Wednesday, June 29, 2011

How to draw a good Portrait


Portraits of drawing can be extremely difficult for many students of art. But why are so difficult to draw portraits? After all, the portraits are essentially the same as all other drawings and consist of forms and basic forms. The key is be able to run proportions with exact precision.

When you are looking at a picture, you can see that there are thousands of possible combinations for portraits. For example, there is a nose with many different forms and sizes. There are eyes with shapes and colors. There are the lips with a different thickness and there are all sorts of small details (such as eyebags etc.) which are different. It is therefore difficult for the artist to apply a fixed formula when drawing portraits.

The same technique to draw a fixed object, or for still life drawing, can be used at the time. The basic shapes and forms of a table or a Chair is easy to reproduce.

But when you put a combination of the different features of all kinds on one side, any challenge. The nose is too small, the lips are too thick, the eyes look all funny, etc.. You get in all sorts of funny of the issues that you may not be if the design of other things. This is why portraits drawing can be such a challenge for many students of art.

The way around this is to strengthen the Foundation Drawing. This means drawing by applying sound principles of design rather than simply following rigid formulas. If the artist can get the right proportions, the image of the person will emerge. There is no need for other complicated techniques. The artist enough to focus on getting the right proportions.

The other issue of concern is that many students in art do not have the maturity required to make informed decisions about the portraits that they are drawing. Note that drawing is not identical to photograph. The design need not exactly the same as the subject. There is room for the artist to take decisions on how the drawing will finally be out turn.

Therefore, a good portrait will always keep in mind the context and the essence of the object that he or she is attractive. For example, if the artist is drawing a person of the company, he may want to capture the insightful look at the face. Or if it is a drawing model, it may wish to design to look at the style of Hollywood.

It's simple decisions, and yet they have a profound impact on portraits. So many good artists should use their judgment to make such decisions.




Darren Chow is the founder and developer of MyArtPassion.com, a website online that offers free drawing lessons, courses of study at home and other resources related to the design. For more free resources such as the one that you have read only, please visit MyArtPassion.com for free online drawing lessons.



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