Portrait Drawing Tip 51
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Drawing portraits from observation
Drawing portraits from observation - Some beginner artists think that to get good drawing skills they need to work on their observation. While observation is important, it won't give you much in terms of drawing skills. Here's a quick test - you have seen human faces during your whole life on a daily basis. You probably met thousands and thousands of different people. How much did it help you in drawing realistic portraits? Observation alone won't get you far in art. You need good drawing skills to portray people. Such skills include constructive drawing, knowledge of anatomy and proportions. For example, without good knowledge of human ear anatomy and construction, even good artists could not draw it from memory. This is because observation alone is not enough. You need the knowledge as well. To get good knowledge of anatomy for artists, you can take Anatomy Master Class
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