Portrait Drawing Tip 47
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Art materials for portrait sketching
Art materials for portrait sketching - Viewers often ask me what kind of pens, pencils, paper and sketchbooks I use for sketching portraits. Here is the best tip I can give you. It is not about the art materials, but about your drawing skills. Some pen or paper won't influence the quality of the portrait you draw, but skills will. A proficient fine artist would be able to draw a great portrait with the cheapest pencil while a beginner will make an amateurish artwork with the best art materials available. To draw good portraits, above all, you need to know human anatomy, composition rules, golden proportions, perspective, and constructive drawing concepts. These principles will be the same whether you draw with pen and ink in the best sketchbook or with a finger on sand.
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