SAYA - Hyperrealism Drawing With Charcoal

Dirk Dzimirsky will show you how to draw a hyperrealistic portrait in his signature style

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This brand new video course by Hyperrealist artist Dirk Dzimirsky will teach you how to draw a hyperrealistic charcoal drawing!

The course is included in the DRAMA memberships (see the pricing options).

SAYA - HYPERREALISM DRAWING is more than just a video course

  • Module 1, has the images to download and information how to use them
  • Module 2 explains all the materials, plus links to online shops and alternative materials.
  • In Module 3 Dirk shares his sculptural approach to Hyperrealism drawing with you and demonstrate and explains all the techniques used in great depth and easy to understand steps.
  • In Module 4, Dirk applies all the techniques to draw the hyperrealistic portrait "Saya". He explains his method and approach and the underlying knowledge in a 1 hour compressed overview.
  • In Module 5 of the course, with over 25 hours of video footage, you can follow his entire drawing process from start to end in real-time, and draw along, pause, rewind, speed up and slow down the videos.
  • This course will teach you all you need to know not only to produce the drawing in this course, but also to create your own hyperrealistic charcoal drawings based on Dirk's method and techniques. Scroll down the page to see some students' examples.
This course is suitable for beginners (who don't mind a challenge) to advanced students.

Discover how Dirk Dzimirsky creates hyperrealistic drawings by taking a seat next to him

Study all the steps from the first outlines through the shading and blending of forms to the finished artwork.

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Acquire the knowledge and skills used by Dirk Dzimirsky to draw a Hyperrealistic portrait in charcoal.

Course Curriculum

    1. READ ME FIRST!

    1. Materials for Charcoal Drawings

    2. Links and Alternative Materials

    3. Online Store Links In Various Countries

    4. Preparing Your Canvas for Charcoal Drawing

    1. 1 - Reference Images

    2. 2 - Printing

    3. 3 - Checking the Print's Tones

    4. 4 - Transfering the photo

    1. Basics: Shading and Blending Gradients

    2. Basics: Small forms, details, erasing and thin lines

    3. Form Shadow and Form Light

    4. We Need To Talk About Tones

    1. Overview Videos

    1. Read Me First

    2. 1 - Refining the sketch

    3. 2 - Forehead Start

    4. 3 - Hair Start

    5. 4 - Eyes Start

    6. 5 - Nose

    7. 6 - Lips, Chin and Face

    8. 7 - Neck, Shoulders

    9. 8 - Ear on the Left

    10. 9 - Hair Details

    11. 10 - Eyes 2

    12. 11 - Face and Neck 2

    13. 12 - Forehead and Eyes

    14. 13 - Nose 2

    15. 14 - Details under left Eye, Face

    16. 15 - Lips 2

    17. 16 - Chin 2 and Face

    18. 17 - Lips 3

    19. 18 - Lips 4, and Under the Nose

    20. 19 - Details Around Mouth

    21. 20 - Left Eye, Skin Texture

    22. 21 - Skin Texture around the mouth

    23. 22 - Face Details Left, Eye Details Left

    24. 23 - Lips 4

    25. 24 - Eyebrows, Forehead Details

    26. 25 - Hair Below Ear

    27. 26 - Shoulder, Neck, and Hair Above Shoulder

    28. 27 - Shoulder and Signature

About this course

  • €459,00
  • 30 hours of 4k video content
  • subtitles in 13 languages
  • lifetime access
Your Instructor
Dirk Dzimirsky

Many artists have been influenced by the award-winning artist Dirk Dzimirsky, who was among the pioneers of the hyperrealistic drawing trend that was resurrected fifteen years ago. He has almost 20 years of experience as a working artist, art instructor, and book author. He has conducted drawing classes in Canada, the USA, and Europe. Both public and private collections own his works, which have been shown in exhibitions all around the world. Corporate clients include LG Electronics, Waterman - Paris, A&E Network Television, RTL Television and National Geographic amongst others. Dirk stays one of the most influential drawing artist today.

Quick Overview
SAYA - Hyperrealism Charcoal Drawing

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  •  Audio: English
  •  Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Swedish, Dutch, Portuguese, Danish, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Polish
  •  Duration: 3 hours + 25 hours of real-time drawing videos
  •  Resolution: 4k Ultra-HD
  •  Level: (Beginners), intermediate, advanced
  •  Downloadable Content:
    Reference Image
    Reference image with grid overlay in inches and cm
  •  Life time access (whith your purchase)

SAYA - Video Course

  • Lifetime access

  • Instructional video plus real-time full drawing process videos

One Time Payment

€459

DRAMA Evolution

  • Access to all video courses

  • Monthly Live Streams

  • Community Forum

  • 10% off on Studio Workshops

  • 10% off on Live Webinars

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION / PAID MONTHLY
Total €468 per year
*Checkout is in your local currency

€39/mo

DRAMA PRO

  • Access to all video courses, including additional real time drawing footage.

  • Monthly community meetings/Live Streams

  • Community Forum

  • Individual video feedback by Dirk

  • 30% off on Studio Workshops and Online webinars

  • Early access to real time videos before release

  • 70% discount on video courses

  • Exclusive content

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION / PAID MONTHLY
Total €948 per year
*Checkout is in your local currency

€79/mo

Here are some examples of students' artworks created using Dirk's charcoal technique shown in this course.

Students Drawings Showcase

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"Threshold"
Ruben Fernandez Pereira

Charcoal on paper, 47 x 62 cm

"Untitled"
Jeremy Pascale

Charcoal on paper, 47 x 62 cm

"Erfrischung"
Christina Amendt

Charcoal on paper, 47 x 62 cm

"Willem-Alexander"
Annie van der Maten

Charcoal on paper, 47 x 62 cm
Visit her website

Frequently Asked Questions
The subtitles are available in the following languages: English (Original), Spanish, German, French, Portugese, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Danish, Arabic, Russian and Swedish.
If you want to keep 1 or more courses but you don't want to renew your membership.
The video course SAYA is the latest charcoal course. Both using and showing the same techniques and my whole process for hyperrealism drawings in charcoal. But due to the subject, SAYA is easier to draw and to learn the new techniques. SAYA being newer has some advantages, such as better video quality with a straight view on the drawing and color coded pencils, Saya has instructional AND real-time videos while RIVER only has the real-time videos (instructions are in the videos and it comes with a detailed PDF booklet). SAYA is more suitable for beginners, while RIVER might be better for intermediate artists.
Both, Graphite and Charcoal have their Pros and Cons.
Full and rich tones from white to a deep black can only be achieved with charcoal. Even the softest graphite grade is always only gray - no matter what images of drawings on the internet might suggest otherwise.
Charcoal has a nice matt tone. Graphite can get quite shiny, especially with darker tones, which can make it quite hard to look at if you have a lot of dark tones in your drawing.
While the course covers pretty much everything you need to know about hyperrealistic charcoal drawing, you can ask any question or start a discussion with fellow students at any lesson, or write us an email.

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