Drawing Catherine's Portrait
Tools and Techniques
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Discussion of getting better at drawing portraits by using proportion, value, and discerning what makes a likeness.
“Art Baby” Mistakes (Some of which I still make)
1. Drawing lines too dark or too hard to erase in your gesture drawing/block in stage
2. Eyes too big for the face, (I STILL DO THIS TOO OFTEN!!)
3. Eyes are outlined and look like almonds
4. Forgetting that lashes grow from the inside of lid and the outside of the undereye
5. Drawing a dark outline of the lips.
6. Forgetting where and how the hair grows on the head.
Make lots of drawings and take notes!!
Oh! Another stone! Click it to pick it up!
Drawing Catherine’s Portrait References and Links
Art
Chan’s Beautiful Zine work
Sandy Chandler Shelton (batbland.com)
Seth Haverkamp – Award winning portrait artist
Vonnart – Timothy Von Rueden
References:
Books –
Massey, Carole, Drawing Portraits. Kent, Great Britian: Search Press, 2012 ed.
Thomas, Joy. The Art of Portrait Drawing. Cincinatti, Ohio: North Light Books.; 2006 ed.
Brooker, Suzanne, Portrait Painting Atelier. New York, New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2010
These can be found used at Abe Books, Thriftbooks, your library, your local independent bookseller, or Amazon
YouTube Videos:
(These are meant to be a jumping off point. Find the artists and teachers you love and soak them up!)
Beginner Portrait Drawing E1 | Proportions of the head, Alphonse Dunn
Beginner Portrait Drawing E2 | Profile Proportions, Alphonse Dunn
Six common mistakes in head drawing (and how to fix them),
Marc Kompaneyets Studio
https://youtu.be/gGm8duz3KHc?si=T7LjweHaVFjZFNR1
Digital Art Tutorial: Stylized Portraits, Nadiaxel
5 Things I Wish I Knew as a BEGINNER ARTIST,
Kirsty Partridge Art
https://youtu.be/2Sm7dmWTlio?si=72T0fcUJlTbSsc–
5 Pencil Sharpening Techniques for Pros, Proko
Shading Light and Form – Basics, Proko
Your art sucks, and that’s OK,
Astri Lohne
How to IMPROVE THE LIKENESS IN YOUR PORTRAITS – Charcoal Drawing Tutorial, Florent Farges – arts
Drawing Portraits | Getting a Likeness pt. 1, DRAW JUICE ART TUTORIALS
Drawing Portraits | Getting A Likeness part 2, DRAW JUICE ART TUTORIALS
Block In Concepts Pt. 1, with Stephen Bauman
Quick Tip 264 – Value Scales Simplified, In the Studio Art Instruction
Ambient Occlusion (and Ambient Light) for Painters, Marco Bucci
Make ALL your portraits better by practicing THIS STEP…, Stephen Bauman
A New Way to Think About Beauty in Art, Light Ponderings
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These are absolutely stunning honey, I wish I could draw like that
Thank you, Ingrid! I try. I am hoping that all this info will help people on the path to drawing like they want to .