Realistic Portrait Drawing

-Part II-

Presented by Mrs.Chojnacky (part I was face features)

1. Portraits in History

3. Getting Started: Positioning& Measuring

4. Drawing the Portrait:

Features & Tonal Drawing

5. Interactive Mona Lisa

& Tidbits

2. Contemporary Portrait Artists & student examples.

Famous Portraitsin History

the Renaissance Period

One of the Most Famous Portraits in History!

The Mona LisaBy Leonardo da Vinci (1503-1506),

Oil Painting on panel, permanent collection at the Louvre, Paris, France.

Leonardo da Vinci and other artists were part of the Italian Renaissance.

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that sparked realism and human emotions in art. It profoundly affected European intellectual life from 1400-1500’s. Beginning in Italy, its influence was felt in literature, philosophy, art, music, politics, science, religion.

Here is a portion of the painting “The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli, 1486, drawn 20 years earlier to the Mona Lisa.

Here is Botticelli’s full painting “The Birth of Venus”, c. 1486, created during the early period of the Renaissance. Painting hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

Renaissance artists used techniques that launched a 3-dimensional & realistic look to the face.

Look closely in these BW versions… Write down 2 artistic techniques that Leonardo da Vinci uses in Mona, but Botticelli falls short of in this portrait of Venus.

Leonardo da Vinci broke through the flat-like portraiture by creating subtle gradations of tone which were used to subdue sharp edges and create 3-D form called

Sfumato.

Leonardo da Vinci also used a technique called Chiaroscuro, which means creating a skillful balance of light and dark in a painting, with strong contrasts to create dramatic effect.

You have been learning to draw using the Sfumato technique in your Goddess folds study, your landscape study, your animal.

You will apply this technique to your portrait.

You have been learning to draw the Chiaroscuro, dramatic effects of light and dark by pushing the gradient values on a 10 point scale; with the Goddess, marshmallow study, animal and soon in your portrait assignment.

Self-portrait ink sketch of Leonardo da Vinci!

Leonardo made thousands of sketches for studies to hundreds of paintings.

This is a study for the Virgin and Child with St. Anne. 1506-10 .

This is the full painting of The Virgin and Child with St. Anne.

1508-1510 where Leonardo was continuing to create more realistic-like portraits using sfumato.

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Self-Portrait of Albrecht Durer, 1500.

Click here to see a better copy on the web…

Documentary Portraitsin History

Before the invention of Photography

Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon, Renaissance author, 1561-1626

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790.

Portrait of President Thomas Jefferson,1743 - 1826

Portrait of Edgar Allen Poe, 1809-1849.

Portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Author of Famous Sherlock Holmes. 1859-1930

Graphite Portraitsby

Contemporary Professional Artists

Commissioned & Free-lanced Examples

Portrait of Jake Gyllenhaal by Anne, 1982

Portraits of 2010 model for an advertisement & Adam Brody by Annie Teubert, 1982.Currently resides in Germany- Very Famous International Celebrity Portrait Artist!

http://www.anne-teubert.de/start.html

Portrait by Anne, 1982

Portrait of DMX by Nate Johnson

Portrait of Morgan Freeman by Nate Johnson

Portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Eddie Smyth, 2004

akiane~ child artist

Permission given in person - by Akiane.

Permission given in person - by Akiane.

Those who went to the “Akiane” exhibit, did you see this 4 foot Portrait Painting?

Portrait of Jennifer Love Hewitt by Brian Duey

Portrait by Brian Duey, 2005

Self- Portrait, “Introspection”, artist: Brian Duey.

Close-up of a graphite self-portrait…Look at the eye!

Zoom out of the self-portrait…Look at eye in relationship to the ear!

Close-up of the self-portrait in area of his hair!

Commissioned portraitBy Nicholas Santoleri

Commissioned portrait loosely rendered by Bill Mather

Commissioned portrait loosely rendered by Bill Mather

Commissioned detailed portrait of AnneMarieBy Nicholas Santoleri

Wanted by the FBI face portrait by Carrie Stuart Parkshttp://stuartparks.com/

Concept Portraiture rendering by Armin MersmannA Surrealistic montage called “Blind leadsBlind”

Chuck Close, Photorealist painter. Another approach to realistic self-portraits.

Graphite Portraitsby

Drawing 1 Students

Examples from 2008- 2011 Boise High

Russian Woman by Sarah W., Drawing 1, Boise High

2010.

Portrait by Erin S., Drawing 1, Boise High

2010.

Simply Happyby Jennifer H, Drawing 1, Boise High

2009.

RetteMich by Tailee L., Drawing 1, Boise High

2009-10.

Portraitby Breanne, Drawing 1, Boise High

2010.

StareBy Coti S., Drawing II,

Boise High 2010.

Portraitby Jessica S., Drawing 1, Boise High

2010.

Getting Started… Portrait Layout

Learning Guidelines to

Position & Measure Face Features

You will complete a portrait guideline that you can use as a future resource; another option to GRIDDING

Let’s Begin with an oval, egg shaped head…

Look at your subject. Is their head long, short or regular?

Can you see the difference in these oval shapes?

Draw your oval shape

first!

Here’s a little guide: The head is basically 4 eyes wide. Can you figure how the 4th eye fits in the width?

Long oval

shape

Short oval

shape

Regular oval

shape

Draw a lightly

sketched layout of the

ears!

DRAW ALL THE GUIDELINES BEFORE RENDERING!

Start by drawing a line to divide the oval 1/2 vertically and 1/2 horizontally.

Eye line

No

se mid

-line

Add horizontal line 1/2 way between middle & chin.

Lowest nose point line

Add another horizontal line little less than 1/2 way between the nose line & chin.

Lower lip line

Add another horizontal line ABOVE the middle line, along the inner top fold of the ear.

Brow line

Add a rectangle box from the brow line, down to just above the bottom nose line…. This is a guideline for the width of the nose wings. Hint: It is ¼ of the oval width.

Nose Wing width

Mouth Width

The red lines are drawn later. Start from the inner white of the eyes and down to the lip line.

Try to draw the mouth (lips) after the eyes and nose are drawn.

Let’s review the guidelines using an actual portrait….

Start by drawing rectangular box around the oval face….

Visualize an oval touching the top and bottom of the box.

Eye line:Draw a line to divide the oval 1/2 vertically and 1/2 horizontally; should intersect the center of each pupil.

Nose length: Horizontal line 1/2 way between middle & chin.

Brow Line:Add another horizontal line ABOVE the middle line, along the inner top fold of the ear.Lower lip line:Add another horizontal line 1/2 way between the nose line & chin.

Nose Wing Width:Add a rectangle box from the brow line, down to just above the bottom nose line…. Hint: It is ¼ of the oval width.

Nose width & eye width:The nostrils will usually be a little wider than the width of one eye!

The red lines are drawn later. Start from the inner white of the eyes and down to the lip line.

The mouth (lips) should not be drawn in until the eyes and nose are drawn.

The red and orange lines show the width of eyes and in between. Are they the same?

Now, it is your turn to draw your own portrait guideline resource!

Another way to measure proportions, width and height for a human head with shadows!

Now, it is your turn to draw your own portrait guideline resource!

Another way to measure proportions, width and height for a human head- 5 eye widths across!

Now, it is your turn to draw your own portrait guideline resource!

Another way to measure proportions, width and height for a human head- 6-7 eye widths in length!

Now, it is your turn to draw your own portrait guideline resource!

Now, it is your turn to draw your own portrait guideline resource!

Concludes the Presentationon

Realistic Portrait Drawing

-Part II-