Paint Expressive Textures in Watercolor with Christa Forrest

Learn how to build radiant skin tones and dynamic hair texture one patient, luminous layer at a time.

The Art of Tone: Get Graphic in Graphite with Karl Staub

This lesson is all about structure and contrast—about seeing light, midtone, and shadow as distinct shapes to be mapped, hatched, and carved into the page.

Spring Forward: Draw a Matisse-Inspired Portrait with Kirsten Britt

Spring is in the air, and this lesson is your invitation to let that energy burst onto the page.

Grace in Graphite: Capture a Serene Expression with Justin Maas

A tricky upward angle, subtle expression, and delicate lighting—elements that can easily throw off proportions or muddle a likeness. That’s exactly why it’s worth doing.

Looseness Leads to Likeness: Paint a Watercolor Portrait with David Tenorio

Looseness isn’t just a style choice—it’s a strategy.

Erase the Dark: Create a Dramatic Graphite Portrait with Sena Adjovi

Let the shadows do the storytelling.

Your Turn: Capture a 3/4 View with Graphite Artist Margo Wallace

There's something about a face in 3/4 view, a mystery that makes you wonder. What's caught his eye? What's she pondering?

Figure It Out: Capture Gesture and Flow with Derek McClure

Bring life and energy to your drawings.

Draw a Cool and Warm Colored Pencil Portrait with Kate Higgins

Learn how to blend warm and cool tones to create depth, light, and a natural sense of skin texture with colored pencils.

Harness the Chaos: Paint a Striking Three-Color Watercolor Portrait with Liz Chaderton

Watercolor has a way of surprising you—especially when you let go of control and allow the paint to flow.

Smudge Happens: Draw a Graphite Portrait with Juan Perednik

Let go of rigid formulas and explore a looser, more intuitive process, using a blending stump to sculpt a face from soft, atmospheric tones.

Beet the Blank Page with 'Ink Naturally' Artist Dylan Sara

Create natural ink in just a few minutes with one ingredient, and draw a portrait with artist Dylan Sara.