These are the stuffs I use to draw a portrait: an A3 size sketch book, Staedtler pencils from 2B to 8B, Kneadable erasers and tortillions.
I start off with some faint guide lines using a 2B pencil, measurement done roughly by the eyes only... n___n
Here I do a quick sketch of the features as a guide to more proportion adjustments...
Getting the proportion right is the most important step. I could spend up to an hour doing it...T___T... have to improve on my pace. The rest of the shading job will come rather easy after this...
I love the way the tortillion smudges and brings the shading to life...
The face is nearly completed...
Time to shade the rest of the picture...
Adding a touch of 6B pencil darkens and brings out the features...
The final picture...
It took me about 5 hours to finish the portrait, I had to split the work up in to several days because I'm always so busy... T___T
Hope you like it!
SUPERB!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi There,
ReplyDeleteAre their any websites that you can recommend to me, which I can look at how to draw portraits for a beginner?
Thank you!
P.S. REally nice work! O____o looks like you did it in less than 5 hours actually! ^.^