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Drawing faces

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About the Course

Learning Portrait Drawing is the challenge presented in this course, designed to enhance your expressive abilities. Since this involves figurative art, it encourages perception and creative freedom, guiding you through different techniques with specific methodologies.

This series of exercises introduces you to foundational principles for portrait drawing, with a gradual approach that builds with each new challenge.

The challenges include video introductions and complementary educational materials. Rather than striving for technical perfection, the goal is to build confidence in drawing freely, without preconceptions, and developing your unique, individual style.

Price

The course is free, and so is the final certificate.

Course Structure

  • Module 01 – Structural Elements
    • Proportion and form (volume, contour, and geometry)
    • Position and direction (front view and profile)
    • Light and shadow (shading by areas)
  • Module 02 – Facial Elements
    • Eyes
    • Nose
    • Mouth
    • Hair
  • Module 03 – Graphical Elements
    • Charcoal portrait
    • Colored pencil portrait
    • Watercolor portrait
  • Module 04 – Portrait
    • Child’s face (Live model)
    • Male face (Live model)
    • Female face (Live model)

Live Session

The course includes a live session with Professor Filipa Antunes on July 30th at 6:00 PM (Portugal time). The session will take place via Zoom. Here’s the link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/6676791040.

Course Evaluation

Course evaluation is structured in two ways:

  • Completion of quizzes for each exercise (3)
  • Completion of the exercises for each module (10)

The final grade for the course will be weighted as follows:

  • Quizzes (5%)
  • Exercises from modules 1 and 2, totaling 7 (35%)
  • Exercises from module 3, totaling 3 (60%)

The course ends on September 1, 2021. All assignments must be submitted before this date.

Is there a course schedule?

The course is self-paced, so you can complete it at your own rhythm. However, all assignments must be submitted by 11:00 PM on September 1. Grades will be published a few days after this date.

Prerequisites

There are none. The only requirement is a desire to learn and acquire drawing skills to develop your ability to draw portraits.

Team

Filipa Antunes

Born in Lisbon in 1973, Filipa is an architect (UL-1996), with a Master’s in Housing Architecture (FAUTL-2000) and a PhD in Urbanism (ULHT-2013). She shares, exhibits, and publishes her drawings and paintings across various cultural media (educational books, collective exhibitions, and digital platforms). She is a member of UrbanSketchers Portugal and has illustrated ceramics for Vista Alegre Portugal. Alongside this, she develops architectural and urban planning projects in her own studio, having designed numerous buildings and urban plans (1997–2018). Filipa has been a university professor since 1997, teaching in the fields of Architectural Design, Urbanism, and Drawing. She has coordinated all three levels of Urbanism studies: Bachelor, Master, and PhD (2013–2017), and was Deputy Director of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade Lusófona (2015–2017).

Paulo Ferreira

Paulo is a video content producer for distance learning. He coordinates the production of solutions and content for distance learning at Universidade Lusófona.