Portraits

This week we were looking at portraits of our model in order to develop higher detailed drawing techniques. I used graphite stick for the drawing above. I think that the proportion in this image is accurately represented. This is because the planning of the drawing went very well, which meant that I was able to concentrate on the fine and complicated details in the drawing, such as the lips, the little wrinkles in the lips and the lines of the forehead. This helps to show the age of the model, which is what I intended as they also work with the nose, eyes and ears to show unique characteristics of the model, making them recognisable. 

In this second drawing I drew with white chalk on coloured paper. This was due to the model having a light shining on her face, meaning that it a shadow would have been cast. I am pleased with most of the proportion but I feel that in this image the forehead is a bit too big. Possibly the hair should have come down more. The use of the chalk to outline the wrinkles adds to the shading in helping to show the model's age and traits unique to the model . Highlighting where the light hit was a successful way to add shading. It was a technique that I hadn't used before, but after doing it I would say that it works very well and it would be a technique I'd like to use again.