Pencil Portrait 3

Pencil Portrait 3

Pencil Portrait - Step 8 - the tone of the hair

The tone of the hair is created by hatched lines as opposed to the soft graduated tone of the face. These lines should be drawn fast and forcefully and must follow the natural flow of the hair.

Build up the tone of the hair in sections according to its natural layers. Use a heavier concentration of lines to shade the darker areas, especially where layers overlap.

Ease off gradually to capture the lighter areas, leaving the pure white of the paper to highlight the natural sheen of the hair.

Pencil Portrait - Step 9 - the tone of the t-shirt

The tone of the t-shirt should add to the solidity of the figure and form a harmonious base for the head.

Softly graduated shading is used to convey the volume of the figure, while the more detailed folds act as contours to define its surface.

The graduated shading technique naturally lends itself to reproducing the soft texture of the t-shirt's fabric.

Pencil Portrait - Step 10 - the overall tone

As this drawing was constructed by concentrating on each feature individually, larger areas of tone are now added to unify all the separate elements.

Some of the detail has to be sacrificed in favour of the overall unity of the drawing.

Finally, a dark background has been introduced to create a dramatic counterchange in the overall tone of the portrait: the right side of the image now appears light against a dark background in contrast with the left which is dark against light.

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