ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS
Enroll Now >Learn what lays beneath the beautiful faces that you paint.
Understanding structure will improve your accuracy so you can spend more time painting creatively rather than wondering why your face looks like an alien.
Marijanel's Class Collection
🌱 Starter - beginner or refresher
🔹 Build - growing skills, exploration
🎨 All Levels - beginner friendly, advancing fast
💥 Intensive - full immersion, mastery
Faces are complex, but understanding the structure underneath gives you an instant map. Learn skull anatomy, key features, and proportions to render any portrait with confidence.
🌱 Starter
Start with the Skull
A Quick Study Class
Instructor: Marijanel Knight
🌱 Starter
Demystify the face. Understanding what lies beneath the layers of the portrait will helps you successfully render and troubleshoot every face you paint! Your instructor, Marijanel, delivers a quick study class where you learn the proportions and basic sketching outlines for rendering a human skull.
She will take you step-by-step through understanding the anatomy, names of important features, important landmarks of the face and how all the features and proportions become the basis of knowledge as you render portraits.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
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Anatomy of the face
- Proportions of the skull
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Landmarks on the face
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How to do a quick study
- And more
*Please note: this class does not include a painting study.
Start with the Skull
A Quick Study Class
Instructor: Marijanel Knight
🌱 Starter
Demystify the face. Understanding what lies beneath the layers of the portrait will helps you successfully render and troubleshoot every face you paint! Your instructor, Marijanel, delivers a quick study class where you learn the proportions and basic sketching outlines for rendering a human skull.
She will take you step-by-step through understanding the anatomy, names of important features, important landmarks of the face and how all the features and proportions become the basis of knowledge as you render portraits.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
-
Anatomy of the face
- Proportions of the skull
-
Landmarks on the face
-
How to do a quick study
- And more
*Please note: this class does not include a painting study.
Faces can be tricky, but these easy-to-remember measurements provide a reliable blueprint. Master proportions, age and gender traits, and fix portraits that go off track.
🌱 Starter
Know the Face
Painting Demonstration with Teaching
Instructor: Marijanel
🌱 Starter
Learn the steps to drawing a face.
Knowing the face is a science. If you learned to walk and how to count to 10 then you can learn the steps to drawing and painting a face! It is that easy! The art of faces comes after you've learned the science.
This classes teaches those basic first steps to knowing the face.
Learn the measurements of the face
Your instructor, Marijanel, delivers you a quick study class where you learn the proportions and basic sketching outlines for rendering a human face.
The class includes a printable PDF for you to reference and even practice on.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Proportions of the Face
- How the face changes with age
- Male/female facial traits
- and more.
Know the Face
Painting Demonstration with Teaching
Instructor: Marijanel
🌱 Starter
Learn the steps to drawing a face.
Knowing the face is a science. If you learned to walk and how to count to 10 then you can learn the steps to drawing and painting a face! It is that easy! The art of faces comes after you've learned the science.
This classes teaches those basic first steps to knowing the face.
Learn the measurements of the face
Your instructor, Marijanel, delivers you a quick study class where you learn the proportions and basic sketching outlines for rendering a human face.
The class includes a printable PDF for you to reference and even practice on.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Proportions of the Face
- How the face changes with age
- Male/female facial traits
- and more.
Faces can be tricky, but these easy-to-remember measurements provide a reliable blueprint. Master proportions, age and gender traits, and fix portraits that go off track.
🌱 Starter
Know the Face
Elevate your sketching techniques to enhance your paintings
Instructor: Marijanel
🌱 Starter
Learn how sketching will make you a better painter. Training your hand to create shape and form in a sketchbook will prime your skills and make you a pro in the studio.
You will learn:
- The difference between sketching to paint and sketching to draw
- Basic sketching foundations to develop muscle memory
- How to see in shape and break down a reference image
Join instructor Marijanel as she takes you through the process of learning skill of hand and eye. You'll develop sketching techniques for your painting practice as well as for future drawings.
"Thank you so much for this class. I watched and sketched along with you and you made this class not scary. Wonderful class. [Marijanel] is a great teacher. Thank you!"
- June Lew
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Know the Face
Elevate your sketching techniques to enhance your paintings
Instructor: Marijanel
🌱 Starter
Learn how sketching will make you a better painter. Training your hand to create shape and form in a sketchbook will prime your skills and make you a pro in the studio.
You will learn:
- The difference between sketching to paint and sketching to draw
- Basic sketching foundations to develop muscle memory
- How to see in shape and break down a reference image
Join instructor Marijanel as she takes you through the process of learning skill of hand and eye. You'll develop sketching techniques for your painting practice as well as for future drawings.
"Thank you so much for this class. I watched and sketched along with you and you made this class not scary. Wonderful class. [Marijanel] is a great teacher. Thank you!"
- June Lew
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Your Learning,
Your Way.
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🎨 Standalone Class
Get instant access to a full pre-recorded painting series. Watch step-by-step, real-time lessons with Charla Maarschalk and follow along at your own pace. Includes discussion boards under each lesson so you can ask questions and get guidance right when you need it.
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Go all in and unlock our full library of 40+ classes. Enjoy community access, peer mentoring, guidance from Bold School mentors, downloadable workbooks, live events, and all the videos you want—plus ongoing support as you grow your skills.
New to Painting? Start with Bold Color Primer or Bold Color Bootcamp—both included in the Bold Color Bundle.
PORTRAIT ARTIST
Marijanel Knight
Marijanel is a multi-form artist, creativity mentor, and Bold School instructor residing in British Columbia, Canada with her family. She is passionate about leading artists into the fullness of creative freedom and into a life of leaving legacy. You may also recognize Marijanel as a host of the Bold Artist Podcast. Presently podcasting takes a lead role in Marijanel's current forms of artistic expression, and to help give artists a voice with Bold School has been a dream come true.
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