Only Six Steps to Exhibit-Worthy Pencil Portraits
This Quick Demo with Graphite Makes Drawing Portraits Look Easy
Pencil plus paper. That's all it takes to create an exhibition-worthy piece of art. That is, if you understand the power of pencil portraits.
I'm excited to show you how one can come together in just six steps, under the deft touch of artist Nicholas Raynolds. As you take in each step of the process for pencil portraits, remember:
- It is all about the block-in and modeling stages. Work on these a lot. Then continue on.
- Work from the general to the specific-looking for the big shapes and spatial relationships.
- Take note of how graphite or pencil is used as a transparent medium, which allows you to develop the drawing in stages based on specificity — going from the general and the broad, to the specific and the detail.
