Not a Bad beginning. Even in these beginning stages I can see that you have a good feel for portraiture, You have very nice consistent pencil lines and with work I am sure that this drawing will be awesome. I can not wait to see how you finish it ;D
You asked me in a PM if I had any pointers That I could share with you...
The best advise I can give you is to keep drawing...with every drawing that you do you will get better and better. You will learn new things each time...there is a lot of truth in the phrase "practice make perfect"
As for drawing Tips...
These 8 Tips have helped me immensely over the years
1. Get a feel for the drawing as a whole, don't focus too heavily on one particular area until you have the basic outline worked out.
2. I find that when you are drawing portraits, it really helps if you train you mind to see geometric shapes in the face...in simpler terms; when you look at a subject's features don't see the individual features as they are...but look for the various geometric shapes that make up the feature.
3. when working on the various proportions on the face... Remember that every aspect on the Human face can be measured with the eye
The following is basic not necessarily a rule (variations do occur due to perspective, angles and Genetics...LOL) but in most cases it works
a. there is one eye's length distance between the subject's eyes.
b. from the inner corner of the eye to the top of the nostril is one Eye's length
c. There is one eye's length from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the mouth (when the mouth is closed)
d. there is one eye's length from the bottom of the mouth to the bottom of the chin
and so on...
4. Remember that the eye is perfectly round and you have to keep that in mind when drawing the eyes. you draw the eye lids over the eye ball; if you do this, it will help you keep dimemsion on the face.
Also remember that the Iris is perfectly centered on the eye ball and the pupil is centered on the iris. if done right the eyes on your drawing will seem like they are looking at you.
5. starting off draw the hair as basic shapes instead of individual hairs
6. when doing shadows be aware of where the light source is in the drawing and start by shading lightly and gradually work the areas furthest from the light darker.
7. don't smudge this just makes your drawing a mess, instead use light pencil strokes
8. and finally Keep erasing to a minimum, once you erase you damage that area of the paper and it will be harder to balance out your pencil tones . Plus it looks messy.
Once the initial drawing layout is down on paper I very rarely if ever erase.
Hope these tips help
Keep Up the good work
Scotty--
Thankyou ;D
