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Portrait drawing course?

10:33 PM, Friday October 20th 2023

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good portrait drawing course?

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7:36 AM, Saturday October 21st 2023

Definitely Understanding and Painting the Head from Marco Bucci!

8:42 PM, Sunday October 22nd 2023
edited at 8:43 PM, Oct 22nd 2023

One question: In your opinion would someone with extremely limited knowledge of drawing fundamentals still be able to get a lot of this course? Like does he assume you already have a certain level of skill?

edited at 8:43 PM, Oct 22nd 2023
7:49 AM, Monday October 23rd 2023

In most courses what you learn here will be needed in the future. So if I could give you any advice I would focus on drawabox, especially to get comfortable with cylinders and boxes in space placement, as these are the foundations of drawing.

I've been in that place too, I wanted to take portraits or drawing complex things right away, but sometimes it's worth taking a step back to get up to speed, and drawabox will make you get so much more out of each course.

3:43 PM, Monday October 23rd 2023

Ok, thank you. I might break down and just commit to DAB. It's so daunting though.

7:28 PM, Saturday October 21st 2023

Thanks! I’ll check it out

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1:55 PM, Wednesday November 1st 2023

Check the one by Vitruvian Studios.

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2:11 PM, Friday December 8th 2023

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