Alice in Wonderland. Art 1. Optical Design. Smokey Cheshire Cat. Genie. How to Draw a Portrait of the Head. The most important part of a drawing is the start, not the finish.
This tutorial will focus on how to start a portrait drawing, using basic blocking-in techniques. When drawing a portrait from life, you don’t want to just jump-in and draw. I always walk around the model to get a better understanding of the model and plan out my composition. In addition, whenever I do a head study, or a portrait, I don’t start out by trying to capture a “likeness.” Instead, I try to construct a solid head, focusing on the volumetric forms. Facial Expressions. X-Ray of a Rose. Colorful Eye.