Meet your instructor Melissa. Graphic Designer and Illustrator .
Melissa de Nobrega has been a graphic designer and illustrator for nearly 8 years. She has always maintained a strong love for traditional art, and makes it her personal endeavor to become a better artist herself by honing her ability to draw and paint both realistic and stylized portraits. It was back in 2016 when she decided to try her hand at teaching her very first online illustration class. The unexpected success of that first class, and the overwhelming positive response from its students, fueled her desire to continue teaching. As Melissa has deep a deep fascination for portraiture and human autonomy, many of her classes tend to have a strong focus on these subjects.
I created this course to help aspiring artists learn the basics of a very popular theme in art – portraiture! Nailing the likeness of a subject is a struggle many artists, not just beginners, are familiar with.
My goal is to help students overcome this challenge by laying down a foundation of knowledge (aka anatomy) and then building on top of that by introducing them to a simple process I like to use when drawing.
My hope is that by the end of this course, students walk away feeling confident and ready to tackle their next portraiture project.
Portrait Drawing for Beginners: Learn How to Draw Anyone You’d Like
Learn to draw facial features, characters, and people! In bite-sized lessons, this portrait drawing course will break down one of the most complex subjects, the human face, into something simple and approachable.
- Learn the basics of facial anatomy
- Get an understanding of proportions
- Draw your own portrait
