Figure Drawing

I’ve spent quite a bit of time now talking about various aspects of portrait drawing. It would be logical to…

Drawing on Toned Paper

When I draw from a model at the weekly portrait sessions I participate in, I really enjoy using toned paper.…

For the past few weeks as I’ve been describing the position of facial features I’ve been working in very simple…

We have positioned the eyes, nose and mouth on the face. What’s left? The ears and hair line. The…

Continuing our discussion of portrait drawing, let’s move on to add more features. Once the eyes are located we can add…

After laying in the guidelines to show the position of the head, now it’s time to position the features. When…

I always start a portrait by drawing an oval or egg shape to represent the head. While it is true…

It’s time to begin a new series. The face is one of the most fascinating subjects to draw, yet it’s…

My method of adding a wash of color came to me one day when I was pondering how I could make…

Just as there are a million ways to draw, there are at least that many ways to use color in…