You can draw like this
if you take your time...

You can draw like this
if you take your time...

If you've ever finished a drawing and thought "it's almost there but something's off"...
...that's the exact gap I will teach you to close. With one ballpoint pen.

It's not talent. It's a system.

Most people watch a realistic portrait come together and assume the artist was just born with it. I wasn't.

I figured out a process. Proportions first, value mapping second, then layer the pen in stages. Same steps, every time. That's what I teach.

"But what if I mess up?"
You will. So will I.


The biggest fear with a ballpoint is that you can't erase. Good.

That fear is what's been keeping your drawings safe and lifeless. The trick isn't avoiding mistakes, it's knowing how to build a face in layers, so the first mark never has to be perfect.

Most drawings die
in the last 20 minutes.


You're 80% in. It looks decent.

You push for the finish and somewhere in the last details, it falls apart. I get it. I've ruined more drawings that way than I can count. The fix isn't more talent. It's knowing what to layer when, and when to stop.

A COURSE BY MICHAEL RILEY · @_mikeysart_
Join the waiting list

Contact me

Do you have any questions or doubts?
Leave me a message and I will reply shortly!