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Portraiture

Portraiture. Basic proportion. The Proportions of a Head - 1. The proportions of a head will vary from person to person and change slightly with age, there are some basic principles you can follow to improve your drawing.

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Portraiture

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  1. Portraiture Basic proportion

  2. The Proportions of a Head - 1 • The proportions of a head will vary from person to person and change slightly with age, there are some basic principles you can follow to improve your drawing. • If you view a head from the front, its width is approximately two thirds of its height. • If you view a head from the side, its width is approximately seven eighths of its height.

  3. Alice Meynellby John Singer Sargent, 1894pencil • The pencil, probably an HB, is used to cross-hatch,the artist pressing down hard into the paperto make the opposing verticals and diagonals.

  4. Thomas Hardyby William Strang, 1919pencil

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