Portrait Drawing progression: 3 small heads.

in #art7 years ago (edited)

Small charcoal studies for female portrait.

  • Size: about 5 cm tall each head.
  • Medium: Willow charcoal stick on medium tooth paper.

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It's small head studies in the step by step breakdowns. You can find which principle I apply each stage.

STAGE 1
Basic proportion and gesture. Indicate skull, center line of face, position and angle of eyes, direction of neck.
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STAGE 2
Position of eyes, nose, hair shapes, nech width, height of shoulders.
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STAGE 3
Messing shadow with bold and DARK strokes.
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STAGE 4
MID TONE areas.
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STAGE 5
LIGHT areas.
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STAGE 6
Refining detail.
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I'll post more progression references and welcome for any questions. Thanks. 😊

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Really nice style. You make charcoal sing.....

Love your work! welcome to Steemit.

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