We teach iconography as an academic discipline. This course provides you with the most essential knowledge of the human face's construction needed for iconography. You’ll study the main facial proportions and how to find the right placement and sizes for all facial features. To explain all the small nuances, we have specific lessons dedicated to drawing just the eyes, nose and lips. During the course we connect iconographic face drawing with basic anatomy of human face. We explain how to analyze and work from medieval models. This course is full of detailed instructions on how to draw symmetrical facial features. Each assignment is packed with several extended video tutorials and a theoretical lecture, recorded via zoom.
For everybody interested in the art of drawing, iconography and fine arts. The course is adapted to beginners and professionals alike to hone in their skills further. For iconographers who trace/copy icons, while desiring to improve on the drawing of the face.
200 USD or 175 EUR for 5 weekly assignments with personalised mentoring and comprehensive feedback.
6 weeks / 5 assignments
August 6 - September 17, 2026
Assignments are published weekly. An extra week is allowed to finish all of the assignments.
Links to practical Full HD video tutorial(s), reference images, one live and 4 pre-recorded zoom lectures, conected with the assignments. All materials are shared with students through Google Classroom. All the videos remain available to the students after the end of the course
August 08, 2026. Why do we need essential anatomy of the face?
9:00 AM Seattle, OR, Los Angeles, LA
10:00 AM Albuquerque NM,
11:00 AM Chicago, IL
12:00 PM Eastern Time
17:00 London
18:00 Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid
Learners are expected to share photographs of their drawings in Google Classroom Stream. Personal feedback from the instructors with their corrections / comments / recommendations is given within 48 hours (weekends excluded). Feedback is guaranteed for the whole period of the course either written in words or/and drawn directly on the uploaded image.
Learners only need the most basic materials, such as paper, pencils, eraser, ruler, and a compass with two needles.
We made this program as extensive as possible. Complex tasks are split into manageable parts, making the assignments squeezable between routine work and family duties. We hope it will allow everybody to study at their own pace. Please put about 1 hour for watching the video tutorials & at least 1,5 hour for drawing practice per assignment.
In year 2026 this course will start on August 6 - September 17, 2026.
This course consists of 5 weekly assignments. The first assignment is dedicated to most fundamental explanations of the main head structure. Three next assignments give a closer look at different details of the face and the last one suggests drawing a frontal iconographic face with specific facial features from a model. After the last assignment is published, students will have two more weeks to submit their homework for checking. Drawings are accepted for comments and corrections no later than on September 17, 2026.
The first zoom lecture will be performed as a live session, 4 other lectures were pre-recorded earlier, they will be published together with the weekly assignments. The themes of the lectures are related to the assignments.
Access to the Google Classroom and all course videos is for online course participants only and must not be shared with anyone else in any form.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
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