Course summary
This short course in drawing portraits takes you step by step from your first sketch to a fully realised, expressive likeness.
Through practical exercises and hands‑on activities, you’ll develop essential skills such as effective pencil‑holding techniques, accurate measuring, and understanding the structure of facial features. You’ll also explore how to create convincing three‑dimensional form and emotional depth, giving your portraits life and character.
All materials provided.
No experience necessary.
What you will learn
- drawing techniques: how to hold and use your pencils, different lines and edges
- how to look: tips on how to look at a face to draw what you actually see
- a face template: an ideal face that you can use to start any portrait
- facial features: how to draw different types of eyes, noses, and mouths
- light and shadow: how to use shading to make a face look “pop” and look real instead of flat
- measuring tips: simple ways to check that everything is in the right place and the right size
What you will get
- drawing kit (with pencils, charcoal sticks, kneadable eraser, blending stump)
- drawing paper
- access to lesson slides online
- guidance in a creative environment
- build your confidence, be challenged, and be inspired
- your completed artwork to take home
What you need to bring
- clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty
- water bottle
About the tutor
Ariel De Ramos Molina is a local emerging artist. He mainly uses acrylic as a medium because its characteristics such as quick drying time, a wide range of colours, and textural possibilities are well suited for au-plein air and urban painting and his colourful and bright painting style. His paintings explore themes of nature, history, identity, colour, and the therapeutic effects of art.
He has held solo exhibitions at Gee Lee-Wik Doleen Gallery, Craigieburn (Spirit of a Place, 2024), Newport Community Hub, Hobsons Bay (Nature in Concrete: Victorian and Urban Landscapes, 2023), Greater Dandenong Library (How Bees See Flowers, 2023), as well as participated at several group exhibitions.
Ariel was a finalist of the SBS Portrait Prize in 2022 for his painting Grandma. RIP. Covid 2021.
Ariel’s website: www.arielpaintings.com
Course cost
COST: $220.00
Class availability: 10 PLACES REMAINING
Course dates
Tuesday 28 April
7.30pm – 9.00pm (7 sessions)
Book this course
To enrol in this course, fill out the form below. Remember to add the details of any other students who are part of your booking.
Please note: This class requires a minimum number of students to go ahead. For this reason, we encourage students to book at least 5 days prior to the course/workshop. In the unlikely event that we don't get enough enrolments, we may need to postpone to a later date or cancel the course/workshop. You will be advised via email or text prior to the class commencing.
$220.00
10 PLACES AVAILABLE
Course gallery
The photos below are an indication of what to expect from the class.
