آموزش نقاشی پرتره با آبرنگ از Artefacto school

عنوان دوره : Artefacto school – Watercolor Portrait Painting

سطح : متوسط

زمان کل دوره : 9 ساعت

تعداد فايل ها : 17

سال آموزش : 2026

فایل تمرینی : jpg – png

مربی دوره : Konstantin Sterkhov

سکه مورد نیاز برای خرید : 50000 سکه

نرم افزار : –

زیرنویس انگلیسی : ندارد

Artefacto school – Watercolor Portrait Painting

Learn how to compose, construct, and paint a human face with Konstantin Sterkhov

Painting portraits is a skill many artists are dreaming of. To make portraits resembling your models, to express emotions, to show the features of every person you paint, and to hear cries of admiration – isn’t it wonderful?

In this course, we will learn everything we need to know about portraits! We will see how to mix colors for skin shades, get the right proportions of the human face, use a diversity of textures for hair, skin, and eyes, and practice different watercolor techniques.

A world-famous artist Konstantin Sterkhov will accompany us in this exciting journey to make the process easy and engrossing. Join us and become a master of watercolor portraits!

Konstantin Sterkhov
a master of watercolor,

author of the course

17 thematic lessons

15 Full-HD video tutorials

High-quality video lessons in English from 2 camera angles with lifetime access from any location

8 exercises and 3 paintings

We will study proportions, facial shapes and parts, facial details in color, and paint three portraits

High-quality feedback

Individual feedback from Konstantin Sterkhov or professional curator (depending on the plan)

Who is this course for …

Those who would like to learn to compose, construct, and paint a human face
Someone who dreams about getting the right proportions and mixing realistic colors of the skin
The one who needs to know how to use a diversity of textures for hair, skin, and eyes and achieve the similarity with the model
Beginner and professional artists who want to paint portraits in different techniques and color schemes

Course Table of Contents

Lesson 1

Introduction

Organizational information, how to use the platform. The list of materials needed for the course.

Lesson 2

Proportions, shapes, and parts of the face

We will study proportions, shapes, and parts of the face.

Lesson 3

Using mannequins as models for portrait studies

We will learn to simplify the shape of the head in monochrome, to use an approach of lifting and hatching on wet, and to merge the darker shapes.

Lesson 4

Mixing colors for skin shades

We will get several options for mixing colors to get a skin tone.

Lesson 5

Eye detail in color

Explore the structure and learn how to draw the most expressive element of the face, the eyes. You will make a pencil sketch, learn how to create highlights and shadows, blend colors, achieve transparency, and paint eyes in watercolor.

Lesson 6

Nose detail in color

Explore the structure and paint the human nose in color. Learn how to use blue as a substrate, blend realistic colors, and create highlights and shadows depending on lighting.

Lesson 7

Lip detail in color

We will study the structure and learn how to draw the shape of lips. Learn how to mix realistic colors, create highlights, shadows, and paint human lips in color.

Lesson 8

Detail of the ears in color

Study the shape of the human ear, create the correct proportions, make a pencil sketch and paint the human ear in color.

Lesson 9

Hair shades and textures

We will make color studies of different hair types: blond, red, light brown, dark brown, and curly black, learn to depict various types of the hair textures, and practice special brush movements.

Lesson 10

Side view portrait. A drawing study

We will project a drawing in outlines, attach facial parts in their right places, and see how facial parts change in a side view.

Lesson 11

Side view portrait. A study in color and painting the background

We will know how to prepare the paper for the wet-on-wet approach, to get luminous shades of skin out of 7 saturated colors, and to use a dark background for enhancing the luminosity of the skin.

Lesson 12

Life portrait session. Front view. Drawing study

We will learn to use a thumbnail for finding a compositional solution, to do a structural and colors mixing plan, to estimate the optical boundary of the model’s head, and to reserve the highlights.

Lesson 13

Life portrait session. Front view. Color study

We will understand how to use blue color as an underpainting, to mix colors right on the paper, to continue painting on wet after the work is dry, and to get soft edges both on wet and on dry.

Lesson 14

A Genre portrait. Violin player. Study in outlines

We will use a tonal and color thumbnail sketch for a better plan, prepare an outline drawing, and reserve the highlights in advance.

Lesson 15

A Genre portrait. Violin player. Approach wet-on-wet

We will learn to proceed in the opposite way from dark to light in the wet-on-wet approach, to use a supporting stick to steady the painting hand, to achieve the effect of the white shirt and a stage sharp lighting, and to leave big highlights without masking.

Lesson 16

Creative task

A creative task from Konstantin Sterkhov.