Portrait Drawing

1. ARTS

2. PORTRAIT DRAWING

3. Portrait is a drawing, painting, photograph, sculpture, or
other artistic representation of a person in which the face and
its expression is the subject or focus.

4. It displays the personality, likeness, and mood
of the person.

5. Drawing a portrait is a skill that can be learned by
recognizing the elements of line, shape, and form.

6. Lines create shape. Shading these
shapes creates forms.

7. Two (2) types of Lines:

8. 1. Straight Lines

9. 2. Curved Lines

10. The portraits also use different lines to show the
expressions of the people in the pictures.

11. When creating realistic portraits, it is important to know
the basic facial proportions and balance.

12. What is proportions?

13. Proportion refers to the relationship in size and
placement between one object and another.

14. The face is divided into four sections:
1. the upper right
2. the upper left
3. the lower right
4. the lower left

15. The upper portion includes the:
eyes
eyebrows
hairline

16. The lower portion includes the:
nose
mouth
ears

17. What is balance?

18. Balance involves the distribution of facial
features in a portrait.

19. Balance can be symmetrical or
asymmetrical.

20. There is symmetrical balance
when the facial parts on the right
side are the same in shape and
sizes on the left side.

21. There is asymmetrical balance
when the facial parts on the right
and left sides are uneven in shapes
and sizes.

23. Basic Techniques and Proportions in
drawing the Human Face