HOW TO START DRAWING PORTRAIT AS A BEGINNER? WHERE TO START

  A portrait is a drawing, photograph, sculpture, painting, or any other artistic representation of a person where the face is considered as the main element. A portrait drawing is not just a visual representation but it will also express something about the nature of a person. It tells something about a person’s personality and even the mood of a person. 

     A good portrait drawing attracts viewers, involves them in drawing, and grabs their attention towards the drawing. A good portrait drawing is that which is able to tell the whole story in a single image.

To start drawing portraits as a beginner one needs to follow the following things.

Learn basics 

    To start a drawing portrait firstly one needs to learn the basics of portrait drawing. When you know the basics of drawing a portrait you can do it easily. While drawing a portrait we need to concentrate on a few basic things like how to draw a perfect portrait, tools we need to use to draw a portrait, and how to use those tools.

    learn the general proportions and angles of the face before you start drawing a portrait. Think about a few things like measurements regarding the picture or face you plan to draw.know the proper procedure you need to follow while drawing a portrait. If you are clear with basic things like above mentioned you can draw a neat and attractive portrait. 

Motivate yourself

     Self-motivation is the main criterion to do any work. So, motivating yourself is necessary even to start a drawing portrait. Motivate yourself by following various actions like make a schedule and follow, share your work, when you share your work with others their appreciation motivates you more to do your work perfectly. setting goals, when you set your goals you take it as a challenge and motivate yourself to achieve the goals etc.

    Self-motivation gives you the confidence to start and proceed with the drawing portrait. choose a picture in which you want to draw a portrait and try it till you get perfection. Motivation pushes you to do the work effectively and efficiently.

Apply tools and techniques

    Apply appropriate tools and techniques while starting a portrait drawing. There are various tools and techniques to be followed while drawing a portrait. Using appropriate tools and techniques gives attraction and perfection to your portrait drawing.

     Some of the tools used to start a portrait drawing are charcoal pencils, sketches, drawing pens, paper, compass, crayons, etc. different techniques like choosing the appropriate material, checking the angles and general proportions, use proper sketching approaches, check the shapes, etc. using tools and techniques can increase overall performance and happiness-level at work. Using these two things helps you in doing the work easily and effectively. The Use of tools and techniques gives perfection to your drawing. 

Use general proportions and angles 

     If you want to draw a portrait perfectly consider the accurate proportions and angles. While taking proportions and angles check the accuracy. learn how to use the general proportions and angles to draw the face and other features. Follow the  Proportions of the face like eyes are halfway down the head, the edges of the nostrils are lined up with tear ducts, space between eyes should be the minimum width of an eye, the head should be above five eyes wide, the corner of mouth line up with eye pupils.

    The Use of these proportions and angles while drawing a portrait gives perfection to the drawing so that it looks neat and good to see. for supposing different faces or heads have different proportions and angles so think one and twice while taking proportions and angles.

Add shadow & smudge effect

    Adding Shadow and smudge effects to your drawing portrait gives a special attraction to your portrait drawing. Smudging will blur your shading and make your portrait drawing look more attractive. Smudging effects create softer finishing and more blurry shadows then the normal shading. Smudging is that we need to work less to achieve shading.

     Shadow is the dark side of the image or object. Without shadow affect your portrait drawing may look plain or simple but when you add these effects to your work it may look attractive. Tools used for shadow and smudge effects are a variety of pencils, graphite pencils, charcoal, etc. by adding these effects the portrait drawing looks neat and beautiful.

Practice 

       Practice the drawing portrait so that you can draw it perfectly. Practice can improve your skills in drawing. When you practice a thing you may commit a few mistakes but can learn from your mistakes and become perfect in drawing a portrait knowing your false. Practice the thing by repeating an image again and again. Draw from your observation in different arts. 

       When you practice things for many times it gives you the confidence to do that work. The practice is important to be perfect and to improve your talent. When you practice drawing portraits many times then you can draw the portrait perfectly. Practice gives you perfection. You can practice drawing a portrait through different arts or drawings.

Proper measurements

        Take the proper measurements while drawing a portrait so that your drawing looks neat and good. Measurements are very important while drawing a portrait. Perfect measurements give a neat and good look to your drawing portrait. Different features have different measurements so try to be clear while taking measurements. There are various methods to take measurements. 

        Get accurate horizontal and vertical measurements when you want to start a drawing portrait. Take the proper height and width of the face. Consider the proper angles and proportions while drawing a portrait. 

Observe various arts

        When you want to start a portrait drawing start observing various arts or drawings so that you can find different things in that and get various new ideas and implement them in your portrait drawing. Viewing various drawings or arts improves your thinking. You can learn many things from observation. When you observe the thing you may see it from a different perspective.

Follow a procedure

       Follow a procedure when you plan to start a drawing portrait. When you follow a step by step process no confusion occurs while drawing a portrait. Every work will have a procedure to follow and that work should be done in a proper procedure so that it can be done easily.

       There will be a particular procedure to draw a portrait. So that the portrait drawing can be done easily and perfectly when we follow the process. Drawing a portrait includes a step by step process like starting with a circle, drawing the outline of the face, drawing the features like eyes, nose, ears, lips etc. in a right place with accurate proportions, drawing hair, giving proper shadings etc. to the portrait drawing. When you follow the procedure you can finish the drawing easily and perfectly.

When you want to start drawing a portrait start with eyes it helps in drawing other features easily. Once you are done with drawing the eyes move to other facial features like nose, lips, eyebrows etc. then draw ears and hair. 

Conclusion

      In the end, it may be concluded that to start drawing a portrait as a beginner one need to follow few things like learning basics, motivate yourself, apply tools and techniques, add shadow and smudge effect, practice, take proper measurements etc. and when you start a portrait always start with drawing eyes and then move to other features.