Realistic Portrait Drawing: Do's & Don'ts 

Am Yeah so your right,because the human eyes always looking for a face and the eyes are the most important thing in our face... There is a study... But idk remember where I read or hear it... So.. OK... I'm just weird... So bye have a nice day

Fire Lie did I just finally meet someone like me

Yes

Me too...

lmao

the left side is what my face looks like when i mess up

James Arthur FR The left side is my face

The Daring Doodler 😂

Thanks for watching!!!! :)

you should do a Do and Don't on how one should hold a pencil correctly. Cause you obviously Don't.

its common sense on how to hold a pencil. you can hold it however as long as it gets the job done

DaiBae RBLX A professional artist who understands technique would tell you that the way one holds a pencil changes the dynamic of your line work and affects the way you lay out a drawing efficiently. So no, it's not common sense. If you learn to hold a pencil correctly when drawing you would be surprised at the difference it makes. It's like a samurai who was raised to hold his sword wrong. He may be skilled at fighting, but his techniques are handicapped by the way his hands maneuver the blade. Imagine if he held his sword correctly.

actually, a person can figure out really easily how to hold a pencil by the way they want to draw a line. there's no dos and donts when it comes to holding a pencil, babe. it depends on what technique you want to do, because the way you hold a pencil is preference.

Magalí Fernández lmao thats exactly what I thought😂

Magalí Fernández ikr LMAO

Nitya Soni wow! You truly are incredible!!!!

Magalí Fernández so true😂😂she messed u0

Mehlany not really

DimaSTR haahahahahhahaha XD that is soo funny

DimaSTR But the real question is, what really was after surgery...

KimiLy that’s what i was going to say

XD🤣

😂 😂

Yes or No? When people throw that term around...

Yes or No? FAM I KNOW THAT FEEL ITS FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE

I feel you, and I draw people/faces a lot

MakIsOdd yeah but like I've been professionally diagnosed with OCD and honestly not getting the proportions right makes me feel the need to redraw the same things over and over and it's horrible I don't think it's as bad with digital art bc it's a lot easier to undo stuff but with my pencil drawings there's a lot of lines that I repeatedly tried to erase and just kinda stayed there and it pisses me off :T I get the whole thing about how OCD has become almost a "joke" mental illness, which sucks ass and *is* offensive, but just because someone claims to have it without going into specifics doesn't mean that they aren't diagnosed and are trying to belittle it… (sorry for the rant but I get touchy about that kind of stuff)

I don't have ocd, but I am a perfectionist when it comes to myself and I hate it!

It's not even just that, though, you can tell she doesn't have much knowledge on form and lighting which will really hurt both her and the viewers attempting to learn from her in the future. Even now.

yeah and in a week that drawing is gonna be yellow from all the oils from her skin... wont look so amazing then. DONT SMUDGE WITH YR FINGERS

I use my fingers to smudge sometimes and my drawings haven't turned yellow, so...

Gabriela L who cares lenya dena does all the time.

Cecilie Jensen same some people have overly oiled hands. I don't.

Practice makes perfect! Talent < Work

Riiny Sann I'm with you on that

Yak 3nu Literally me after every art tutorial 😂✍

The life of an amateur artist (me)

Why is she using her fingers , my art teacher a aid not to do that cuz your fingers has oils on them no matter how clean they are and it can mess up everything 😂😂😂😂 (not everything )

XoPie46 Who doesn't?

Cameron Leduc ppl who own blending stumps...

i used to blend with my finger before because im too broke to afford a blending stump.. using your finger to blend gets everywhere

Jayy Hunter you should try using a q-tip they work just as well as blending stumps just a little bit awkward to hold, if you don't have a q-tip use pinched/rolled up paper, these are better so you don't get the oils on your fingers on your drawing and end up with something to smudged

Ikr

Congrats!!!

Thanks for the feedback!

John Puruntong I do to

John Puruntong lol

John Puruntong I did too

John Puruntong I always wipe it

I do it my father did and by god my kids will do it

I've been getting feedback about taking more time on the "don'ts" side. And I will do so in the future! Thanks for watching!! :)

***** actually they aren't. It's kinda tricky drawing them lol.

They're the same. For either gender you can do whatever you want

Mackenzie Jutz hmmm no male lips do look different.

