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Portrait Painter TV is structured modularly, guiding you step-by-step as you acquire the skill set of a solid foundation upon which to build your painting career.

  • Module 1 : Foundations of Portrait Painting

    20 videos — 1 extra

    BEGIN by downloading the Syllabus and supply list: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/100.pdf
    Accompanying each lesson is its corresponding reference image whose download link is in the syllabus.

  • Module 2 : The Facial Features

    18 videos — 1 extra

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
    Download the supply list / syllabus: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/200.pdf

  • Module 3 : Planar Structures of the Head

    11 videos — 1 extra

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
    Download the supply list and syllabus at: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/300-Planar-Structures.pdf
    Download the reference images at: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/300-Degas.png AND https://www.artacademy.com/300-frontal.png

  • Module 4 : Beginning Portrait Painting

    11 videos — 1 extra

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
    Download the syllabus/supply list at: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/400.pdf
    Download the reference at: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/400.png

    Resolution: 4K

  • Module 5 : William Merritt Chase : Woman in a Black Hat, 1912

    27 videos — 1 extra

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
    Download the syllabus and supply list at: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/500.pdf
    Download the reference image at: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/500.png and print out on photographic paper to the same size of your canvas. Not more than 12x16" for both.

    27 chapters : 4K

  • Module 6 : Corot : The Greek Girl (Emma Dobigny)

    29 videos — 1 extra

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
    Download the syllabus & supply list: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/600.pdf
    Download the reference image: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/600.png

  • Module 7 : Velazquez : El Nino

    23 videos — 1 extra

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
    Download the syllabus & supply list at https://www.artacademy.com/tv/700.pdf
    Download the reference image at https://www.artacademy.com/tv/700.png

  • Module 8 : Velazquez : Portrait of a Young Girl, 1640

    0 videos

    Portrait of a Young Girl Velazquez' only portrait of a child who was not a member of the royal family. This informal portrait possesses a beguiling chroma and seemingly effortless brush work.

    Painting pale flesh tones is a challenge for every artist. Start too light and you quickly find yourself...

  • Painting Alla Prima Portraits from Photographs

    9 videos

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
    Download the syllabus & supply list: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/5000.pdf
    Download the reference image: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/5000.png

  • Elements of Portrait Drawing
    14 videos — 1 extra

    Elements of Portrait Drawing

    14 videos — 1 extra

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
    Download the syllabus & supply list at https://www.artacademy.com/300.pdf
    Download the reference image at https://www.artacademy.com/300.png

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    Portrait Painter TV is structured modularly, guiding you step-by-step as yo...

  • Foundations of Portrait Drawing & Painting

    20 videos

    There is a yawning delta between perception and reality. We look, but we do not see. The realist artist's training is the stripping of the veils of faulty perceptions until the actuality of shape and form presents.

    Drawing and painting portraits is essentially about shape. And getting the BIG ...

  • The Facial Features

    18 videos

    Having acquired the skill set of rendering the architecture of facial form we proceed to understanding the structures of the facial features in both the frontal and the 7/8’s profile view.

    It is poor practice to learn drawing from the photograph. Drawing/Painting is a distinct language from that...