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Class Description

Capture the life and story etched into a face with this expressive pen and ink portrait class. In this lesson, you’ll draw a seasoned snake charmer from India—complete with textured fabric, wild hair, and a deeply expressive gaze. It’s a powerful exercise in bringing depth and personality to your portraits using only black ink and bold linework.

Your Learning Journey Includes:

🧔 Rugged Facial Texture: Learn how to use varied strokes to suggest weathered skin and the character that comes with experience.
🧣 Fabric Folds & Shadows: Discover how to draw and shade layered, wrapped fabrics with believable depth and flow.
🌀 Facial Molding: Master the technique of sculpting the structure of the face using light, shadow, and line direction.
👃 Detailed Features: Get step-by-step guidance for drawing eyes, nose, mouth, and expressive details with accuracy.
💇 Unkempt Hair Techniques: Explore how to render wild, textured hair with confident, controlled lines.

Tools for Success:

🎥 Step-by-Step Video Demonstration: Watch as the portrait comes to life with clear, narrated instruction throughout.
📄 On-Demand Access: Work at your own pace, with the freedom to pause, rewind, and revisit any part of the process.
📥 Downloadable Reference Materials: Includes all reference images and practice sheets to support your drawing journey.

Perfect for beginner to intermediate artists, this class is a rewarding exploration of portrait drawing that focuses on capturing personality, texture, and life using pen and ink.

Join now and draw a portrait that tells a story—one stroke at a time!

You Will Need

  • Drawing paper or sketch pad
  • Pencil
  • Soft eraser
  • Kneaded eraser
  • Fountain / Dip pen
  • India Ink & Container for dipping
  • Fineliners (0.3, 0.5 & 0.8mm)