Colored Pencil Sketching & Drawing: Anime Girl Portraits

This class is an ongoing format. Students will sketch a new anime girl character every week. Each week is charged as a subscription on Sunday mornings. Students can join or leave the series any week. Prior attendance and knowledge of the subject is not required to attend.

Each class will follow the step-by-step process:
1. They will concentrate on rendering the basic shapes of the character's head and angle, then proceed to discover the various relationships between the lines, shapes and proportions of the image.
2. They will learn basic color theory by using a mixture of loose hatching and cross-hatching techniques to blend colors and apply some dark tones in order to create the skin, eyes and hair of the character.
3. They will modify the dark tones of the image by both strengthening and blending them with carefully graduated shading and layering.
4. The final step will be to unify the expressions of the character by deepening the shadows and increasing their contrast.

Students will learn how to use pencil sketching techniques to draw popular anime girl characters.  They will use proper sketching, shading and blending techniques. This class will focus on the head, face and hair drawing. Students will start with face study and how to detail each facial features like eyes, nose, mouth and ear. Instructors will demonstrate how to identify basic shapes within a character's head, facial measurements and proportions, facial expressions with eyes, eyebrows and mouth, hair, etc.  While approaching a new character every week, students will also learn how to tweak its features and expression to give an appearance of a different emotion.

Schedule

May
Week starting 4/28 - Peach ponytail hair, black cat-ears and bow. 
Week Starting 5/5 - Blue hair and eyes, butterfly headband. 
Week Starting 5/12 - Brown hair, blue eyes, Minnie Mouse ears headband. 
Week Starting 5/19 - Pink and purple hair with fuchsia eyes. 
Week Starting 5/26 - Multi-color hair, pink eyes and choker necklace.  

June
Week Starting 6/2 - Green hair and eyes wearing headphones. 
Week Starting 6/9 - Blonde hair with side braid and pink bow. 
Week Starting 6/16 - Blue hair and eyes, black headband and necklace. 
Week Starting 6/23 - Pink hair and blue eyes, with horned headband. 

January
Week Starting 12/30: Kanna from Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Week Starting 1/6: Shinobu from Demon Slayer
Week Starting 1/13: Raphtalia from The Rising Shield Hero
Week Starting 1/20: Hatsune Miku
Week Starting 1/27: Nahida from Genshin Impact

February
Week Starting 2/3 : Mitsuri from Demon Slayer
Week Starting 2/10 : Usagi from Sailor Moon
Week Starting 2/17 : Fujiwara Chika from Love is War

March
Week Starting 2/24: Light purple hair and eyes, 3/4 turned face and flower hair ornament. 
Week Starting 3/3: Dark hair with top bun, green eyes, front facing. 
Week Starting 3/10: Orange short hair with side ponytail, green eyes, pink bauble hair tie
Week Starting 3/17: Green hair with looped braids, blue eyes, bunny headband. 
Week Starting 3/24: Light blonde hair, closed eyes, gold laurel hair ornament. 

April
Week Starting 3/31: Lavender hair and eyes, 3/4 turned face and flower hairband. 
Week Starting 4/7: Pink hair, brown eyes, cat ears and collar. 
Week Starting 4/14: Blue hair, blue eyes, pink side bows and dark blue ponytail ornament. 
Week Starting 4/21: Red orange wavy hair, green eyes, green side ribbon. 
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Please read below for frequently-asked questions on our policies:

Mandatory Video Check-In
Video check-in is mandatory for safety purposes per Outschool policy. Students are required to have their cameras on to allow the teacher to check in and verify each learner. After check-in, students have the option of either turning off their camera or leaving it on, whatever is their preference.

Refunds & Missed Classes
All of our classes are backed by Outschool’s standard policy. To receive a full refund, parents may withdraw or stop their subscription within 24 hours of payment OR 24 hours before class starts, whichever occurs earlier. No refunds are issued if a learner misses a live meeting. Recordings are made available in each classroom and can be watched at their convenience. Students are always welcome to reach out with any questions and share their work in the classroom.

Class Recording Access
Learners must JOIN A LIVE CLASS ONCE in order to lift Outschool's safety protocol and unlock access to video recordings of class meetings. Learners who have not attended a live class but need access to the recordings must contact verification@outschool.com to apply for a lifetime verification badge. 
Learn more about this by going to: https://support.outschool.com/en/articles/4063624-learner-verification

Late/ Missed Class
All classes will begin on time as long as one learner is in the classroom. In the event that no students are in the classroom at the assigned class time, the teacher will leave a message in the classroom and exit after ten minutes of waiting per Outschool policy.

Minimum Enrollment & Class Cancellation
A minimum of two learners is required for every class to run. In the event that we have to cancel a class, parents will be notified within 24 hours of class. Learners will have the option of either transferring to a more populated section of the same class or receiving a full refund, whichever is preferred.

Technical Difficulties
In the event of class delay/ cancellations due to unforeseeable technical issues, all families will be notified and a make-up section will be posted, or a refund will be issued if a make-up class cannot be scheduled.