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Drawing people, or better yet, portrait painting, a close connection between artist and title. Byline and tone, we calculate the map of the world and the personality of another person. This is what makes the image paint a profoundly satisfying engagement.
Beginner artists start by drawing eyes and enlarge the image on the outside. Some will start with an oval and use a standard template: eyes up; the nose, similarly, is centered between the eyes and the chin, etc.
Uncertainty: this is a poor drawing recipe
The biggest stumbling block in drawing people is our profoundly entrenched idea of what people look like. Cutting occurs when we start drawing. We see the object as it is, but as soon as the pencil is inserted into the paper, there is a visual representation of what we are looking at.
A tried and true classical method of drawing people is to start drawing an excellent head shape. This is usually called a mountain. I prefer to name this first example as an arabesque beat.
Terms mean purpose. To me, the mountain is standing still, and the arabesque speaks of rhythm and movement.
The perfect shape of the head is the top of the oval line. The best exercise is to beat the arabesque of simple conditions on a plexiglass sheet using a black water-melted marker and lift it into your object to get the accuracy of your drawing. Filled pillows hold the shape when they scratch the excellent fodder for learning to draw people.
When arabesque is accurately drawn, the next step is to place the front line. Naturally, this is the Supra Orbital Eminence.
This thick, horizontal skeletal structure is a significant factor in human painting. Improperly position this feature, and your drawing length will be discarded. There are no derogatory words here. From the front line, all parts are mapped.
Let’s take our exercise a step further. Attach a 1/4 strip of black metal tape horizontally to your cut pillow a short distance above the center point.
Without the first measurement, take your best guess and show the placement of this tape inside your arabesque in plexiglass. Now hold the plexiglass on your pillow – you’ll need to focus on your drawing to make the arabesque fit – and get the accuracy of your face line.
Most beginners will put the metal line at the very top. The reason for this, too, is our pre-figurative metaphorical ideas. When we correspond with other people, facial features play a significant role in the debate. Therefore, we tend to overemphasize the face in our painting.
Spending a little time on this strenuous exercise program pays off. Training yourself to strike arabesque consistently and set the front line accurately is your first critical step in learning to draw people.