Charly Clements

Sketching Portraits

This was great!! I had a lot of fun and felt encouraged to try out more things!

Hi there, which brush do you use for your outline brush? Also do u rec. bumping the stream line up for the whole illustration or just the outlines? Thanks !

what do you use ? program and pencil and which ipad pleae help ?

I create all my illustrations with the Procreate app using the 1st generation iPad Pro with the Apple pencil :)

This was one of the best classes I've taken on Skillshare. It was filled with all the right prep, exercises to get you ready and advice to keep with you to better your portrait skills. I wish more classes had so much to offer. I loved, loved it. I only ask that you tell us what that song was you played in the background. Having gone over the video a few times, it's stuck in my head and I want to listen to the whole song. Small detail to a hugely enjoyable class. Many thanks.

Hi Kay,

Thanks for your kind words about the class - I'm so glad you enjoyed it :) 

It's a great song isn't it! I had it stuck in my head for weeks after editing. The song is DJ Quads - Little Dream. It's available as a free download here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow" href="https://soundcloud.com/freemusicforvlogs/sets/casey-neistat-style">soundcloud.com/freemusicforvlogs/sets/casey-neistat-style</a>

Charly

You gave me a real gift with your class. I've been meaning to dive into portraits but I hadn't quite found the way in. Now i'm off and running and it's really been fun. 

Thanks for that and your #funwithfaces. I just posted my one and only to instragram because it took me so long every day that I kept missing the prompts. Today, I just decided not to over think and just dive in.

Look forward to the next class. 

Thanks again!

That's so wonderful to hear! I wanted to make it as fun as possible so you'd enjoy the process :) Those prompts aren't going anywhere so please feel free to use them at any time to help get you inspired! Be sure to post your final in the project section if you haven't already, it'll be so inspiring for my other students. Keep up the great work!

Hej Charly, i'm following you on Instagram for a while now and really happy you launched this class. Looking forward to take it and extend my skills in Illustration :) Have a nice day from Budapest, Fritz

Hi Fritz. That's great news! I'm really looking forward to seeing your project. And I love Budapest - it's one of my favourite places :)

Awnnnnnnnnnnn &lt;3 Loved your illustration. She is so chic!  I was waiting for your class so bad :D I loved every minute of it and today I will start creating my project :D Can not wait for your next classes :) Maybe drawing bodies would be a great topic to cover :D xoxo

Thank you Bia :) 

I'm so happy you enjoyed the class! And I can't wait to see your project. Yess bodies could definitely be fun to explore, I'm already thinking about which class to teach next hehe.

I really liked your class. It is a different approach and one t hat I will try daily to get good at it. Thanks for posting and I will watch for your new classes on Skillshare,

Thanks Judy - I'm so glad you enjoyed the class :)

Exercise 1:&nbsp;Girl 1
I traced over each photo to build confidence with my line work.&nbsp;Experimenting with different styles for each illustration.
<img style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/49bbe1b6" alt="Charlys Fun With Faces - image 1 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/49bbe1b6 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/49bbe1b6 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Girl 2:
<img style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/6f4df2e1" alt="Charlys Fun With Faces - image 2 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/6f4df2e1 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/6f4df2e1 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Exercise 2: Fun With Faces
<img src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/03ce6fc2" alt="Charlys Fun With Faces - image 3 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/03ce6fc2 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/03ce6fc2 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Exercise 3: Adding Hair &amp; Accessories
<img src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/4782c74c" alt="Charlys Fun With Faces - image 4 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/4782c74c 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/4782c74c 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Drawing from multiple reference photos:
<img style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/de88cfad" alt="Charlys Fun With Faces - image 5 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/de88cfad 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/de88cfad 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Refined sketch:
<img style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/f9696317" alt="Charlys Fun With Faces - image 6 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/f9696317 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/f9696317 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Final coloured portrait:
<img style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/3b35129d" alt="Charlys Fun With Faces - image 7 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/3b35129d 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/e70fb7485660a3aa175fa53fd025001d/3b35129d 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">

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