SHADING: 6 Tips On How To Shade A Portrait
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Published 2021-09-23
In this video I’ll give you 6 tips for how to shade a portrait drawing so you can improve your drawings regardless if you are shading with charcoal, graphite or pencil.
If you ever wondered how to shade faces using classical drawing principles this video is for you. You’ll learn what goes into drawing realistically from a trained fine art instructor who’s been teaching drawing classes at top art schools for years.
I'll talk about light and shadow, values, midtowns and more.
ASSIGNMENT: Grab a couple of head shot images with a clear light shadow pattern on it (be sure not to use selfies or poorly lit images) and go through the entire portrait process outlined in the PORTRAIT DRAWING Step-by-step Guide. Pay special attention to the shadow pattern and its edges.
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Other videos about portrait drawing:
Drawing Heads: What you need to know before you get started; • Drawing Heads: What you need to know ...
Face Drawing: How To Get Started; • FACE DRAWING: How To Get Started
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All Comments (18)
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Thanks for watching! Which one of these tips was your favorite? I'm curious to find out!
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Such a fine lesson in art, Carolin !! Thank you so much. You are the best art instructor we find on Youtube. At 9:20 you have a portrait at the upper right corner of your video which I really like. Its a mix between linear and tonal drawing as you say. I love those pencil lines ! It would be heaven if you could make a tutorial on such a technique, involving both linear and tonal shading. In addition to faces, please also show us how to use this technique on clothes like shirts, pants, Victorian ladys skirts. Its quite challenging and I always make a mess of things. I am sure many others will welcome such a tutorial. 😊
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Awesome content. Congratulations 🎉
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Hi Carolin such a great video! I think all 6 tips are outstanding and helpful. However, to answer your question, I really think tip 1 layers is my personal favorite. Every tip is truly outstanding! You explain everything so very well!!! Thanks Carolin! Sincerely, Brandon
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Simple yet complete and easy to understand and very helpful just what I need it's like the piece of the puzzle I was missing
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This is the best video I've ever seen on portrait drawing, and goodness knows I've watched a lot of them
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Hi great artist
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I think trying to see the facets in a face will be helpful, and will make it easier to understand how the light is landing on it. I like that tip.
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I'd say I'm intermediate in my skills and this video really solidified the foundations of portrait drawing thank you so much for this perfectly made video you are awesome, subscribed
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This is really solid!
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Good tips and explanations
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This step wise approach makes so much sense. I like the tip to work in layers. Is that planar head called the Asaro head?
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They are all useful tips because I am not so great at portrait drawing, but the #3 is my favorite.
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I’m not quite sure what you saying plain Air head? I’d like to try this but I’m not sure where to get one….help!
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Hello you might as well be an angel cuz you made my life worth living with all this knowledge I love our and I love European beauty I'm from California I look like a supermodel kind of like a guy version of you I'm 33 financially retired every box is checked but God bless you and I like all the tips and I'm a artists I own a art studio everyday I start from the bottom of art and go to the top and from the top back down to the bottom steel sharpens steel
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I’m struggling to do shading 🤦🏿♂️.
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Jeff watts , student ?
