Drawing a Likeness
Tuesday June 13, 2006
Just how do you draw a good likeness? What makes the difference between a drawing of 'someone' and a portrait that actually looks like the sitter? This article on drawing a likeness offers some tips to help you get your portrait drawing to look more like your subject.
More on Portrait Drawing:
Constructing the Human Head
Tips on Drawing Children
Comments
Thank you Helen, for this nice article. It has great advice I could really use. It answers questions that I’ve been asking myself for a very long time.
Hi Bobbie, I’m really glad to help! It can be frustrating when you get stumped and can’t see a way forward.
best
Helen
I would like to say thank you as well, Helen. The information is easy to understand and I can recall a lot of what I have learnt.