Drawing Portrait Tutorial. English (Spanish sub)
This is a 38 min tutorial where we will speak about how to build a portrait and some points that we can look for.
1. BIG SHAPE
General egg, neck and shoulder line (control the egg)
2. PLACEMENT
Centre line
Cheekbone
Eye socket
Nose baseline
Ears
Mouth, beard, mustache
3. SIMPLIFICATION
Separating light shape with shadow shape
Proportions with respect to the center line as true
Character
4. CONSTRUCTION
Finding clever planes on the portrait
Soft edges
Rechecking proportions (brothers)
Finalizing the block in
5. TRANSITION
Big form modeling
Passages between light, mid-tone & shadow
6. VALUE
Organizing “Lightest light” with respect to “Darkest dark”
Balancing the portrait on an overall level (harmony)
7. DETAILS
Accents
Highlights
Glasses//earrings//piercings etc
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