Introduction....
I had a fantastic time with Hollis Chatelain in her Zoom class for drawing faces 2. This class focused on the ¾ view of faces. There is more to it than just the eyes, nose and mouth. How to make the face look like what it really is not put things in that your mind says should be there. This seems like a life lesson too.
Day 1 was all about the mouth. I worked on the mouth that was closed for the class. When class was almost over for the day Hollis, asked us that did not do a mouth with teeth to draw one.
To get the lips looking right and learning to see how dark the inside of the mouth needs to be. How the shape of the teeth change as they curve in the mouth.
Day 2 was all about the eyes. I chose this woman that had been touched up in the photograph. I found that using a photo that has no touch ups are far better for my drawing.
Day 3 was the nose. I seem to have problems with enlarging the nose. The perspective was off on this lady’s nose. I do like my shading.
Day 4 we started on the full face and wanting to get all of the three main elements down on the paper ready for the next day.
More face coming through.
Day 5 we all started on skin, hair and ears and finishing up the whole drawing. I am really exited to learn about the skin. The lady I was doing is a friend of Hollis, Alicia. I learned how to layer and layer on more and more graphite to make her skin the real tone it is.
