painter, and concept illustrator Ken Spirduso, whose credits include The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tarzan, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, and more.

Lessons

04 The Nose

This exercise focuses on the nose and how to avoid common errors while learning common proportions.

05 The Mouth

Break the mouth shape into parts to get a better graphical representation.

06 The Ear

Use a point of references to draw a more real and proportional ear shape, in the correct angle.

07 Digital Portrait

Follow this digital exercise while Ken shows you his approach to draw portrait with accuracy.

08 Traditional Portrait

Ken shows his approach on traditional media reaffirming the strategies he recommends to obtain a closer result to the reference image.