Portrait Drawing Workshop: Children

Maureen Killaby | Runtime (71 min)

You’ll find that drawing portraits of children is easy and rewarding when you follow these helpful techniques. In this video, you’ll learn how to draw the defining features of realistic children in graphite–from smooth skin in light and shadow, to dark eyes, noses, lips, ears and hair. You’ll explore pencil drawing techniques using a variety of leads and sizes, learning how to create a range of values from delicate to more dramatic. Improve your portrait drawings now with Maureen Killaby’s clearcut exercises and examples that will help you draw realistic faces every time.

Instruction in this portrait drawing video includes

• Step by step techniques for drawing a children’s portrait
• Pencil drawing techniques for blending, erasing, layering, and more
• How to use a range of pencil leads and sizes to create realistic faces

Preview Portrait Drawing Workshop: Children with Maureen Killaby now to review the importance of value in creating realistic faces as you blend into light areas, “draw highlights” with an eraser, and use pencil pressure and blending to create smooth transitions in value (HINT: you can use a range of pencil grades to more easily achieve a range of values).