FREE 7-DAY MASTERCLASS:

NEW 2023 EDITION!

ONE WEEK PORTRAIT

CHALLENGE

Make your next (or first) digital portrait twice as good…
in half the time!

Join me and thousands of other digital artists like you, as I walk you through it step-by-step.​

We start Monday May 15! Register now.

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FREE 7-DAY MASTERCLASS:

NEW 2023 EDITION!

ONE WEEK PORTRAIT

CHALLENGE

Make your next (or first) digital portrait twice as good… in half the time!

Join me and thousands of other digital artists like you, as I walk you through it step-by-step.

We start Monday May 15! Register now.

In collaboration with:

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CAN YOU RELATE?

You want to paint. But instead, you procrastinate! 😱

  • Because you don’t have a reliable workflow to go from zero to finished portrait.

  • Your head is so full of information that you lose focus.

  • And you’re wasting time on things that won’t improve the final product… instead of the key principles that will take your digital portraits from “meh” to “I can’t believe I just made that!”

The Solution 💡

The One Week Portrait Challenge will show you how to finish more digital paintings, work FASTER, and like your final result more (like, way more).

We’ll show you how to complete digital portrait that might just be your favorite one yet — and a proven process for creating digital paintings that "POP" off the screen.

PAINT BETTER... PAINT FASTER… PAINT FUN-ER!

Here’s how The One Week Portrait Challenge works:

No boring theories or confusing tutorials. Just the info you need (that no one ever explained to you before) broken down into short video lessons you can practice right away.

Taught over 7 days with lessons you can watch at your own pace, the One Week Portrait Challenge will give you a step-by-step, start-to-finish process for working FASTER without sacrificing quality. You can apply this process to portraits (of course!) but also ANY kind of digital painting you want to create!

You’ll walk away with a completed digital portrait 💪 and a new workflow that means you’ll create better work, faster, without the friction. What’s not to love? 😍

BRAND NEW FOR 2023!

✅ What You'll Learn:

Phase 01: SKETCH ✏️

AKA the methods the masters use to get their ideas onto the (digital) page! Learn the anatomy and sketching essentials needed to quickly draw the human head, avoid common mistakes and set your portraits up for success.

If your paintings often look strange or “off”, these principles will change the game for you — whether you plan to draw from observation or eventually, 100% from your own imagination.

Phase 02: RENDERING 🖍

Dark, muddy colors? Nah! Let’s take your portrait from “rough sketch” to “realistic render” without falling into the trap of over-blending (ever create paintings that look blurry or sorta “deformed”? This is for you!)

Learn how to use our secret "L-Recipe" method to create skin tones that look alive — and how to apply light and shadows to your paintings that will TRULY bring them to life!

Phase 03: DETAILS

Ready to push your style and bring a unique flair to your paintings? Learn how to add details where it counts with the 80/20 rule and get your portraits to the “polished” stage faster than ever before.

You’ll learn the 5 different types of details that can bring any painting to life, and how to add your personal flavor to create art that isn’t just world-class… but one of a kind!

Register by clicking the button below. You'll receive an email right away with how to access the masterclass from May 15th.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Hi there, I'm David! 👋

I'm a professional artist with a passion for portraiture. But for way too long I spent more time thinking about art than actually making it!

I thought I struggled so much because I was lacking the talent. Truth was, I just needed a better process. I’ve spent nearly 10 years honing my workflow for creating professional quality portraits, and in this challenge I’m going to walk you through it.

You have EPIC portrait potential. You just need a simple process that works. In the One Week Portrait Challenge, that’s exactly what you’ll get.

Testimonials from previous students

Over 122,000 artists have participated so far

Learn the proven system that's helped tens of thousands of students get real results. ✅💪

We’ve totally re-imagined the One Week Portrait Challenge with ALL NEW video lessons for 2023 and a step-by-step method to help you create better work FASTER (without sacrificing quality or style).

Whether you’ve taken the challenge in past years or have never heard of it before, this is a week you won’t want to miss!

Once you register, you'll receive an email right away with how to access the masterclass. Register by clicking the button below.

DID SOMEBODY SAY… GIVEAWAY!?

How To Participate and Win Prizes!

During the OWP challenge, you'll learn how to create an awesome portrait and run the chance to win a prize by participating.

Sharing your progress every day on Instagram with the hashtag #OneWeekPortrait gives you better chances to win prizes. You can also post you work inside the Paintable Tribe on Discord for more chances.

The prizes are drawn at random at the end of the challenge- so you don't need to be the "best" artist to win!

THE 2023 PRIZES

Premium Membership & Tablets 🏆

By participating in the 2023 One Week Portrait challenge, you’ll have the chance to win one of the following prizes:

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Three lucky winners will receive a yearly membership inside the Digital Painting Academy !

1

One lucky winner will receive a brand new Kamvas 24 Plus tablet by
Huion !

2

Two lucky winners will receive a brand new Kamvas 16 Pro tablet by
Huion !

3

Three lucky winners will receive a brand new Kamvas 13 tablet by
Huion !

The prizes are drawn at random at the end of the challenge, so you don't need to be the "best" artist to win!

BIG thank you to Huion for providing these tablets for this year’s challenge!

The Prizes

We give away awesome prizes with every Challenge! And you don’t have to be the best digital artist to be drawn. Visit this page when One Week Portrait opens again to see the new prizes we have for the event. 

👀 Spoiler alert! Previous prizes include digital art tablets, styluses and free Digital Painting Academy memberships!

Frequently Asked Questions 🤔

One Week Portrait is a free digital painting course, designed to help you paint your best EVER portrait over the course of just one week!

It’s our way of giving back to the community, by hosting a huge 7-day online masterclass on digital painting, completely free of charge. It includes a series of bite-sized video lessons released during the week, and a series of live critiques and Q&A/paint-over sessions. We’ve had over 122,000 students take part in the past, and it’s always been a blast for everyone involved!

You can follow along in any software! We’ll be using Adobe Photoshop (which we highly recommend), but you can follow along in Procreate, Krita, Clip Studio, Corel Painter, or any other software of your choice!

Yes, we highly recommend you use a tablet to follow along with this course!

Any tablet will do – whether that’s a Huion, Wacom, Apple iPad Pro, Microsoft, or any other make. You don’t need a professional tablet to paint professional artwork!

The One Week Portrait Challenge is designed for beginner and intermediate-level digital artists. Most people who take the challenge have some experience already with digital art and illustration, but are frustrated by their results.

Nope – all lessons will be available online, so you can follow along from the comfort of your own home (or studio, if you’re fortunate enough to have one)!

It’s completely free 🙂
If you like the class, all we ask is that:

  1. You’d be so kind as to leave me some feedback or a testimonial
  2. You share it with your friends! The more the merrier 🙌

We open One Week Portrait once or twice per year. The last one completed in May 2023.

Get notified for the next round of OWP by clicking  the “notify me” button on the top of this page.  You’ll get an email when signup opens again!

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