Struggling with heads? You’re not alone. Understanding & Painting the Head breaks it down step by step. Learn how to simplify form, nail proportions, and use light and color to bring your portraits to life. With Marco’s expert guidance, you’ll stop guessing and start painting heads with confidence.
Introduction
FREE PREVIEWBrush Pack
The Brow
FREE PREVIEWCheek Area
The Jaw
The Chin
Underside
The Nose
The Mouth
The Ear
The Eye
Assembly
Value Control
Asaro Head Value Study
Adding Color
Hard vs Soft Light
Caricature and Planes
Caricature Sketch in Watercolor
Caricature Sketch in Watercolor Pt. 2
Study Advice
Drawing and painting heads can feel overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. This course teaches you how to break down form, refine proportions, and simplify anatomy, all while using light and color to enhance your portraits. Perfect for digital and traditional artists alike.
Learn head structure, proportion, and anatomy.
Simplify color and light for stunning portraits.
Instant access to all lessons, so you can revisit them anytime, anywhere.
“If you get on with Marco Bucci's videos on Youtube, you'll definitely get on with this course. The most valuable part for me was the first half, a tour of the planes of the Asaro head with, importantly, some details on why they're like that due to the underlying muscles and bones. An artist friend has told me the heads I've drawn from imagination since taking this course have shown a marked improvement!”
Anonymous
“Marco’s teaching style is fantastic. He keeps it moving so you don’t feel bored, but spends enough time on a topic that you can fully understand. Everything is shown with multiple examples so that nothing is nebulous - you can really see what’s going on in a way that make it possible to practice it yourself. ”
Jenny
“I really like Marco‘s style of teaching. And this course is absolutly gold! My heads looking so much better now and I know how it works. ”
Carolin
“Easy to understand. A lot of useful stuffs. I could apply learning for any part of the body. I finished watching, and Im not bored to go over it again and again. Worth my money!”
Anonymous
“Marco produces by far the best educational content out there in the vastness of the internet. GOAT teacher.”
Anonymous
“A well done tutorial about how the head works and how everything fits and works together. I'm watching the painting part now and will probably revisit the anatomy videos part. BTW, once I watched the anatomy videos I found myself looking at character heads on TV or in print differently. Mostly how features look, how light falls, and how the background colors impacted shadows. I need to just start drawing and throwing color on my sketches.”
Stephen Hall
“Absolutely amazing. Marco Bucci is a legend and the content he recorded for this course is vital for any artist out there who wants to have a serious art career.”
Bruno Moretti Rezende
“The best course ever. I have taken quite a few art courses from Udemy, Wingfox, Domestika, Gumroad, Drawing Academy, Skillshare, SVSlearn and Coloso. I must say, out of all of those, this is easily the best course you can find on learning how to draw the human head. It’s worth the money for sure.”
Blair Sirugo
“After going through this tutorial a few times, I'm now drawing from an understanding. This has helped my work advance in leaps and bounds. Thanks Marco :]”
Darren Willans
“I have watched a ton of your YouTube videos and I have went through the entirety of this Understanding and Painting the Head course once right after I bought it. I can't understate how much I appreciate the quality of your videos and the style/quality of your teaching. Your courses (including this one) are listed as THE courses to take for a few of the sections of Radiorunner's Curriculum for the Solo Artist, and there is good reason for it. I highly recommend this to anyone on the fence about purchasing it.”
Anonymous
There are no absolute requirements, but I do recommend having a tablet (a product like Wacom or Huion, for example) as well as a digital painting application.
For traditional media, any brand of watercolors and gouache will work, though do not recommend student-grade paints. I use brands like Winsor&Newton, Holbein, and Daniel Smith. I also recommend using at least 140lb paper, as anything thinner will not be able to survive multiple washes.
If you’re interested in painting, I think the best place to begin is at my YouTube channel. I have many short lessons there covering a whole slew of important art fundamentals. Then I recommend purchasing the videos in the Digital Painting series, as those videos feature in-depth demonstrations, in real time, of which fundamentals I am applying, and how I am applying them.
Understanding and Painting the Head is also a good choice for beginners who have a little bit of drawing experience, but want to know how to take the next steps and develop good habits.
Illustrating Children’s Books will take you through many important fundamental drawing and painting lessons, applicable to any project or medium.
Yes! You will receive a Completion Certificate at the end of each course.
Yes! Each course comes with lifetime access to all course materials.
I do! You can learn more and book directly here.
You bet!
Check out the "Brush Pack" section.
