Portraits drawnby real students
Each piece here came from someone who picked up a pencil and stayed with the discomfort long enough to see a face emerge from blank paper.
What students have produced
Portrait Drawing from Scratch
A practical course for anyone who wants to draw faces that actually look like real people, not cartoons or guesswork.
Expressive Portraits in Graphite
A student project focused on capturing personality and mood in pencil portraits, moving beyond technical accuracy into intentional expression.
Drawing is harder than it looks — and that's fine
Students at Pyzareth come with varied backgrounds. Some have never held a pencil for art. Others tried before and stopped. What they share is the willingness to sit with a difficult subject and keep going through the awkward stages.
My third attempt at portrait drawing. The first two I quit. Having an instructor correct proportions live during the session made me understand where I kept going wrong — not just what looked off.
I chose individual sessions because I work at irregular hours. The pacing matched where I actually was — not where the curriculum assumed I'd be.
How sessions at Pyzareth are structured
Each session begins with a short observation exercise — looking before drawing. From there, instruction adapts: group learners work through shared reference material while individual students tackle their own chosen subjects.
Sessions run online so you can join from Mykolaiv or anywhere nearby without losing the live feedback that makes the difference.
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