Capturing a Likeness
Once you’ve practiced drawing the individual features, you’re ready to combine them in a full portrait. Use your understanding of the basics of proportion to block in the head and place the features. Study your subject carefully to see how his or her facial proportions differ from the “average”; capturing these subtle differences will help you achieve a better likeness to your subject.
DRAWING WHAT YOU SEE Working from a photo helps you draw what you really see—as opposed to what you expect to see—because you can change your viewpoint. Try turning both the photo and your drawing upside-down as you work; you’ll find that you ...
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