Color Pencil Shading Realism Workshop 🎨

With step-by-step guidance, professional tips, and a structured 3-day plan, you'll complete a beautiful, fully shaded portrait from scratch — ready to amaze yourself and others!

What You'll Learn?

Day 1: Sketching & Structure

  • Materials overview & preparation
  • Understanding facial proportions and placement
  • Step-by-step freehand sketching from a reference image
Day 2: Skin Tone Mastery & Hair Texture
  • Basics of color theory for skin tones
  • Realistic blending, layering & smooth gradation techniques
  • Hair rendering: color palette & basic texture creation
Day 3: Final Touches & Finishing
  • Completing the portrait with realism
  • Final detailing: shadows, highlights & corrections
  • Live Q&A and feedback session

🗓 Workshop Dates & Timings 

3 Days of Learning & Practice:
▶️ June 01 (Sunday) – 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
▶️ June 02 (Monday) – 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
▶️ June 03 (Wednesday) – 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM

✏️ Materials Required

  • A4 size color printout of the given reference image
  • Color pencils (any brand) including skin tone colors
  • Fabriano or Brustro 200gsm A4 size drawing paper
  • Kneaded eraser & regular pencil eraser

Your Portrait Reference for the Workshop

Please take a color printout of this image on A4 size paper before Day 1.

Syllabus