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Portrait drawing: a simple approach (Part 3)

by Vincenzo

 

Portrait drawing. Let's continue looking at our drawing so far.

 

 

 

I have noticed the mouth is too high and I mean, probably 2 millimeters. What I am going to do will be erasing it with my favorite eraser and redraw it in a slightly lower position. Remember, with portrait drawing small details can make all the difference.

 

portrait drawing Michelle Pfeiffer

 

There you go much better now! Wow it just needed those 2 millimeters to get a completely different look. Obviously you want to keep working at the drawing as a whole.

 

As you can see in this drawing every step is the immediate consequence of the previous. See for example the shadow under the chin? Look at the other drawings and you'll see how it started as a few lines to establish where the shadow was supposed to be. And the same applies to every part of the drawing.

 

portrait drawing Michelle Pfeiffer

 

As you have seen the drawing is not the result of some kind of magical process accessible only to naturally talented but a sequence of simple steady steps toward the final goal. You can definitely do it!

 

I want to review briefly the entire process here:

 

1. Establish the shape of the head

 

2. Establish the three fundamental guidelines, in sequence for the eyes, mouth and nose last

 

3. make sure you get these foundations right. Check many times before proceeding and do it only when you are satisfied.

 

4. Build up slowly your portrait from the foundations and it will almost draw itself!

 

 

Thanks for following my portrait drawing tutorial! in the next one I'll propose a more "scientific" method for portrait drawing. Stay Tuned!

 

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