How To Start Your Family Portrait Drawing Lesson

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Choose a paper with low tooth that is high quality, such as Bristol board.

Start the layout by sketching the basic angles and shapes of the heads on the page to get a better feel for the approximate size you to make things.

Use loose, light strokes, working clockwise from the upper left hand corner down and focusing on the largest shapes first.

Keep your pencil work light enough to erase easily. The sketch should be fairly accurate, but don’t get bogged down with anything but how the largest shapes interact with each other at this stage.

Erase the lines that you don’t need, then start refining the drawing with measuring. Use the largest head to determine relationships with the smaller shapes

Place a scrap of paper over the head and mark off the length, then compare it to the other heads in the photo. 

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Chris Elmore
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