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October 3, 2009

Eye’s and Nose

Filed under: drawing,Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , — @ 4:11 am

The eyes and nose come in all shapes and sizes every one has their own very unique ones, isn’t that just awesome.

So when it comes to drawing them a little bit of basic structural knowledge will help you get off to a good start.

Look closely at the shape of them and try to get the lines right. Use a dot to position the pupil and use that as a guide to draw the shape around it. The distance between each eye is about an eye width apart.

Concentrate on getting the lines and positions right before you think about eyelashes, brows or shading. Look at the iris where does it sit in relation to the eyelash lines. Draw in the pupil, shade it black but leave a little dot of white for reflection.

Now the tip of the nose is not quite halfway from the centre eye line to the chin, then the mouth measures about one third of the way down from the nose to the chin. Mark their locations lightly on the centre vertical line.

Your nose measures about the same width across at its tip as the distance between the eyes. The correct size for the mouth is about as wide as the distance between the centre of the eyes.

Practice drawing the eyes and nose keeping an eye on where they are positioned.

Happy Days :)

September 25, 2009

Drawing Parts of the Body

Filed under: drawing — Tags: , , , , , , , — @ 7:20 am

Its easier to think about drawing the body if you break it into parts and then picture them as shapes. The head can be round or oval, the lips are triangular, the palm of the hand is like a square.                                                         When you are preparing to draw a face assess the basic shape, draw it then mark out the centre line. Mark in lines that will place the nose, the eyes and the mouth in their proper locations. By doing this the facial features will have the proper perspective.

When drawing the facial features note that all the parts have various  characteristics.

The eyeball consists of the cornea, iris, pupil, retina and the outer part has the eyelid and eyelashes. the eyebrows form a frame over the top.

The nose comes in many shapes and sizes consider its size in proportion to the rest of the face.

The mouth depends on the age of the subject, the lips of a baby are puckered and relitively small, the young childs lips have developed somewhat and are fuller. This continues into adulthood only to thin again in old age.

The ears are rounded and curve like a shell, earlobes can be short and fixed or longer and free, some sit close to the head others stand out.

Look carefully at all the features taking notice of all the finer details. Practice drawing the various parts individually until you feel comfortable with them. then put them altogether to form your portrait.

Keep Smiling :)

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