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Idio Podcast III - with Joe Hawkins

Nobody is more convinced than me that representational art in 2025 could benefit from the storytelling we find in movies and TV! This interview and portrait session with Joe Hawkins is the first of...

Features In Focus, The Nose

The nose is the keystone of the face. A physical and structural landmark that you cannot afford to not know enough about. So, let's get after it!

Materials you will need:

• Graphi...

  2025-03-01 11:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Idio Podcast II - with Tania Rivilis

People! What can I say about Tania Rivilis??? For starters, she is an incredible person and artist. Michael and I were so honoured to have her on the show.

What really stood out to me with ho...

Block In Bootcamp, Sprints II

Group critique: https://youtu.be/cxbHgmLLtMQ

Coming up this month, we're gonna dive deeper and get more effective with our...

Heavy Metal, The Style Guide

A style guide is basically a set of rules or guidelines that define how something looks and feels. In drawing, it’s like a blueprint that helps you understand what makes a particular artistic sty...

Idio Podcast I - with Eddie Rochat

Huraaaaaaaaaah 🚀 the first episode is coming out in a couple of days on Youtube and I am so pleased to be able to share an early version of it with you here on Patreon!

We are starting fro...

The POD Arrives Feb. 1st ❤️‍🔥💯💫

I’ve been dreaming of creating something like this for years—combining painting, meaningful conversations, and the stories behind the creativity. Every attempt seemed to fall short until I team...

All The Model Packs

All the model packs you will need to work alongside my Patreon tutorials. This pack is TOTALLY free for all Patreon subscribers. Including: Drawing Essentials, The Atelier Tier, Block In Bootcamp, A...

Block In Bootcamp, Sprints I

Group critique: https://youtu.be/R8_cZE01i98

I’m thrilled about this upcoming lesson, inspired by one of my subscribers,...

Heavy Metal Portrait Drawing, Phase 1 Wrap

I see Vassily as a master of vision and design, whose work is full of "strangeness" and unexpected solutions. To me, his drawings are not about replicating what he sees, but about ...

Block In Bootcamp, My Favorite Underpainting Technique

Link to the group critique: https://youtu.be/xP6aySvPFV8

Materials you will need for this lesson:

• 1 tube of ...

  2024-12-12 15:37:28 +0000 UTC View Post

A Super Casual Vid About Thumbnailing

So, I am working on a commission- a really cool one actually. I will be making several portraits over the next 5 years or so of a client's 2 children as they grow up.

To do this I will need t...

Heavy Metal Portrait Drawing, Into the Deep End

If I had to start the conversation about these lessons with one sentence it would be this: It's not about what you say, it's about how you say it.

This lesson focuses on analyzing and replica...

APA, Skull Sketches + Labels #1

This is a repost of a previous lesson that ,due to a Patreon glitch, could not be updated.

As an artist, you CANNOT afford to learn anatomy without drawing 💯

We...

Sculpting the Skull, Phase 3

In this lesson, I walk through the process of sculpting a skull, focusing on getting the proportions right and understanding the structural symmetry. I go over techniques for setting up dimensions,...

⚡️ Intro to HEAVY METAL Portrait Drawing ⚡️

It's here...

The course that has been my recent obsession is starting to come together. Its a course not like any other that I have made, or even seen elsewhere for that matter. It is a deep ...

Features In Focus, The Lips

Here we are, about to get into to what is arguably the most difficult feature to draw. In this lesson I cover all of the information that I believe will help you draw them better.

Materials t...

Town Hall, September

Another fun town hall meeting in the books! I've added chapters and a list of bullet points to help you navigate it more easily 👌

Topics include:

- Discussion on photography and ligh...

The Atelier Tier, Color Study #3, Complimentary

Here we go! This is the final installment of the Atelier Tier as I originally planned it.

The projects that are out now go from the 1st Bargue project all the way to painting in FULL color. ...

Town Hall, Live Recording

It is a rough cut and it is super chatty, but it is also a group of people just like you talking about topics I guarantee that you will care about.

So, put it on in the background while you a...

Features in Focus, The Eye

The more you know the better you can draw. In this lesson you will learn the most important bits about the human eye as it pertains to portrait drawing.

Materials to use:

• Graphi...

  2024-07-31 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Model Pack: Ingvild

500+ pictures of Ingvild. This product is TOTALLY free for all Patreon subscribers at and above the Atelier Tier ⚡️

APA, Sculpting the Skull, Phase 2

We're going to continue our sculpting project by transforming our generic planes-of-the-head block-in into a more detailed sculpture of a skull, starting with the left-hand side. This exercise is d...

The Atelier Tier, Color Project, Complimentary Colors

This is the start of the final project in the Atelier curriculum as I have set it out.

Working with a more complex subject you are going to learn how to make an efficient and practical under...

APA, Blocking in a skull in clay 💥

Ever wanted to accelerate your drawing skills? Right. So here is what sculpting along with this lesson will do for you:

Working in three dimensions helps you perceive and internalize the spat...

APA, Sculpting the Skull, Materials

IT'S HAPPENING! The sculpture section of Anatomy for Portrait Artists is here. This intro has all the info you will need before you can get started with you 1st sculpture lesson.

I am sure y...

Block In Bootcamp, Master Study II

Group critique: https://youtu.be/YeF92G1o1UI

Jules Bastien-Lepage. One of the great 19th century masters- arguably the gre...

Composition for Portraiture, Vol. 3

This final lesson in the series is all about thumbnail sketching, with a special focus on creating a dynamic composition. Our goal is to use preliminary sketches to contrast and compare various com...

Patreon Town Hall (UPDATE: Recording posted)

Press play on the video player above for the full uncensored version...

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It's time again to hang out and chop up some hot topics in and around the atelier space.

Your questions a...

Block In Bootcamp, Master Study

Group critique: https://youtu.be/rVt-9_6wgxc

Who is John Singer Sargent? Well, he is just the guy who laid the foundation ...