I'm sketching a portrait for my wi-fi tonight & I would take its photographs at each stage, to see , show & remember for myself - how a portrait develops. This sequence may help someone who's new to sketching real faces or someone learning how to sketch a face !
Let's start (Pencil used - 2 HB) ...
- I'm capturing all the photos of the sketch I'm making, with my 6 MP Cybershot, in night-mode (no flash, delayed shutter). So, the backdrop may appear somewhat dark, however not so much to deviate attention of keen observers.
- First, the shape of face & orientation - I took the mid-line (vertical) passing the center of nose & the line joining the 2 eyes (horizontal) as imaginary reference lines (without drawing any actual grid) . This usually helps in keeping the size of eyes, nose, cheeks proportionate.
- I'm trying to complete an eye, along with the shape of the face & some nose too ...
- See ? Using a light stroke for the pencil is useful, if we need to alter the shape of the face / nose later.
- Second eye ...
- She's staring at me :-( ... Redid the whole nosy :-) ... I felt it was too small - thanks to the imaginary reference lines. I'm starting the lips now :
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- Ghostly stage ... Boooo !
- Lips completed now ... not pink yet ;-)
- Lips touched up & some features sharpened. Added bindi (the holy dot on forehead, between the eyes). Hair formation started ...
- Dyed the hair a bit ;-) ... colored the bindi and accented the lips with pink (light strokes of a RED pencil) . Note the left earring.
- I jus showed it to my wi-fi & she found somethin missin ! Can you guess what ?
- My wi-fi jus approved this one with the neck :-) ... Hurray ! I gifted her the sketch.
Music of the night : Cheeni kam hai (Movie : Cheeni kum ; Sung by : Shreya Ghoshal ) - unique music, good bass, hindi song. This one makes me hum it all day long !
2 comments:
Very well written post sir...! Itna lucid fashion mein u hv explained the esoteric art of "Portrait Making" - I am so so impressed. Kal mrng se hi try karta hoon banana portrait ekk...let such posts coming in sir..!
It's good to hear that my post inspires you to draw a portrait ... I'll sit with you sometime & can explain the intricacies ... maybe we'll add finer points, we'd discuss, to the blog too :-) ... thanks for all comments :-) !
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