Unleash your creativity and discover the art of portraiture at your own pace with our portrait drawing workshop. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, this workshop will provide you with the opportunity you need to develop your portrait drawing skills.

In this self-guided portrait drawing workshop, you will be given the opportunity to explore the basic principles of drawing, including proportion, anatomy, gesture and shading as you study the intricacies of the human face as work at your own pace.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

Our self-guided portrait drawing workshop offers numerous benefits including:

  • Understand Facial Features: Study the intricacies of the human face, including eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

  • Capture Likeness and Expression: Learn how to capture the unique characteristics and personality of your subject.

  • Create Depth and Dimension: Learn shading techniques to create depth and dimension in your portraits.

  • Collaborative Atmosphere: Connect with fellow artists, share ideas, and learn from each other's experiences in a supportive and collaborative environment.

  • Flexibility: Work at your own pace and on your own schedule, allowing you to fit your artistic development into your busy lifestyle.

  • Dedicated Practice Time: By setting aside dedicated time to focus on your artistic development you will improve more rapidly.

Workshop Structure:

Benefiting from a structured learning environment with access to expert guidance, feedback, and resources, our self-guided portrait drawing workshop covers topics such as:

  • Proportion and Anatomy: Explore facial proportions, and the shape and structure of bones and muscle groups and the placement of the facial features.

  • Capture Likeness and Expression: Explore the unique facial characteristics of the model and discover how to convey emotions.

  • Shading and Rendering: Explore basic shading techniques.

 

Portrait Workshop at Gorilla Bar, Manchester

WHAT WE WILL PROVIDE:

  • Table easels , Paper & Drawing board

  • A range of drawing pencils, charcoal sharpener, and eraser

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

First Timer/Beginner Friendly

 


How Do I book onto the Portrait Workshop?

Here are our upcoming workshop dates:

If you are unable to attend our next workshop, please fill the form below to register your interest and you will be notified as soon as we have a new date published.