Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery Review

Christopher Sia is the creator of the Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery Home Study Course.

He is a teacher and he taught hundreds of students to draw pencil portraits from beginner to advanced level and has helped his students to achieve their dreams of becoming masters in pencil portrait drawing.

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     So what exactly is Christopher Sia's “Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery” Home-Study Course ?
 
     Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery is a comprehensive guide on how to deal with a small details on human faces. So that your portraits look realistic. Like this

     For the past 5 years Christopher Sia is dealing with drawing portraits and teaching others how to draw as well. This Home-Study Course is product of his work and personal expirience. And he say's that ANYONE can learn to draw a realistic pencil portrait regardless of their current talent, skills, and techniques. So let we see what he means by that... 

What exactly you get when you purchase the course?

 

    When you purchase the course, you receive your own username and login which you will use to log in to the Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery private members only section of the site. The course itself is basically a set of downloadable pdf documents which you then download onto your computer. This means the course is yours to keep. 

 

    Once you have downloaded the files you can either open them and work directly off the computer screen or you can print them out and turn them into a manual. 

 

“Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery“ Home-Study Course contains:

• 5 e-books lessons and 5 process maps
  1. How To Draw A Realistic Eye Like A Master
  2. How to Draw A Realistic Nose Like A Master
  3. How To Draw A Realistic Mouth And Teeth Like A Master
  4 . How To Draw A Realistic Ear Like A Master
  5. How To Draw A Realistic Hair Like A Master
  
  

  

    Then there are also some bonuses that come with this pencil portrait drawing course. The first is a twelve week lesson plan, second is a set of mind maps, third is a collection of reference pictures and lastly is life time updates on any new versions / revisions of the Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery pencil drawing course.

 

    When you get the course I suggest that you start with the 12 week portrait drawing lesson plan. The first few weeks of the plan can actually be completed in a few days as the lessons are quick exercises, but essential if you want to learn how to draw portraits successfully. Especially if you have never drawn before.

After that start with

Lesson #1 : How To Draw A Realistic Eye Like A Master

    First lesson has 55 pages, 127 illustrations and images to show you exactly how to draw a realistic eye with step-by-step well explained descriptions.

To draw a realistic eye, it is important to observe it very closely. Consequently it's imperative that they are drawn correctly and in such a way to convey the feeling of your subject.

 

      Each lesson comes along with a process map, which is essentially a diagram on how to go about attacking the particular feature that you are looking to draw.

 

     Christopher has put in a lot of effort to break down a complex subject into bite sized steps. He then explains to you exactly how to do each step. Each step has multiple photos added to the manual so you are never left wondering what next or how did he do that - a common problem when learning how to draw from a book.

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    Then move on to the lessons on how to draw the nose, mouth, teeth, ear and hair.

 

    Once you have completed the course and are busy drawing your own portraits, then use the mind maps for each component of the face to remind you of the order and the steps you will need to take to complete the drawing.

  

    Christopher has put in a lot of effort into the course and done a sterling job of explaining it. There are enough high resolution reference photos in the bonus package to keep you drawing for a long time. The mind maps are an excellent idea as they give you a process to follow which makes it a lot easier when drawing a complex subject such as the face.

What are the BAD things about Cristophers’s Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery?

    There is no theoretical background on some basic things like proportion of the head or face. Moreover, each lesson focuses on only a single facial part, instead of varied facial parts to illustrate some facial differences.

    If you want to be able to draw from your mind, this course is not for you – it is strictly useful in drawing from a given photograph. The course also requires some basic skills in being able to trace the contours and features that you’re later going to shade in.

What are the GOD things about Cristophers’s Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery?

    There are many good tips and tricks on shading and pulling off tricky bits like hair. The process maps give you a birds-eye view of the drawing process and the exercises have some additional beneficial information.

    The reference material will keep you busy for months if you don’t mind drawing celebrities. The facial features pics give you sense of the variation of facial features. The photographs are very large and very crisp – great to draw in other words.

 

    I do believe the course is well worth the money ($47). The volume and quality of the information is excellent, so you will not feel you have wasted your money.

Good luck and happy drawing!