Ivan Davis new york settled piano player has made his introduction in New York's Town Hall in 1959. Since 1966, he has been educator of piano at the University of Miami at Coral Gables, Florida. Davis keeps up an extensive variety of collection, however is basically known for his translations of Romantic console music, Gershwin and Gottschalk. Ivan Davis has recorded primarily for Decca London. #IvanDavisNewYork

1. How to start with a portrait?
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2. Ivan Davis New York states four
ways to start with a portrait. The
first one is the classic one,
drawing just by observation,
usually with the object live in front
of you. For that you need to
measure precisely the size of the
width and the height of the portrait
so you can subdivide the face and
start drawing it.

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The next way that Ivan Davis New
York does is that he portraits with
a projector. You just need a
projection, and pay attention if the
picture doesn’t have any
distortion.

4. One way to do is drawing a
square in the canvas and
adjusting the projection on it.
Another way is to crop the picture
on a computer to the exact same
size of the real canvas and divide
both on 4 squares of the same
size on every side.

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When the picture is projected, you
just need to make sure that the
squares fit perfectly so you can
copy the image on the canvas.
A third option is to follow a grid to
draw the picture.

6. Ivan Davis New York says you
can use a tracing paper above the
image or make a grid on
Photoshop. With the program you
can also trace four ‘x’ on a
particular face to increase the
support when you will copy the
image to the canvas.

7. How to prepare the canvas?
Ivan Davis New York points out
that the canvas needs to be in the
grid too.The last way Ivan Davis
New York uses to do portraits is
through a photograph.

8. You need to enlarge it so you can
see the details, stick a transfer
paper on top of it to trace the
outlines of the portrait, you just
need the main lines and shapes of
the photo. On the back side of the
transfer paper, cover all the lines
with charcoal and place it on the
canvas.

9. Now place four cross marks on
each side of the canvas and line
them on the paper so you can
place it at the exact same spot if
required. The next step is to trace
the lines again with some
strength, making the charcoal
pass the canvas.

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Now place four cross marks on each side of the canvas and line
them on the paper so you can place it at the exact same spot if
required. The next step is to trace the lines again with some
strength, making the charcoal pass the canvas. The lines are weak,
so you can use a red pencil (a color that won’t pass through the
paint) to redraw the portrait. As soon as the drawing is ready you
can start painting the portrait.