The Basics of Portrait Painting – Chris Fornataro

The Basics of Portrait Painting Information

The Basics of Portrait Painting by Chris Fornataro is a course designed to teach individuals how to paint portraits effectively. The course aims to help participants develop a skill set in portrait painting that can be applied within a week, using a proven method that the instructor has refined through years of experience.

Learn to paint portraits that everyone will want to hang on their walls in under a week with a simple method that is proven to work.

The Power Of Portraits

I enjoy painting all subjects but being able to paint portraits is like having a super power of some kind. In the digital age we live in most people won’t look twice at a photo but a painting will bring people to tears. I’ve seen it happen many times.

My skill set as a portrait painter has benefited me more than any other painting skill. It helped me make extra money through commissions, give the best gifts, and most importantly it allowed me to capture those I loved forever.

This is a portrait I did of my grandmother for my mom when she passed away. That portrait was displayed at her funeral. My mom is one of four sisters and the old saying goes “if you give one sister a painting of her mom the others are going to want one too.” I ended up painting my grandmother three more times for each one of my aunts.

Don’t Be Afraid To !

In 2020 I took on a student who wanted to get better at portrait painting. It was a great learning experience for me as a teacher. In that year I figured out first hand what worked and what didn’t in terms of teaching portrait painting. My student improved more than what I even thought was possible in a year. Keep in mind this was done all online. I never met the student in person. Having gone through this experience I felt I knew exactly how to build a portrait course to give the rest of my students the same breakthroughs.

This is one of his early portraits of Al Pacino that we now call “Alien Pacino.” He went from that to being able to capture an exact likeness as seen in the Bill Murray portrait. Now he has family and friends asking him for portraits!

I Have Done The Hard Work For You

The hardest part about learning to paint portraits is figuring out what to focus on learning. What works and what doesn’t. I must have spent thousands of dollars on materials, instructional videos, and workshops to learn how to paint portraits.

I took fifteen years of portrait painting experience and taught it to a student through a lot of trail and error in one year. Now I have boiled portrait painting down into its most essential concepts, ideas, and exercises in a 6 day course.

Portrait painting is a complex skill and the best way to learn a complex skill is to break it down into sub skills and focus on one at a time. That’s what I have done with this course. Each section focuses on one key aspect of portrait painting and at the end the student puts it all together in a final portrait painting.

A Proven Method Of Learning

I ran a test group of students through this course and I was blown away by the improvement they made in just 6 DAYS. I myself have never improved as much as they did in a 6 day period.

Here’s what you’ll learn

Day 1

• Course goal
• Materials and set up
• Course structure and Assignment 1

Day 2

• Drawing (Lecture)
• Drawing (Demo)
• Value Shapes (Lecture)
• How this will help
• Value Shapes (Demo)

Day 3

• Planes of the face (lecture)
• Master Planes(lecture)
• How this will help
• Planes of the face (Demo)

Day 4

• Skin Tones (Lecture)
• Mixing Skin Tones (demo)
• Paint Thickness and brushwork (lecture)
• Simple Head Study (Lecture)
• Simple Head Study (Demo)

Day 5

• The eye
• The nose
• The mouth

Day 6

• Final portrait (lecture)
• Final portrait (demo)
• What to fix
• Final thoughts

About Author

My name is Christopher Fornataro and I will be your coach for this course. I paint many different subjects but I have always felt portraits were my strong suit. Unlike most portrait painters, I learned the bulk of what I know through online courses just like this one. I feel this gives me more insight on what it’s like to learn painting on your own. I have been painting portraits for over 15 years.

More courses from the same author: Chris Fornataro

Salepage: The Basics of Portrait Painting – Chris Fornataro

When will I receive my course?

You will receive a link to download your course immediately or within 1 to 21 days. It depends on the product you buy, so please read the short description of the product carefully before making a purchase.

How is my course delivered?

We share courses through Google Drive, so once your order is complete, you'll receive an invitation to view the course in your email.

To avoid any delay in delivery, please provide an Gmail and enter your email address correctly in the Checkout Page.

In case you submit a wrong email address, please contact us to resend the course to the correct email.

How do I check status of my order?

Please log in to iDesignCourse account then go to Order Page. You will find all your orders includes number, date, status and total price.

If the status is Processing: Your course is being uploaded. Please be patient and wait for us to complete your order. If your order has multiple courses and one of them has not been updated with the download link, the status of the order is also Processing.

If the status is Completed: Your course is ready for immediate download. Click "VIEW" to view details and download the course.

Where can I find my course?

Once your order is complete, a link to download the course will automatically be sent to your email.

You can also get the download link by logging into your iDesignCourse account then going to Downloads Page.