Your Step-By-Step Roadmap To Drawing Portraits You're Actually Proud Of
In 21 days. Without art school, endless tutorials, or guessing what to work on next.
Real Students Drawing The Portraits They Imagined
Draw Your Best Portrait In 21 Days
21 daily lessons that walk you through the entire Build Up Method.
Bite-sized videos, so 15 minutes a day is enough
Your best portrait by Day 21.
Lifetime access.
Everything You Get:
Yours for life
- The 21-Day Course (lifetime access)
- Practice Resources for every lesson (including brushes)
- Bonus: Why Some Artists Improve in Months Instead of Years
- Bonus: How To Explore Different Art Styles
Plus 14 days inside Doodle Warriors
- Every course in the library
- Weekly live feedback sessions, submit your work and watch real critiques
- Weekly Drawing Challenges with Angel, where we work through exercises together
- The full library of past session recordings, on demand
- Our private community of self-taught artists
From Your First Sketch Line to Your Finished Portrait
21 daily lessons, each one building on the last. Bite-sized enough for 15 minutes a day, with practice resources in every lesson, because watching won't make you better. Drawing will.
Proportions & Anatomy
- Any head, any angle. Start with the angle and perspective of the head, then the proportions of the face, then the anatomy underneath.
- Every feature, one at a time. Eyes, noses, lips and ears, then hair and clothes.
- Plus the bonus lesson How To Avoid Getting Stuck In Your Art Journey.
Picking Colors
- Colors that work together, not muddy. Skin, hair, clothes, background and accent colors, each with its own lesson.
- The 3-step coloring process first, then you apply it day by day.
- Plus the bonus lesson Why Some Artists Improve In Months Instead Of Years.
Shading & Lighting
- Know where the light goes. Shadows first, then depth, then your main light and any additional ones.
- The 4-step shading process that turns a flat drawing into something with real form.
- Plus the bonus lesson How To Explore Different Art Styles.
Rendering & Details
- The finished look. Skin that reads as real, subtle shadows, highlights, blending, and the final details.
- Know when to stop, so you finish a piece instead of overworking it.
- Plus the bonus lesson How To Master The Build Up Method.
Also Included
14 Days Inside Doodle Warriors
For your first 14 days, you get everything inside the Doodle Warriors Membership.
Every course in the library, weekly live feedback sessions where you submit your work and watch real critiques, and Weekly Drawing Challenges with Angel.
Plus our private community of self-taught artists. People at your level. People ahead of you. People behind you. Somewhere to share what you’re working on and keep going when motivation runs out.
Free for 14 days. $29/month after, or cancel anytime.
Real self-taught artists. Real transformations.
Last year I decided to take @angelganev ‘s courses cuz I realized I needed some more structure in my studies.
Definitely the best art decision I’ve made.
I’m so happy that last year I decided to join this amazing community and improve my art with them!
This decision not only changed my art, but my life along with it! It really was one of my best decisions!
To take Doodle Warriors courses is the best choice I’ve ever made for my art skills.
I couldn’t have achieved this result in only 11 months without the course and weekly feedback from coaches and advanced students! 💖
I had experience drawing with a pencil, but I had never tried digital art before.
I really appreciate how everything started from the beginning and it kept getting gradually harder, without it being overwhelming.
It also gave me a goal to work towards and that helped me to stay consistent with my practice.
Everything else I’ve watched, didn’t provide me with structured material, so I didn’t know what I had to practice.
Doodle Warriors provided me with a structured plan, and I knew what had to practice next.
This gave me the motivation to keep drawing and improving.
A year ago, my first portrait attempt was a total failure. I tried different courses and techniques until I found Angel and signed up to Doodle Warriors. Ten months of deep practice later — I’m a happy artist who can paint pretty much anything. Angel put his soul into this course, making it as easy to understand and as fun as possible. Shout out to the amazing coaches too!
This was a huge milestone for me! I had been studying with Doodlewarriros by Angel Ganev.
I really loved the style this course uses to teach and really vibed with it.
Anyways through a ton of blood and tears 😭 I finished the program and this was my final piece for the course!
Thanks so much to all those that have helped along the way and all the other warriors out there! 💪 Special thanks to all the coaches for all the support!
I started the @doodlewarriors course around 11 months ago and it has been a life changing experience and probably the best decision I’ve ever made!
I want to thank @angelganev for all the feedback and support, and everyone that helped and encouraged me along the way 🌸
I’m looking forward to improving my art even further.
Learning from Angel has transformed my art journey.
I started with no experience and almost quit, but his guidance helped me grow more confident with every piece.
I’m so glad I can look back at that now and tackle the studies I do today, as it’s been such an enjoyable journey and great to be part of such a creative and supportive community 🥰
Two and a half years ago I decided to embark on a journey of learning digital art. I had no idea how hard it was going to be, had no expectations.
After watching a few YouTube videos and getting more confused than anything, I didn’t know what to do.
By chance I stumbled across Angel Ganev advertising a digital portrait course, what caught my attention was how well structured it was.
I didn’t overthought it and just went for it, and the rest well.. my entire journey is recorded on this account.
Here's everything you get when you join today
What's Included
Yours for life
- The 21-Day Course, 21 daily lessons
- Practice Resources for every lesson (including brushes)
- Bonus: Why Some Artists Improve in Months Instead of Years
- Bonus: How To Explore Different Art Styles
Plus 14 days inside Doodle Warriors
- Every course in the library
- Weekly live feedback sessions
- Drawing Challenges with Angel
- The full library of past sessions, on demand
- Our private community of self-taught artists
$19 one-time. Includes 14 days free inside Doodle Warriors, then $29/month unless you cancel.
Frequently Asked Questions
I'm a complete beginner. Is this for me?
Yes. Day 1 starts with the angle and perspective of the head and assumes nothing before that. Each lesson builds on the one before, so by Day 21 you'll have drawn a full portrait from scratch.
I've been drawing for years. Will this be too basic?
No. The early days cover the invisible construction lines underneath every face, which is the exact piece most self-taught artists were never taught. The later days go into color, lighting and rendering, where the gap usually shows.
You can also move quickly through anything you already know and spend your time where it counts.
Is this for digital or traditional artists?
Both, though the lessons are demonstrated digitally. The Build Up Method is about the fundamentals underneath a portrait, and those work the same way whether you're on paper or a tablet. The practice resources include brushes if you do work digitally.
How is this different from free tutorials?
Most tutorials show you the steps but skip the part that makes them work, which is why you can follow one perfectly and still be stuck on your own piece.
These 21 days teach the process underneath: how the fundamentals actually get applied to a portrait, in order, with practice resources for every lesson so you're drawing instead of just watching.
How much time does it take?
Each lesson is bite-sized, so 15 minutes a day is enough to get through the whole thing. There's no schedule to keep up with either. Do one a day, three in a weekend, or spread it over a few months.
When do I get access?
Straight away. Day 1 is ready the moment you join, so you can start tonight.
How long do I have access?
For life. One payment, and the course is yours to keep and come back to whenever you want.
What if I fall behind?
There's no behind. Nothing expires and nothing disappears. The lessons wait for you, whether you pick them up next week or next year.
What are the 14 days inside Doodle Warriors?
When you join you also get 14 days free inside the Doodle Warriors Membership: every course in the library, weekly live feedback sessions, Drawing Challenges with Angel, and our private community.
After 14 days it continues at $29/month unless you cancel, and you can cancel anytime from your account. The 21-Day course stays yours either way.
What's the refund policy?
30-day money-back guarantee.
Go through the lessons and do the practice. If you don't see real progress in your art, email [email protected] and we'll refund every dollar. No questions asked.