These were done one after the other. The first onetook about an hour and a half andis the worst of the three, both from a drawing and a likeness perspective. The second one took abouthalf an hour, looks a little bit like Michelleand is (for me) the nicest drawing of the three. Number three took
Self Portrait Drawing, 14th December 2005
Posted 15th December 2005 Tenth in the series – a self portrait a day until Christmas. Same pose, different day. Half way through now, so I’m glad that this one turned out ok. It didn’t come easily though, this is thesecond one I did yesterday, the first one is in little pieces in the bin.
Portrait Drawing Proportions
Common proportions of the head used for laying out a portrait I’ve just been reading chapter 10 of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, where author Betty Edwards gets her students to draw their first self portrait. I must admit I haven’t been following every exercise in the book, but have followed a
More Portrait Drawing Proportions
The classic androgynous bald person drawing Artists have been doing this drawing for hundreds of years I guess. Most of the proportions ofthe human head were worked out during theRenaissance, and by and large they appear to be right. Of course you’ve got to bear in mind that we’re dealing with what you might call
Self Portrait Drawing, 13th December 2005
Ninth in the series – a self portrait a day until Christmas. This was so very nearly a good drawing. Before this drawing, I did a sketch based on the correctproportions of a head, adrawing that artists have done for many hundreds of years. Coming across these proportions has been something ofa minor breakthrough, I
Self Portrait Drawing, 12th December 2005
Eighth in the series – a self portrait a day until Christmas. I did some very careful measuring in this one, which is largely why its a better likeness than the others,a better drawing all round in fact. Careful sighting and measuring appears to be more accurate than the grid,for self portraits anyway. Themeasuring exercise
Self Portrait Drawing, 11th December 2005
Seventh in the series – a self portrait a day until Christmas. I guess this is the tonal drawing I was planning to do yesterday. Although this doesn’t really look like me, I really like the drawing. Again I did itwithout any measurements, just drawing shapes then moving on to the next one. The last
Self Portrait, 10th December 2005
Sixth in the series – a self portrait a day until Christmas. An odd one this. I absolutely intended to sit down and do a charcoal tonal drawing, but this came out. Basically this is an exercise in measuring, a life drawing more than a portrait. I’ve just been readingthe chapter in ‘Drawing on the
Self Portrait Drawing, 9th December 2005
Fifth in the series – a self portrait a day until Christmas. A quarter of the way through the project now. This one’s a little different to the last four. Firstly, I discarded the grid completely. Secondly, I drew it with a charcoalstick, a medium I’ve always liked. I was concentrating on seeing blocks of
Self Portrait Drawing, 8th December 2005
Fourth in the series – a self portrait a day until Christmas. Another day another self portrait. This one was done much earlier in the day, in fact I just finished it a couple of hours ago.All The others were donearound two in the morning when I guess I was pretty tired. It also means