Category: Portraits

Portrait

Charcoal drawing on grey newsprint - straight, front facing portrait of male

This drawing was an example of practicing portraiture – learning proportion and scale of facial features. This was my first portrait drawing, and my classmate Shugo is the subject. To begin this drawing, I started with a line drawing which was first general, then made specific with more intense observation of my subject. After I had the basic line drawing/outline of his face, I made a few adjustments to make it appear more realistic such as defining the eye shape, adjusting the nose shape, and finding where the shadows/highlights were on his face according to his skeletal structure. I began adding shading to the entire face, and erased or darkened highlights and shadows. The lighting conditions were diffused so light wasn’t casting on any specific area of his face. After doing 2 more portraits, I feel as though this one is unfinished since the neck is left bare and some areas lack enough value or detail.

Student Portrait Incomplete

charcoal sketch drawing of a face

The process of drawing the face of a college student. I’m describing the face with charcoal. I’m using charcoal because I want to sketch my features before I put some value. In this picture, Also half of the hair is drawn out. The jacket has little shapes such as the flowers to give an idea of what the jacket should look like. I try to make sure to put value with the light and shadow to try to make it as realistic at it can. Her expression is confusion around her environment. A lot of work must be done to capture the third dimension art style.

Portrait of Estelle

This is a graphite and charcoal portrait drawing of a female classmate.
This is a graphite and charcoal drawing of my classmate Estelle. It’s a portrait, so she is facing me straight on. I started the drawing by sketching out basic facial features and doing some shading to establish some 3-dimensionality. Then I began to add finer details both in shading and subtle lines that make Estelle look more like herself.

Portrait: Trinity

This image is a portrait of my classmate, Trinity. For the basic face form I started out with an circle for a realistic , circular form of the cranium , and then I added in the chin. I used vinyl charcoal throughout this whole piece. The hardness of the vinyl charcoal around the eyes was to highlight her eye shape, and bring the piece to life. Creating the eyes was a challenging , but I started them with equidistant from the top of the head to the bottom of the chin (you can see the line of measurement). I carried on to thre nose . I started with a circle for the point of the nose, then extended the nose with a tent shape. To make the line less harsh I used a paper towel to lighten the ash of the charcoal. The corner of each lip had to be aligned with the middle of eachy line , and I added a shadow to the top lip to give a sense of plumpness. The last step was adding the hair and value to the face. It's important use the hair as a guide to her face structure and ears. Also, addimg value helped the picture look more realistic based on a face having different natural shadows( value) , and highlights little features in her face. Materials: - Vinyl Charcoal - Drawing paper Pad - 2H Drawing Pencil (for measurements) -Kneaded Eraser
This image is a portrait of my classmate, Trinity. For the basic face form I started out with an circle for a realistic , circular form of the cranium , and then I added in the chin. I used vinyl charcoal throughout this whole piece. The hardness of the vinyl charcoal around the eyes was to highlight her eye shape, and bring the piece to life. Creating the eyes was a challenging , but I started them with equidistant from the top of the head to the bottom of the chin (you can see the line of measurement). I carried on to the nose . I started with a circle for the point of the nose, then extended the nose with a tent shape. To make the lines less harsh I used a paper towel to lighten the ash of the charcoal. The corner of each lip had to be aligned with the middle of each line , and I added a shadow to the top lip to give a sense of plumpness. The last step was addition of the hair and value to the face. It’s important use the hair as a guide to her face structure and ears. Also, adding value helped the picture look more realistic based on a face having different natural shadows , and still contributing to highlighting little features in her face.

Materials:
Vinyl Charcoal
Drawing paper Pad
2H Drawing Pencil (for measurements)
Kneaded Eraser

Vine Charcoal Drawing

This is a sketch of someone I drew from my Drawing I class. Vine charcoal is the main medium; A circle was the main basic for the skull and an oval for the the flesh of the face.

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Basic Shapes and Form

Sketching this way was particularly difficult in that I usually don’t draw base shapes when starting a new piece.

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