Fast and Free: Loosen Your Lines with a Timed Drawing Challenge

Normally, a time crunch feels stressful. Here, it becomes a source of freedom.

In a Word, Find Motivation with Margriet Aasman

Try a creative tactic to deepen your connection to your portraits.

Awash in Memory: Paint a Watercolor Portrait with Cecile Welten

Sometimes a portrait doesn’t just capture a face—it captures a memory.

Uncap Your Ballpoint Skills: Draw an Expressive Pen Portrait with Stinna Kristensen

Create a bold, expressive likeness using nothing more than a humble ballpoint pen.

Embrace Incomplete: Create an Unfinished Portrait with Gunhild Hope

Embrace a thoughtful, inspiring invitation to simplify your process.

Non-Dominate a Portrait Sketch with Chantal Vincent

Discover a playful technique to unlock spontaneity, looseness, and expressive mark-making.

Smile Lines: Draw a Lively Ink Portrait with Kimberly Petersen

Discover an intuitive, exploratory approach to ink drawing to capture a joyful likeness.

Warmth in Watercolor: Paint a Luminous Portrait with Kayoko Takahashi Gentry

Learn a patient, layered approach to capturing a striking profile bathed in warm light.

Sketch Without a Net: Draw an Ink Portrait with Vin Ganapathy

This 30-minute lesson is a fast, loose, and fearless dive into perspective and composition.

Unafraid of the Dark: Draw a Bold Graphite Portrait with Margriet Aasman

Learn how to transition confidently between light and shadow with bold graphite application.

Wrinkles and Washes: Paint a Face that Tells a Story with Charlotte Hamilton

Paint the kind of face that reminds you why you love portraiture.

Draw a Reflective Pen Portrait with Tiffany S. DaVanzo

In this playful and skill-building portrait session (51 mins), certified medical illustrator Tiffany S. DaVanzo  invites you to create a bold and expressive ballpoint pen drawing. Using simple black ballpoint pens—like BIC or PaperMate—and layering in vibrant color with colored pens, Tiffany walks you through her relaxed, forgiving