Drawing

Learn to Draw: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Portrait drawing: a simple approach. Portrait drawing is one of those drawing skills many people get into drawing for. It is so appealing and rewarding being able to draw a portrait of a friend, a lover, a kid in a way that makes them happy and you proud of it. But drawing a portrait that captures the resemblance and the "soul" of a subject it is not an easy task and a skill that for many takes year to master and hone.

For this reason I am not going to focus this tutorial on the "capturing the soul" part (at least not for now) and I will instead focus on "getting the proportions right" to at least capture the appearance of your subject (this alone will bring you a long way toward becoming a proficient portrait drawer). In this tutorial I'll examine a method to draw portraits that is suitable for drawing from a picture and from a real person posing for you. I do not want to overwhelm you with details and I'd rather prefer moving rapidly to the drawing, making comments and observations along the way. Lets' get started! Done? 1. Figure drawing: Basic Pose and Construction. 1. Introduction This method is to help you draw the human form. It is by no means the best way or even a fast way. Instead, this method is aimed at thinking and setting up the human form in a threedimensional space.

Classical animation (most notably Disney) uses a similar way of setting up their characters. In these kind of animations a good understanding of the character in a threedimensional space is important to achieve a convincing motion in time. Using this method will help you form your thoughts on the human body posing on paper rather than in your mind. 2. Basic anatomy Stickfigures Wait, don't go away yet! Let's take a look at stickfigures. Lesson Try to draw these standing stickfigures and see if you master their proportions. Body language Stickfigures, again Now that you know how important it is to master proportions through simple stick figures, we go to the next use of stickfigures: 'the pose'. Lesson Try drawing stickfigures in action. Balance Motion and action 3. The skeleton 4. Pencil Portrait Drawing - Learn to draw faces. How to Draw a Face (with pictures) Steps Method 1 of 3: A Female Face, Sketched 1Make a light outline of a face.

Heads are never circular, they are oval shaped, like an egg. So sketch an oval outline that tapers down at the bottom. 12Clean. Method 2 of 3: Male 1Drawing lightly, sketch a circle. 2Draw a line at the middle starting from the top and ending where the chin would be. 11Optional: add shading to the drawing if needed. Method 3 of 3: Female Face 1Draw the shape of the head you have in mind. 2Add lines to determine the center of the face and the position of the eyes. 3Sketch lines to define how wide, tall, and the placement of the eyes, nose, mouth and ears. 4Sketch the shape and appearance of the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and eyebrows. 5Sketch the shape of the hair and neck. 6Use a smaller tipped drawing tool to add the finer details of the face. 7Draw the outline using the sketch as a guide. 8Erase and remove the sketch marks to produce a clean outlined drawing. 9Add color and shading to the drawing.

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