***** and yeh I mean I have no problem with androgynous characters, but when I draw a character that's supposed to look male, I wanna get the lips right. lols. XD

same

lol I so was!

Well, she is :P

SuperRaeDizzle I think that there isn't any dos or don'ts in art honestly

YumiChiba The do's and don'ts are for realistic drawing.😁

She is, contouring isn't just for makeup..

It's the same for most right handed people as well. I have to be very careful not to smudge too.

Dawn Bringer you can use an old glove cut you drawing finger in the glove and the pinky uncut that should help

Dawn Bringer I'm right handed and I also smudge

XoPie46 Believe me; it's worse for left handed people

A_Goose why the heck would it be worse for lefties?

Yay! Glad to hear!!

It depends. I prefer the look of the more sketchy style, with visible pencil strokes, but for realistic things, you want to blend it( for most textures, there’s a couple of exceptions)

You can use a charcoal pencil and practice with a more simpler drawing and try shading with the charcoal pencil to see how you like it? :) I think it ps always nice to try and experiment with new things, especially in art. Trying new art styles is always hard and challenging for me, but it's great when you've mastered or learned a lot with that art style! So I suppose trying new art materials would be sort of the same thing. Plus, you got nothing to lose, so you might as well just try it, you never know, it might be a crucial thing in all your future drawings that you make!

littleblondemop I used to use a black colored pencil afterwards. Usually not quite as dark.

You can experiment with softer leads (b6/b8 get pretty dark) before going to charcoal.

RainbowUnicornKatie X I think it kinda looks like Daenerys

RainbowUnicornKatie X nah Emily blunt !

I thought it looked kinda like Nick Cage.

I thought it was adele

I really dislike the form of the lips...its looks.. sort of... i dont even know how to explain it Its just Off

Are you actually stupid, no seriously

me at realistic stuff

I think they were talking about themselves ??

Mo

whoa that's the person I referenced!!!! amazing!

Qingqing Zhao '

Qingqing Zhao I thought that .The references pointed to it .😬😀😅😉😇😭

Also try searching for Maureen Wroblewitz. She's was the first person I thought after seeing the thumbnail. hehe

Qingqing Zhao whoa, I thought it was Adele lol

Yay! Glad to hear my video was useful!! :3

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@@SuperRaedizzle Excuse me Rae, I'm a big fan love your videoes please do more of these tutorials please!

Madison Xoxo05 yup

I haven't made on scritly on purpotions but I'll definitely have to!

Charlotte Steinman okie ty I is child

Charlotte Steinman omg me too I was freaking out because my art teacher said the same😂

Lulu Lin oils in your fingers mess it up I heard

Charlotte Steinman My art teacher told me that! It's because it'll turn yellow, right?

Charlotte Steinman she went to art school for 4+ years. And how long have you been going to art school?

BrushedPencil |-/

Thank you so so much for your awesome support!

Thanks for the awesome feeback!!! Thanks for watching my video! :3

lmao thats what i was thinking m8

Since when are u an expert?

FireBow how can you judge my status without even knowing my work?

Well don't be so negitive

this isn't called negativity this is called mentoring I've been there so I'm telling that she is doing it wrong so that she can learn and fix it by watching actual pro tutorials and taking references

+Ceren Barut I think you and I have a very different perspective of what negetivity is

Awesome!! Thanks for watching! I'm glad you liked it!

use a small scrap of really good smooth paper between the edge of your palm and the surface of the drawing.

I've tried using the paper to protect my paper from getting stained but I forget sometimes that I'm using it for protection and instead use it for blending . Regardless, I appreciate the reminder ! As for the second comment: Thanks for letting me know about never blending with fingers . That'll save me a lot of time and paper.

are you serious? please tell me you're not serious..

The left side is the side of things being done wrong, that's why she did that.

Even if you didn't know anatomy, you would still take your time though? Like. Back in 2014 the people I drew looked like the left side but I still put a lot of effort and time into them

JigglyPop Corn ruler my friend!

Got a new mic today! Thank you!!

okay...but i suggest making a video explaining how to make two eyes symmetrical cause i am having the most upmost STRUGGLE

Use a mirror and some rulers.

its hard

um, havent you heard of diversity? People with long noses exist to you know? But still her drawing looks proportional to me.

