Proportions of the Portrait

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Proportions of the Portrait

• Where are the facial features compared to one
  another.
• How to draw the hair
• How to shade the portrait.
• Where to use solid lines
• Where not to use solid lines

2
Drawing the Portrait

• Portraits are on a vertical format mostly.
• Start with the shape of the head in the space
• Use most of the space of your paper.

3
Portrait proportions.

• Next draw a horizontal line across the face
• Draw the line half way between the top and the
  bottom of the head shape.
• This should be a light line, NOT HEAVY.

4
Proportions of the Portrait

• The next horizontal line, belongs half way
  between the eye line and the chin.
• This too, should be a light line, NOT HEAVY.
• Equal distances in both spaces.

5
Proportions of the portrait

• Another horizontal line between the nose line and
  the chin.
• Half way between the chin and the nose.
• With a light line.
• Equal distance in both spaces.

6
Proportions of the portrait

• A single vertical line is needed in the middle of
  the whole shape of the face.
• This should be a light line as well.
• This is our map for correct proportions of the
  face.

7
The Eyes

• The eyes should be wide enough to count five
  across the head.
• I start with the pupil.
• Guess the location using your fingers.

8
The Eyes of the portrait

• Draw the circle around the pupil.
• This is the colored portion of your eye.

9
The Eyes of the portrait.

• Draw a curved line, that cuts off the top of the
  Iris.
• This upper eye lid is a heavy line.

10
The Eyes of the Portrait.

• The lower eye lids are light lines (less weight).
  
• They cut off the bottom.

11
The Nose on the Portrait

• First draw the nostrils.
• The nostrils are not circles
• Then draw a curved line beside each
• Notice that they dont touch the nostrils and
  they go just below the nose line.

12
The mouth on the Portrait

• The mouth opening is not a straight horizontal
  line.
• It is horizontal, but not straight.
• It is similar to the line on the upper lip.
• The corners of the mouth are under the pupils

13
The mouth on the Portrait

• The upper lip has a dip.
• It fallows the contour of the opening of the
  mouth, but is more severe.

14
The mouth on the portrait

• The bottom lip is a curved line.
• Represents a shadow
• It does not reach either corner of the mouth

15
The Ears of the Portrait.

• The Ears reach from just above the eye line, to
  just below the nose line.
• They are curved (organic lines).

16
The eye brows

• These lines are similar to lines used for grass.
• They are organic
• They represent each hair.
• They should be curved.

17
Eye lids and hair on the portrait.

• This is an organic, curved line.
• It represents the fold of your skin when your
  eyes are open.
• The contour for the hair is also an organic line
  that goes past the line for the head.

18
The neck

• The wider the neck the more masculine.
• This is an organic and curved line.

19
The Hair.

• Long hair equals long lines.
• These are organic in nature.