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Pencil and Eraser

Pencil and Eraser. New Page in your Sketchbook. DRAWING A PORTRAIT. Next, we’ll learn the basics of drawing PEOPLE! Y ou will learn about basic proportions of facial features on the typical person . You will draw a portrait in profile.

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Pencil and Eraser

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  1. Pencil and Eraser New Page in your Sketchbook

  2. DRAWING A PORTRAIT • Next, we’ll learn the basics of drawing PEOPLE! • You will learn about basic proportions of facial features on the typical person. • You will draw a portrait in profile. • Afterwards, we’ll learn about the basic proportions of the human figure and will start regular figure drawing sessions.

  3. 20 minute warm-up • Find a partner. • You are each to draw a portrait in profile of your partner. • This is only a contour drawing – no shading is necessary. • This is a quick warm-up. Try your best to figure out the distances between features and the proportions of the size of the features. • NO ERASING: draw lightly • When 20 minutes are up, switch!

  4. A common error • One of the most common errors that beginning students make is called the “chopped off skull” mistake. • For reasons that are still unclear, most students see the top half of the head as smaller than it actually is. • Perhaps this is because we naturally look at the facial features more, and so we instinctively make them bigger, because they are more important to us.

  5. Always take measurements • Since you will encounter many of these sorts of inconsistencies in what you THINK people look like, you can never rely on your left-brain information. • Always take measurements between the proportions. • You must sight angles, sizes, and distances, and more importantly: YOU MUST TRUST WHAT YOU SEE. • Even if it doesn’t look “right” to you; look carefully and take sightings, trust what you see.

  6. The basics of facial proportions -- profile • Draw the diagram and label it carefully. • You will be quizzed on this information.

  7. Portrait drawing from a sketch • First, you’re going to draw a portrait from an existing sketch by John Singer Sargent. • It is a beautifully done portrait, but is extremely simple. • First, I’ll walk you through the entire process. Just listen and pay attention. • After I’m done, it’s your turn to draw. Don’t worry though -- I’ll still guide you through the steps.

  8. Profile review • Measure the top of the curve of the head to bottom of chin • Find the halfway point in that distance. • Draw your halfway line. This is your eye line. • Find that halfway point of the halfway point (the quarter distance). • Draw your quarter line. • What do we now know?

  9. Profile review • Draw the lips, nose, and eye. • Measure the distance from the eyeline to the bottom of the chin. • Measure THAT SAME DISTANCE from the back of the eye. Make a mark there. This is the back of your ear. • Draw a horizontal line from the top of the eye. This is the top of your ear. • The bottom of the ear is at the quarter line.

  10. Profile review • The back of the neck meets the head at the quarter line. It is not a vertical line. Instead it slants in to meet the head. • The front of the neck (the throat) varies greatly from person to person. • DRAW FOUR HEADS IN PROFILE USING THESE CORRECT MEASUREMENTS.

  11. TIPS FOR DRAWING THE EYE • The eye is a sphere and has roundness. • The eyelids have thickness • The shape of the iris does not always stay a circle, especially in profile. • The area between the eye and the nose is a depression and will usually be in shadow • The area between the eye and the outer edge of the eyebrow is raised and will usually be in highlight.

  12. DRAW AN EYE! • Find a partner. • You will draw one of their eyes from three different angles: • Straight ahead • Straight ahead with their head tipped down • In profile.

  13. TIPS FOR DRAWING THE NOSE • The nose has three main planes: the bridge, the sides sloping toward the face, and the underside above the lips. • The nostril does not typically extend to the end of the nose… it will be located within the underside of the nose. • The bridge of the nose is almost never a straight line. • One of the most important aspects of getting the likeness of an individual nose is to capture its THREE ANGLES correctly: • Angle 1: The bridge of the nose • Angle 2: The tip of the nose • Angle 3: The underside of the nose

  14. DRAW A NOSE! • Look at your partner! • You will draw their nose from three different angles: • Straight ahead • Straight ahead with head tipped down • In profile.

  15. DRAW AN EAR! • Look at your partner! • You will draw their ear from two different angles: • Straight ahead • In profile.

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