CHAPTER 5 How to Draw the Nose
“I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.”
—Mary Cassatt
While not as alluring or soulful as the eyes, the nose is very much the focal point of the entire face. There it is, right in the center, and you can use this to your advantage when drawing the rest of your portrait. The Asaro method can help. We covered drawing the bridge of the nose in the last chapter, and after you draw the bridge you can proceed in either of two ways: You can start drawing the basic two-dimensional shape of your eyebrows and drawing your eyes, as we did in Chapter 4, or you can start drawing your nose ridge plane and work ...
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