![]() Feeling it three-dimensionally with my pencil. The pressure of my pencil on the paper was varying all the time as I really worked over and round the form. I was rarely looking at the paper when I was drawing these but instead, looking 80% of the time at the subject. I worked up the eyes and the muzzle/nose. I lightly marked each of these points in on the paper. using the basic unit as my unit of measure, I checked the distance from the eye to the end of the nose in relation to the basic unit the distance to the top of the head sides of the head collar etc. I did a quick check to make sure that I would be able to fit the rest of the head in the format or area of paper ie. The eyes are aren’t quite on the horizontal so I checked the mid-line angle through both eyes and carried the angle down to my drawing. I lightly marked the outer points of my chosen basic unit on my drawing paper. ![]() I chose my basic unit in the original photograph – here, the distance between the outer edge of each eye. I also extended the line of the back and the chest as I felt the head was ‘floating’ a bit too much in space. After I had finished, I left it propped up for a while and just kept on coming back and looking at it – during this period I made a few bits darker or lighter. I also used an end-of-the-pencil eraser or rubber, a pencil eraser and an eraser shield. I used a harder HB pencil for some of the more delicate details However, pencil choice is very personal, so explore what works best for you.Īs I worked up the drawing I moved up to a 4B, 6B and even 8B to get really dark darks. I set up the drawing using a 2B pencil, which tends to be my preferred choice when starting a drawing. How I Created Bazzle's Pencil Drawing Portrait If your image is digital try doing your drawing with the image open on the computer so it is quite large and then you will be able to see all the necessary detail.Ĭlick here to get an enlarged view (it will open in a new window) which you might like to keep open as you read through the steps below.Be creative - you don’t have to do the obvious. Play about with cropping into the subject as well. Fill the frame/viewfinder as much as possible with the subject.Full face with the subject making eye contact is good but a three-quarter view could be interesting too.Avoid expressions 'in motion' such as yawning, laughing (if it's a person) etc as these are less likely to work so well and more likely to look as if they have been copied from a photograph. ![]()
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