Realistic portraits

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Have you ever struggled to paint a realistic portrait that actually looks like your reference?

It can be so hard to get the proportions right. The eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks…

And even if you get that far, then comes the dreaded colour palette to create the perfect matching skin tone.

Of course, don’t forget about the whole process of adding light and shade!

And what about recreating the hair!?

Katarina Vicenova

In this exclusive course for Anne’s International School of Art, professional fine artist Katarina Vicenova provides easy step-by-step guidance showing you how to paint a portrait from a photo reference.

Realistic portraits

Realistic portraits

Realistic portraits

Realistic portraits

Realistic portraits

Realistic portraits

Realistic portraits

What to expect?
This watch-and-follow course will ensure you learn and practice all of the necessary techniques to create the perfect portrait from beginning to end:

Watch and learn how to create a realistic portrait, from drawing general outlines with charcoal pencil and right through to completing a painting of the portrait using an oil paint on canvas.

Never used oil paints before? No problem!
This course is here to provide detailed step-by-step guidance on how to complete a realistic portrait painting using oil paint.

Prefer using acrylics? No problem!
You can easily use acrylic paint instead - just add a medium like acrylic retarder.

In this course you will learn:

  how to set up a full oil paint palette

  how to mix the skin tones from the darkest dark values to the lightest light values

how to apply these to your portrait effectively

  how to work from broad simplified shapes and build up to refined details.

Additionally, you will also learn how to:

place the portrait using basic composition rules

 add transition colours to make your painting more realistic

use a variety of edges to achieve the 3-dimensional illusion of reality.

Your dedicated teacher:

Born in Slovakia, Katarina Vicenova obtained her Master's degree in Art Education at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, before travelling the world to study with living Masters of our time all around the world.

With many years of experience teaching art, Katarina bases her tutorials on teaching methods used by the classical and contemporary realist academies. She believes this style of training provides a solid artistic basis, helping the students to achieve high standards of craftsmanship and technical skills.
Katarina Vicenova

Anne´s International School of Art

 

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