MON PM - Portrait Drawing with Wendy Kwasny

Improve your ability to capture a subject’s likeness, learn expressive drawing techniques, and expand on your style of rendering!

Learn the fundamentals of creating a realistic portrait using reference photos, mirrors and your imagination. Explore a variety of techniques to arrive at the goal of an expressive portrait.

In this class, you'll learn how to:

• Select a reference photo that will provide the best results
• Draw the structure of a face
• Graph a resource photo to accurately represent a desired image
• Use negative and positive space to recognize shape and dimension
• Use light and shadow to create form
• We will have fun practicing different drawing techniques to bring about a likeness of an individual.

Each student will walk away with at least one finished portrait by the end of the class and have established drawing techniques that will help them to confidently create portraits on their own.

Great for beginning and intermediate level artists.

Supply List:​​

• Sketchbook or surface to draw on that suits your subject
• Pencil Set with a range of softness to hardness (i.e. 2H to 8B)
• Gummy Erasers
• Pencil Sharpener
• Newsprint Paper Pad
• Ruler
• Compass
• Blending Stumps are very helpful
• Bring a printed photo reference or have an iPad mini or larger tablet to view your image
• Optional: charcoal pencils, colored pencils, ink pens, or anything else you might want to use from home

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Class Info:​​

• ​Next session starts: November 7th
• Cost $199 (5 classes; no class on Nov 21st)
• MON PM from 6:00pm-9:00pm
• Max 14 students
• ​All skill levels welcome​
• Age level: adult (18 & up)

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Art on 30th, 4434 30th Street, San Diego, United States