A special thanks to @coar for actually inspiring this weeks tutorial with a fantastic subject suggestion.
Thank you as well, each and everyone of you who have been commenting with positive feedback and motivation to continue these posts.
I love creating these and am so happy many are enjoying reading through them!
This weeks portrait
Angelina Jolie
Starting off this portrait I will give you some tips on creating proper eye spacing.
A general rule of thumb is that the spacing in between the eye, should be the same length as the eye itself.
Take some sort of a piece of paper or ruler to measure the eye and draw notches on the paper to mark where your second eye starts and ends.
then draw in your second eye within those markings
draw in your general face outline
add in your framing borders to get a full conceptualization of how your art work will come together.
Now draw in the shapes separating the darkest and lightest shadows.
Lightly shade in and smooth out the entire area for the hair.
my favorite type of eraser for fine line highlights is actually just a typical school pencil with a white eraser. This makes for clean precise detailing.
you can start to add in the line weight for the eyes.
then the nose and lip shadows.
smooth all those dark details out with your shader
then you will add your biggest jump in contrast that will start to really pull this portrait together. use about a hb pencil and shade in the entire hair region leaving the erased details.
Then smooth and clean up that shading.
Use a broader eraser and lightly pull back the lightest areas of the shadows you created on the face with shaders in order to create a more organic gradient.
the last step is to just continue to hone in on the line details and shading by deepening your tones to match your reference image contrast.
Now you have a finished art piece!
Do you have hands with fingers that enjoy clicking mouse buttons?
If so you will love pressing that up vote button bellow,
and while your at it go ahead and follow!
If you have requests for possible future drawings let me know in the comments, and maybe your suggestion will be next!
I hope you all enjoyed the tutorial,
Barry F Samways
Nice talent :)
It is really the same.
Wonderful!
Maybe you could do a daily series, on how-to's.
Day 1.) Eyes
Day 2.) Lips.... Etc.
You make it look so easy! I will follow you.
_Rob
great suggestion! thank you so much.
I was not the first, because I just came from the train. Just went into "new" and unexpected .. Your work :)
Very cool and well done.
too cool :) glad you like it! inspired by you.
I learned to draw from the book. I do not remember the name of the woman who wrote it, a popular book among artists. I really did not finish it. It all started with the fact that you need to rotate the image 180 degrees - then the left hemisphere of the brain begins to work.
The problem is really that the book does not help to develop (in cameras this is called the viewfinder). When you look at the object and then redraw it. And you finish the work - with shadows.
Quite interesting, but I realized that it was not mine.))
Although I love other people's pictures. Especially black and white.
But I like working with the camera. Probably because I'm a lazy ass xDD
Nice art work.
Beautiful drawing, Beautiful woman!
i haven't finished this .. should i?
hell yeah good job that's looking fantastic
Thanks for your support .. ❤️
Beautiful paintings..thank you for sharing.
you just drew my favorite actress.. imagine that! lovely
perfect! I try and draw a wide variety of subjects
Great job! Need to get there ^^
That cotton swab tho!! Truly a resourceful artist. Hahaha xD
haha yeah nothing fancy necessary. Just use what ya got.
"How wide should her eye be?.. about 1/3 Q-tip" Haha I love it. I'm an artist too, so I completely understand. Sometimes I use my credit card to measure. Lol.
Nice so talented!
Happy to see this post in the trending section :)
blown away with how this took off!
i love her
Great work man! Keep posting!
very amazing tutorial!
love the resourcefulness of using a q tip as a measuring tool.
O.M.G. you are a master at this! Lets trade skills! :P
This almost looks surreal. Beyond talented!!! I want one of me :P :P 😘 keep up the AMAZING work.
wow haha thanks so much for your kind words! firm believer that anyone can do this with the right guidance :) I will definitely continue to create these, seems like a lot of people have been enjoying them.
Well said, the right guidance! We do haha it's because it's so unique! I've rarely seen people capable of doing these crafts ! You go girl! 😘
I said "you go girl" .. so bad with names.. is Sam your first name? My bad if I got it wrong!!😳
HAHAHA the names Barry F Samways, no nickname. no joke, my initials are BS lol
Great job! And useful instruction! Hope one day to be such a professional too)
Hi @barrysamways, Just checking in on you! Good job!
thanks! @karencarrens always appreciate it. crazy how much people liked this post isn't it? every time I finish one I think I will take a day or two until I start a new one. but then I just keep getting encouraged to keep creating.. working on a new one right now!
I know! So cool! Look forward to the next one! Always like checking up on you. 🤣 Did you see that guy you had an issue with got flagged? I told you it would be okay! Justice prevails! 😀😀😀
yes! so happy to have you inform me of that happening its funny how all his posts got flagged and deleted and then he covered up his profile with endless resteems so people don't know anymore
I saw that. 😃
wonderful
jst seems same like original
thank you! that's what I'm shootin for :)
Wonderful! i love it
Wow, really beautiful. You even captured the twinkle in her eyes. YOu really have some talent!
Awesome work, the process adds so much personality to the finished work.
Please resteem my daughter pictures , tanQ You
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STOPGreat tip for getting the eyes right will use that technique for sure. Keep up the great work your made me pick up my ipad and start drawing.
Good job <3
Gorgeous portrait..
hahaha
Its amazing.. Looks exactly like angelina jolie
thanks so much :)
nice sketch
i like it @barrysamways
please check my post about sketch
follback @barrysamways :)
sure thing bud
thanks :D
nice. :)
WOW.... but it looks to young :))
wow great artwork..upvoted and followed
You are talented ! i love Angelina Jolie-Art .Resteem me and I will do Resteem your post !
Creative.... You make it look so easy...... Thanks for share
That's awesome!!!