E-book Category: Arts
E-book Title: 8 Easy Steps To Drawing A Portrait
Author: Christopher Sia
Book Description: Hi Friend,
If you're already a professional artist then this letter is not for you. This letter is for you if you want to be guided step by step to learn how to draw pencil portraits with SIMPLE AND EASY STEPS.
Let me introduce myself. My name is Christopher Sia and I have been drawing pencil portraits since I was in secondary school. I was a teen who didn't know how to draw at all. I thought that drawing realistic portrait will be easy but it isn't if is without any good coaching.
I struggled to learn on how to draw pencil portraits so I decided to get a part-time job and spent my hard-earned money on drawing courses and art books.
But guess what?
Most of these books only provide nice-looking results of their work and are full of boring description expecting you to learn! It's like telling you how to cook a pizza without showing you. Yes, theory is important but for the beginner it is more often confusing and discouraging.
Some of the art books may provide step-by-step method but they're not exactly a 'truly' step-by-step guide, there's quite a huge jump from step A to B!
You see, for a beginner like me who didn't know how to draw at all, I can't just learn to draw from a nicely drawn picture. It's just too hard for me. Nobody learns anything by being shown only the final result, anyway. I had spent a lot hoping to learn drawing portraits by attending drawing courses and buying art books.
From these disappointments, I had to learn drawing pencil portraits on my own, and I wasted much time and effort through lots of trial and error but that doesn't mean you have to!
After 6 months of struggling back in 2006, I managed to understand the steps that you need to follow in order to draw nice realistic pencil portraits in a fastest period.
By following the steps, the period of time that I spend to complete a pencil portrait were 7 days. After that, everything seemed to get easier. From 7 days to 6 days, from 6 days to 4 days, and from 4 days to 1 day.
Right now, the period of time for me to complete a pencil portrait is less than 5 hours..
Do you want to improve your drawing skill as fast as possible without attending courses and reading more art books for months or years?
Please allow me to share with you the easiest step by step tutorial to draw pencil portrait. Yes, a 'truly' step-by-step method from A-Z.
"I'm too old to draw."
"Oh forget about it, I can't draw!"
Many people have voiced these and other objections, sometimes quite rudely. In reality, however, age, inexperienced, or a perceived lack of talent is no barrier to being able to draw the type of pencil portraits you have always wanted to.
Different people started drawing from different stage as long as you get the good and proper instructions for a good start. Besides, drawing pencil portraits is a fun way to hone your observation skills.
If it's that easy, then why are you still struggling on portrait drawing?
It's because you either weren't taught a step-by-step method and tried to copy blindly from examples, or you looked at the drawings of someone with a lot of talent and experience and thought that you couldn't do it.
"DON'T WORRY!"
Discover the 8 simple steps how to draw pencil portrait quickly and easily in a week - No drawing experience needed. 8 Easy Steps To Drawing A Portrait
This e-book takes you from a blank sheet of paper to a complete drawing of Halle Berry. You will get to learn the 8 easy steps throughout the process of drawing.
Step 1: Choose An Appropriate Reference Picture
In the first step, you will learn on how to choose a reference picture that's right for you to draw. Some pictures are harder to draw than others, and many beginners jump into the wrong picture, only to give up and never try again.
In this step, you will learn how to select a fitting reference picture. The best part is, you will draw more quickly and with less frustration once you know what type of pictures to draw. I will also provide you a reference picture of Halle Berry so that you can just print it out immediately.
Step 2: Organize The Position, Outline And Proportions Of The Features
The position of the features is the most basic element of a good drawing and should be done correctly. Imagine your frustration when, halfway through the shading, you realize that the position of the features was wrong. - Tips for correctly positioning the features
- 8 illustrations showing the organization of the features
- Tips on shading (cross hatching)which you will use in every realistic pencil portrait that you draw
Step 3: Eye Drawing - Shading and Shadows
The eye is the most expressive feature of the face and is key to capturing the likeness of your drawing. Many people start looking your drawing from the eyes then only to other parts.
Indeed, the eyes are often the first part of a portrait that people notice. For this reason, most of the artists pay special emphasis to eyes.
- Instructions on how to draw the details of the eyes and eyebrows
- 34 step-by-step illustrations demonstrating shading of the eyes
- Tips on drawing the eyelids, iris, pupils, eyelashes, and the surrounding shadows
- Ways to deal with the tiny details of light and shading in the eyes
Step 4: Nose Drawing - Shading and Shadows
The nose is one of the EASIEST features to draw because it doesn't do much in terms of giving emotional response for your drawing. Finding noses hard to draw? That's often because people only focus on drawing the other facial features.
- Learn the important aspects of drawing the nose
- 9 step-by-step illustrations for shading the nose
- Drawing the nose bridge and nostrils
Step 5: Mouth drawing - Shading and Shadows
The mouth is the second most expressive feature of the face. In some cases it communicates emotion more strongly than do the eyes.
Drawing the mouth correctly often makes or breaks a portrait, the portrait comes alive with a well-drawn and well-shaded mouth. When you draw and shade on the mouth correctly, it suddenly has an energy all its own.
- Learn how to draw the details of the mouth
- Tips for perfectly formed lips
- 20 step-by-step illustrations for shading the mouth
- Learn to draw the lip line
- Learn to draw glossy lips
Step 6: Ear Drawing - Shading and Shadows
What I found when I read art books is that most of them skip the part on teaching ears drawing by covering the ears with long hair. And even if they did mention the ears, it's very quick and doesn't go into details.
Ears come in many shapes and sizes and are unique to each individual. For drawing ears, you will need to get the spacing between the parts right.
- Learn how to draw the details of the ear
- 14 step-by-step illustrations for shading the ear
- Getting the correct shading tone
Step 7: Hair Drawing - Shading and Shadows
Drawing hair is important. Everything else might be perfect but if the hair looks like a bird's nest or is flat then it will affect your entire drawing. Yes, drawing hair is complicated and frustrating, and often the results are terrible if only you go about it the right way, and do steps in the correct order.
You can't draw every single strand that would be on a person's head. But you do need to add enough distinct strands to give your drawing a clear texture and form of hair. Drawing hair correctly can change the look of your drawing dramatically.
- Learn how to draw the details of hair
- Don't waste your time making mistakes in drawing hair like most of the beginners
- 26 step-by-step illustrations for shading hair
- How highlight portions of hair
- Simple tips to making hair look more realistic
Step 8: Face Drawing - Shading and Shadows
This is the final step of this drawing portraits tutorial. This final step provides the finishing touches to shading the forehead, cheek, and jaw.
If you have completed this, I'm confident to say that you'll be able to draw portraits of your friends, family members, or celebrities.
- Learn how to draw the details of the face
- 42 step-by-step illustrations for shading the face
- Understand how to shade the face
- Learn how to add shading on the neck
There are total of 60pages in this e-book. Personally, I hate 200-page books that can be summed up in 70 pages or less. I get right to the point. I make it more on practical, step-by-step methods that can be learnt easily the minute u read it.
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