For portrait drawing, I took the video class from David Jamieson (vitruvian art studio). This course made the difference between the last 2 portraits possible! You should check it :) I try to draw everyday. And I spend all the time necessary to finish the …

Jul 23, 2020 · Trying to learn about drawing portraits by reading a reddit post is like trying to learn how to do a backflip by reading a reddit post. So keep drawing. The more you draw, the more you’ll understand the three dimensional forms of the face, and the better your portraits will be.

Jun 3, 2023 · Life drawing is great. If you can find a local figure drawing group, go do that. Working with a live model causes you to learn a lot rapidly. Representing the human form is challenging. Figure drawing sessions force you to work in timed increments: 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 15 min, 30 min.

A sub specifically for drawing and painting portraits in any medium. Feel free to post your portrait art. Discussion on portraiture, tips, mediums, tutorials are also welcome.

Jun 29, 2019 · Drawing is the act of making marks on a substrate by moving something across it. Discussion, technique ...

Aug 6, 2020 · I have to completely disagree about drawing influencers, their posts are always perfectly posed (non naturally posed), same facial expressions, often corrected afterwards... I use those "100 people tell us ..." videos on YouTube. Search for 100 people and you'll get a few good suggestions. The topic can be fun to listen to and these people are ...

Jan 12, 2023 · I upped my portrait work substantially by watching a lot of Youtube. If you're looking for realism I suggest Emmy Kalia, Pencil drawing tutorials with JD Hillberry, Fine Art Academy, 5 Pencil Method has some older ones that are good.

Jan 19, 2022 · Make yourself familiar where these features are located on the head, their scaling and their relation to each other and start drawing whole heads. Take extra care in the block-in process, correct yourself till everything looks correctly placed, this is crucial to achieve likeness.

Mar 31, 2022 · Shading. No lines. When it comes to people, everything- including what you perceive as lines- is actually shading. Some hard shading, some soft. We don't have hard, drawn lines. If you see a great portrait drawing, it's all shading and transitions that are sometimes a little harder, but often smooth and soft. We don't have outlines. Nothing on ...

May 27, 2020 · I'll take your advice and start with figure drawing first. I checked some videos out and the n-second gesture exercises sound fun compared to an hour on a shitty portrait huhu. Maybe I still lack training my eye for proportion and angle, which hopefully figure drawing can help with. I'll tackle portraits again after!! Thank you so much for the ...