Portrait Drawing In Black And White For Beginners

Proportions, drawing features, drawing portraits in different perspectives and media

What you'll learn

Students will learn how to draw the proportions of the head in different perspectives

Students will learn how to draw features of the face in different perspectives

Students will complete portrait drawings with shading

Students will complete portrait drawings in different media

Requirements

No drawing experience is needed. Students will need white, black and gray paper, pencils, black white and gray colored pencils, black and white charcoal pencils, black, white and gray chalk pastel, an eraser, a ruler, and pen and ink.

Description

Students will learn the basics of portrait drawing.  Students will learn how to draw the proportions of the human head, (and where to place features), by sketching.  Students will draw the portrait in frontal, profile, and three-quarters perspectives.  Students will learn how to draw each feature (eyes, noses, mouths, and ears) of the face in detail, and in different perspectives- frontal, profile, and three-quarters.  Students will then create a series of portrait drawings.  Students will create a portrait drawing on black paper with white charcoal pencils, and black, white, and gray chalk pastels.  Students will add the light and medium values, and leave the black paper as the dark value.  Students will create a portrait drawing on gray paper with black and white charcoal pencils, and black, white, and gray chalk pastels.  Students will add the light and dark values and leave the gray paper as the middle value.  Students will create a portrait on white paper with black, white, and gray colored pencils.  Students will add the medium and dark values, and leave the white paper as the light value.  Students will create a portrait drawing in pen and ink.  Students will block in the light and dark values in ink wash.  Students will add detail with pen- line and possible charcoal pencils, colored pencils and chalk pastels. 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Sketching the Proportions of the human head

Lecture 2 Sketching the proportions of the human head

Section 3: Sketching the features of the face in different perspectives

Lecture 3 Drawing eyes

Lecture 4 Drawing Noses

Lecture 5 Drawing Lips

Lecture 6 Drawing an open mouth

Lecture 7 Drawing Ears

Section 4: Completed Portrait Drawings

Lecture 8 Blocking in Portrait on Black Paper

Lecture 9 Shading Portrait on Black Paper

Lecture 10 Blocking in Portrait on Gray Paper

Lecture 11 Shading Portrait on Gray Paper

Lecture 12 Shading Portrait on White Paper

Lecture 13 Shading Portrait on White Paper

Lecture 14 Blocking in Wash- Pen and Ink Portrait

Lecture 15 Adding Line to Ink Wash Portrait Drawing

Lecture 16 Finishing and Refining Ink Wash Drawing with Charcoal Pencil and Colored Pencil

Beginning students that want to learn how to draw portraits