Portrait Drawing with Francesca Gagni

Learn the basic rules for portrait drawing, following simple steps to master proportions and how to add the details that make the drawing lifelike.  

About Francesca Gagni-Allen 

I studied fashion design (1989-1994), where the drawing of the human figure was largely explored and stylised, In 2006 I obtained an NHC in fine art and I attended various life drawing classes which strongly contributed to develop my interest for life drawing. I currently teach drawing and life drawing at Bedford Arts and Crafts centre. The shapes and forms the human body takes are salient elements of my work. They take full expression through the movement, the struggle and fluidity of bodies. 

I work with watercolour and ink washes to create a sense of space and time in connection with gas clouds and celestial bodies. In my view humans are powerlessly caught in a vast system to which we are intimately…