Malik fahad

portrait of two friends

Today I am going to share with you different steps with pictures to draw a portrait.

1. Draw the shape of your head as if it does not have hair.
   
2. Half way from the top of the head to the chin draw a line ( it is on this line where your eyes will be drawn . Draw this line lightly.
   
3. Draw a vertical line down the center of the head. This will help keep the features lined up correctly. Draw this line lightly.
   
4. Half way from the line for the eyes to the chin draw a short line (this will be the bottom of the nose). Be sure it is lined up with the vertical line (the line going down the center).
   
5. Slightly above the half way point between the nose and the chin draw a line for the mouth. Be sure it is lined up with the vertical line (the line going to the center).
   
6. Draw two curves on the line for the eyes. Be sure these curves are far enough a apart for another curve to be drawn between them (eyes are about one eye length apart from each other).
   
7. Look over the various eyes. use the curves drawn in no 6 for the top of these eyes. Choose a nose, use the line for the nose in step picture 6 for the bottom of the nose you choose. choose a mouth, use the line for the mouth in step picture 6 for the line between the upper and lower lip. For the nose and the mouth be sure they are lined up with the center line going down the middle of the face.
8. Now draw rest of the head. When drawing the hair the head shapes first drawn was the skull. The hair should go both above and below the skull line. At the end erase all extra lines.
   

I hope it will be good learning to you for making a portrait.   

Justin bieber 

8B,3H,B pencils used

12X15 inches

coming soon  full portrait....
work in progress...

portrait of my friend <3 

PENCIL SHADING

The pencil shading exercise explored on this page is called 'graduated tone'. It is a drawing technique which can be used to create a strong sense of space and form. It is a very useful skill to develop for both pencil and color pencil drawings.

1. Use a darker grade (B or 2B) of pencil for your shading. Lighter grades (H, 2H etc.) will not give enough depth to your darkest tones.
2. Just start by shading the area you wish to be dark and slowly build up the tone. As you work towards the light, gradually ease the pressure on your pencil until you can no longer see the mark it makes.
3. You then patiently repeat this process several times, building up a depth to the shading, adjusting any irregular areas and trying to keep the tonal changes as smooth as possible until you achieve the variation and intensity of tone that you desire.

Drawing a portrait of yourself, or of someone you know, is the most difficult of all subjects to draw in my experience as an Artist and an Art Teacher.......