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Portrait Drawing Progression Demo

8/7/2015

 
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To start, I loosely block in the shapes with pencil and powdered graphite.
Here is a step-by step demo showing how I develop a portrait graphite/charcoal drawing.
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Here, I start to develop the face of the portrait, working toward getting the likeness.
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Once I feel comfortable with the face, I move down to the hand, arms and shoulders toning in form and capturing the shadow play of lights and darks from the sunlit window. I am using graphite pencils as well as powdered graphite.
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Here the fabric layers of tulle of the ballerina's dress are developed. 
For the contrasting darks in the eyes and hair, I am using charcoal pencil.
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At this stage I am refining and tweaking everything making fine adjustments.  To help with the highlights of the skirt I sharpen up the edges of the fabric with an eraser.
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Here is the finished drawing!

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