Pencil Portrait Drawing Tips on Backgrounds
Backgrounds are useful in enhancing your vision of how you want to represent your subjects. Backgrounds can soften the presentation or make it more energetic or dramatic.
However, whatever you do, make sure that the background works with the subject and not against it. Also, do not forget that the subject is the reason you starting [...]
Pencil drawing, tips and equipment
The use of any art medium requires a little knowledge. This article focuses on the tools you should use, and some of the techniques of pencil drawing.
Firstly, consider the pencils themselves. In my experience, paying more for a pencil merely buys a better quality casing; the performance of the leads is pretty similar across [...]
Guidelines for Pencil Portrait Drawing – Using Strong Lights and Darks
Value is one of the most troublesome elements of portraiture. The majority of artists are very hesitant about tone and do not push the shadows far enough. This is often because:
1. Their eyes are not yet trained to see the subtle variations.
2. The fear of losing a drawing.
Beginning artists can see large [...]
Pencil Portrait Drawing Tips on Supplies
Whether or not your pencil portrait turns out to be a masterpiece depends to a large extend on the type and quality of your drawing tools. This is, of course, true for any craft. In this article, I will present an overview of the tools the professional pencil artist uses when drawing a pencil portrait.
What [...]
Art Materials and Tools: Drawing – Pencils
Drawing is probably the most immediate of all art forms. It allows you to put down your observations instantly. In addition, all you really need to draw is a pencil and a sheet of paper (even a napkin will do).
Unfortunately, drawing is also one of the more demanding art forms and it takes a lot [...]
Tips on Pencil Portrait Drawing – Sketching Coiffures
Drawing hair is dictated by several factors: the type of hair, its hue, quality, amount, the arrangement and styling of the hair, the character and disposition of the model or the photograph, and the light effect upon the hair.
The arabesque of the hair is part of the overall arabesque. A correct arabesque is critical to [...]
Pencil Portrait Drawing Tips on Facial Hair
A mustache or a beard usually has lots of fullness. Therefore, it must be built up in layers. As with all feature in a pencil portrait, you need to look at facial hair in terms of shapes and not just in terms of outlines. The values are also of critical importance especially in relation to [...]
Read morePencil Portrait Drawing Tips on Hair
Drawing hair is not all that difficult but it does take quite a bit of time to make the result to look real and natural. In fact, it usually takes two to three times longer to do the hair than it does to do the rest of the portrait. So, do not get frustrated and [...]
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