You mean like Pinocchio ? But then his nose extends outwards not down like in this piece. It doesnt look proportional to me, one look and I can see its off

I think you are looking at the left side deary

Haha, no. Have a look at this photo. Measure Angelina Jolie's left eye from medial to lateral canthus. Then use it as a reference from the bottom of Angelina's left eye and you will see that it will come to just about the tip of the nose. In your art work, measuring the left eye from medial to lateral canthus and using it as a yard stick from the bottom of the left eye. Your nose stretches down even further hence its proportion is out of wack. If you are going to teach portraiture online, at least do a good job before you embarrass yourself when someone calls you out on it blogs-images.forbes.com/anthonydemarco/files/2015/12/citrine-necklace-18x-24-1200x1600.jpg

Well then she obviously wasn't drawing Angelina Jolie was she?

Glad to hear! Thanks for watching!

I would say that is certainly an instructor specific thing

Ester Sarkisova Restrictions in an art class? How artistic.

I wouldn't say never use your fingers on graphite. It's fine sometimes, but the oil from your fingers will leave a mark lol. I think paper towels/tissues or tortillions/stumps are better, tbh.

Notmatt haha I know it's weird but art have rules too sometimes teachers don't even exept that you have your own style just because it's not how their rules are.

*basic shadowing

start off with a basic mechanical pencil and move up to a heavy charcoal :)

Thnx~ i already got the charcoal now til go get a mechanical pencil :)

Dana Sterritt I already have a pencil set (not basic its a LOT of pencils...) and it is what she is using so it is working also who cares what its meant for just along as it Works X3

mechanical pencils will not work for you. If they're are not meant for drawing, then don't use them for drawing. If you want to improve your art, first at least use the right tools and get a set of pencils.

omg dying

Gianna Wild yesss! I was going to say that!

there's always portrait tracing to consider. you trace the lines where the shadows are the deepest and work with the blender/tortillion stick - plus tracing photographs of faces will attribute to your "muscle memory" and subconsciously will help you with this as time goes on

Thank you Tommy and Makls both your tips helped a lot

Lauren Hulton yea exactly

Lauren Hulton abstract to me is hard.

Lauren Hulton you cud try drawing with your left hand (if u are right handed)

use your foot to draw lmao

Thank you!!

Thank you for watching! Will do! :)

Levi The Weird You chose to click on the video. That's how you got here.

JT84_456 lol

same XD

Farting Fluffy Unicorn lol yr username

Levi The Wierd PHANDOM

Music 4Fun that's funny

Wow what an awesome comment!! Thank you so much for watching! :) thanks for the feedback as well! glad my tips could help.

Because of the oils on your fingers

Suzzy123x_109 Torres that has never happened to my drawings. I didn't even know that was a thing

Suzzy123x_109 Torres yeah that has never happened to my works, i have had some for like 9 years and theyre fine

no it doesnt, the yellow on your skin is pigmentation, not oils

Coffee Cup no my art teacher told me that it's the oil search it up

SparkleSpeedy don't flatter yourself

? oh!! i meant left.

I'm sorry! D:

SparkleSpeedy lol its fine

SparkleSpeedy I'm the left side : never gonna be good

try q-tips and lotion free kleenex also

thanks for watching!

i am left handed and my pictures are bad :( :D

Im right handed and I do this stuff

exactly, i am right handed also, but when it comes to this video, its drawing shaming, shes pretty much telling kids to get it together when watching this and erase their drawings cause' they hate it, but really, im right handed and i cant do as good as the right but i do good, i used to be proud of my drawings (they looked like the left side) and this video made me feel bad about my old drawings.

Well, if everyone is going to be against me, their wrong. i am saying the truth.

not true

why?

Airi Walker it turns graphite into a, painting medium. Therefore, you can't take away any value to your piece. I recommend using only a blending stump or tortillion

But that's what makes it fun! Finger painting! Yes, it wrecks the art, but COME ON :D ! Finger painting!

Trying out shit? What do you use it for?

SepticPøtatø i just really Dont recommend it 😂, using a blending stick is more precise and is actually erasable. I use my finger to blend MEGA DARK backgrounds like. PITCH BLACK.