Sketching Portrait Steps

Author: Lei Wuwen
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Publish Date: 1995-01-01
Features: This book is a theoretical read that embodies practical experience. In the preface, it prominently highlights the importance of observation methods, which is the primary issue beginners must address in practice. The main part of the book is richly illustrated, starting with exercises on lines and black-and-white gradation, which beginners are most concerned about. It introduces the "framework" theory, explaining the undulations of each part of the human head in a vivid manner. The painting methods and steps provided by the author are quite vivid. Additionally, it specifically discusses the different effects produced by the arrangement and direction of lines, the nuances of mastering local painting techniques, and even summarizes the common faults in beginners' artwork.
1. Line Exercises
If you want to learn painting, you must engage in sketching training. Whether it's landscape sketching, still-life sketching, figure sketching, or creative sketching, when you first start sketching, you should practice drawing lines. Don't underestimate line exercises. In the 19th century, the French classical realism painting master Ingres said, "Lines—this is drawing, and it is everything." Any sketching artwork is completed using lines or surfaces formed by lines. Many sketches by classical painting masters employ line-drawing techniques. It can be said that lines are one of the key and fundamental elements in sketching modeling. Only by mastering various types of lines can you create lifelike images.