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Drawing: Faces & Features
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Drawing: Faces & Features

by Debra Kaufman Yaun
January 2006
Beginner
32 pages
2h 49m
English
Walter Foster
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Depicting Age

As people age, their skin loses elasticity, causing loose, wrinkled skin; drooping noses; and sagging ears. In addition, lips often become thinner, hair turns gray, and eyesight becomes poor (which is why many elderly subjects wear glasses). Accurately rendering these characteristics is essential to creating successful portraits of mature subjects.

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STEP 1 I block in the face with an HB pencil. Then I add guidelines, which I use to place the eyes, nose, ears, eyebrows, and mouth. The lips thin out and move inward as a person ages, so I draw them accordingly. I also sketch the wavy outline of the hair.

STEP 2 I draw the basic shape ...

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ISBN: 9781560109655