Realistic Portrait Painting for Beginners - The Complete Course

Difficulty Level: Introductory

Realistic Portrait Painting for Beginners - The Complete Course

Class Overview:
Learn the step-by-step process to paint realistic portraits and paint six lifelike portraits in as little as 10 weeks. "Realistic Portraits For Beginners" was designed to empower aspiring artists to master the art of painting realistic portraits even if they are complete beginners. This self-paced online class provides a comprehensive approach to mastering portrait painting.
NOTE: This is the complete course of "Realistic Portraits for Beginners" with both lessons and demonstrations. If you would only like to see the Portrait Demonstrations part of this course, Click here.

Push your portraits to the next level with Procreate

If you paint digital portraits and want to spice them up, this class is for you!

Creative Self Portraits: a Fun Photography Challenge for Self Discovery and Camera Courage

Self portraits even when you are camera shy? This photography class will be fun, creative, exciting and perhaps a bit scary too. You'll make a series of self portraits, using yourself as 'material' to express an idea, a mood and if you're up for it, simply the pure you. There are 30 prompts in total and I am here to support you when things get tough.

Realistic Colored Pencil Drawing: Face Drawing Of Woman

In this course, you’ll learn Portrait drawing with colored pencil from the ground up. The course is supported with over 4 hours of clear content that I walk you through each step of the way.

Portrait Photography: The Photographer's Guide to Capturing Mood + Emotion

This course will be centered on improving your portrait photography abilities to convey mood, feeling, and emotions. We will do this by exploring how to plan, shoot, and edit original portraits.

Head Drawing Basics / Portrait Drawing & Illustration / Sketching Realistic Faces

This portrait drawing course will teach you how to draw beautiful, realistic portraits that capture the subject's likeness.

Pop art portraits with Procreate

This is my 6th Procreate portraits class!

Bring Your Characters to Life: Create Enchanted Midnight Scene in Procreate

In this class we demystify the illustration process! Learn to draw energetic portraits, add layers of personality and complexity, dress-up your characters and place them in enchanted settings.

Throughout the class I walk you through my creative process from rough character sketch to character design, from finding the basic elements of energetic poses to illustrating an imaginary scene.
Starting with painting a dynamic portrait, you’ll learn how to make the drawing your own without copying what you see in a reference photo, using it for inspiration and a starting point to your own artwork. You’ll Learn to use masks and shading techniques, draw with the eraser, and paint relatable character in settings that tell a story. By the end of class you’ll be able to illustrate a complete scene around a dynamic portrait with skill and ease.

Paint a Large, Expressive Portrait: Use Storytelling, Symbolism, and Emotion to Go Beyond Likeness

Paint a large-scale expressive portrait in twenty 10-minute video lessons!

Fundamentals of Portrait Photography: Using Natural Light to Create Drama

Photograph a subject with irresistible emotion. This 90-minute class from fashion and portrait photographer Justin Bridges goes on-location to reveal how to use light to create a stunning dramatic portrait.

Whether you use a DSLR or iPhone, you'll learn how to prep your location, subject, and settings so that you can fully develop skills in composition, exposure, and styling. To make your portraits truly incredible, Justin also shares his favorite tricks for editing in Lightroom.

Throughout the class, Justin offers alternatives to every technique, making the class perfect for all levels for experience and equipment. This is a class for pros, enthusiasts, and everyone curious about how an incredible portrait comes to life.

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What You'll Learn

Introduction. Fashion photographer Justin Bridges will explain how photographic portraiture can tell stories, and give you skills you can use in a variety of social realms. Justin’s is one of the best online photography courses you’ll find for beginning portrait photographers because he breaks down seemingly complex photographic terminology into simple concepts.