Today I’ve tried this portrait construction method for the first time, and I do like it lots more than the grid method. It’s from the book “Lessons in Masterful Portrait Drawing”.
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More #portraiture block-in training!
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I believe I now have the proportions mostly nailed, pending the mouth and eyes, heheh 😙😅. (The face was too narrow on her right side.)

Seriously, though, I’ve been able to find and fix many mistakes, and am now approaching the rendering stage. [sweats]

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Oh, yes, this is already looking promising 🤞🙄🤞
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All right, I did a lot this morning: Reduced the right eye, drew her left eye, corrected the tilt of the mouth, adjusted her subtle smile, reinforced her left cheek.
I’m way happier with the resemblance of this portrait. What do you think?
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Now working on her hair. It’s scary, and I’m learning as I go. I’m happy so far.
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I didn’t get a chance to advance the drawing for a couple of weeks, due to finally getting some paid work.
Now the hair is almost there, yay 😁

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Hair almost done. Now I’m adding shading on the face and contrast everywhere, plus getting the blouse drawn.

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Turns out the lady has a body under that floating head of hers!
(before and after)

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Almost there! I adjusted the eye separation and size, and started rendering the details on the blouse.
I’m really happy with it, even though I’ve spent so much time staring at it I can only trust my eyes so much.

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IT IS FINISHED 🤘🤓🤘

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Oh, I’m already working on another portrait. (I actually started it before the one above with the woman)
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