Portrait Drawing Tip 68
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How to draw portraits that look three dimensional
As a Drawing Academy tutor, I receive artworks for critique on a daily basis. Many students ask me how to make their portraits more three-dimensional. Some think that there is a special "trick", others believe that this is done by tonal rendering. Three-dimensional appearance depends, above all, on constructive drawing. This can be achieved even without tonal values. Did you know that there are 34 principles of constructive drawing? Most of them are about making a three-dimensional appearance. For example, the aerial perspective and contours can be used to differentiate grounds and deal with foreshortening. There are many other principles that you need to know as well.
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