Sunday, April 18, 2010

EDM 268 - something I need



This is a portrait of my husband. I cannot imagine a life without him. <3

I have set a goal for myself to improve my skills at drawing portraits, which is something I find extremely difficult. Do you have any tips for me on how to get better at getting a good resemblance? I find that I can get different parts to look pretty good, but if I'm just half a millimeter off somewhere, then the whole thing looks wierd. (I think that's why I like doing flowers and stuff, it doesn't matter if it's a little bit off LOL).
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13 comments:

  1. I think this is a great sketch! I know what you mean about the difficulties of sketching portraits though and I am guilty of shying away from them! You have inspired me to have a go now!

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  2. Portraits are difficult for me, too, but this is a very good drawing. It's so true that one little line can throw off the whole thing! Flowers are much safer. lol nancy

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  3. awwwwwww...this is such a sweet post!!! =) You nailed this one without a doubt! Love the sketch, it's beautiful.

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  4. Getting a likeness of someone is so difficult, but I think you've done really well, and it's a lovely idea too.

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  5. It has been a long time since I did some EDM sketches. Good idea to draw a loved one for this EDM.

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  6. I actually find it easier to do portraits than to do things like bottles! I know a lot of people would disagree; maybe it's because I draw faces all the time and never draw bottles!! Anyway, I think your sketch looks great, even though I cannot comment on likeness, obviously. One thing that I noticed was that the first few times I drew my husband, I thought it was impossible to get a likeness. He just has one of those faces that are tricky to catch. But, the more I drew him, the easier it got. I haven't memorized his face--I couldn't draw a likeness from memory--but there is some memory that comes out when I am drawing him now. It is so much easier to get a likeness!

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  7. I think it looks great - like a real person. I can't say how close you got to your husband's likeness since you didn't post a photo but it turned out great as a drawing.

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  8. practice, practice, practice!!!! Draw noses for a month, then eyes, then chins, then ears. At the end of those few months, you'll get better at putting the parts together!

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  9. You have done an expressive drawing--his portrait has a look of kindness to it. I think it is harder to do portraits of people who I know well and see often. I set a lot higher standard for myself in portraying them.

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  10. I know exactly how you feel... can´t help you with the answer obviously as you have seen my losy portraits. I think you did a really good job with this drawing though, it looks just like him I would say!

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  11. Good sketch. Just keep drawing. Your eye will get better at seeing and drawing the faces.

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  12. Very nice - and a lovely post.

    Hmm - basically I learned by just doing it, but knowing something of proportion helps -http://painting.about.com/od/figuresportraits/ss/figure_class_2.htm and trying to look for shapes rather than at the features. But I think you're doing fine.

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  13. Johanna, det är fantastiskt målat! Johans alla drag finns med. Jag visste ju att du var suverän på färger, på att skriva, och att teckna saker, men jäklar, du kan ju fånga människor också! Fantastiskt. Jag återkommer när du ska få teckna förlagan till min tatuering :-)
    Kram Jonna

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