MasterClass Sessions: Draw and Paint Realistic Portraits with Devon Rodriguez

Let your inner artist shine through. Devon explains the craft of grid line drawing and charcoal tracing.

Devon takes you through the first step of bringing your portrait to life—drawing an outline. In this activity, Devon demonstrates charcoal tracing, which is an ideal drawing method for beginners. Then he invites you to begin drawing. If you’d like to try an intermediate-level method, you can advance to the fourth activity in this section. There, Devon will guide you through grid line drawing techniques instead. Or try both methods!

Devon takes you through an intermediate-level method for sketching your portrait—freehand drawing with grid lines. After you see how it’s done, Devon invites you to begin drawing the base layer of your portrait.