For this class, students will learn and practice the different coloring techniques for skin, hair, eyes and clothes to give life to their realistic portrait inspired by a fictional character.

Using Procreate, students will be coloring the provided file, or a drawing of their own choosing. They will follow the different techniques presented to color more realistic skin, hair, eyes and clothes.

Steps:

Setting the base color.
Defining traits with shadows.
Adding highlights.
Creating Skin Texture
Coloring, shading and highlighting Eyes.
Coloring, shading and highlighting Hair
Coloring, shading and highlighting Clothes
Creating a background for your portrait.

Benefits of completing this project:

Students who complete this project will gain an understanding of coloring, shading and lighting. They will add details and life to their drawings just by playing with lights and shadows, which will give depth and realism to their creations.

Supporting Resources:

Procreate files for my sample project
My Skillshare Class on Realistic Fictional Character Portraits in Procreate: Line Art for Beginners
Gabrielle Brikey's Classes:
- Procreate Class on Character Illustration: Drawing Female Portraits in Procreate
- Painting Light and Shadow: The Basics for Portraits and Characters
Procreate Brushes by Gabrielle Brikey
Procreate Starter Pack by Ghost Paper (Free quality Brushes and Canvas)
Google Jamboard Moodboard Template

The finished project for this class will be a digital image file generated by procreate, shared in either jpg, png, gif, etc.

Please share your project with the class so I can see your progress and how well you applied all the techniques learned!

Rodrigo Diaz

Skillshare Teacher and Art Enthusiast

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