Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery Review

The tips and suggestions in this article are taken directly from Christopher Sia, “Eight Easy Steps to Realistic Pencil Portraits”. Mr. Sia is also the author and founder of “Realistic Pencil Portraits Mastery” which is the subject of the main review on this blog. This ebook is an option for those that may not be able to make the commitment to a home study course or if you just want to put your toes in to test the water before jumping in head first. So, if you want to create pencil portraits, learn to draw step by step in a week, you have come to the right place.

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This article is an overview of the ebook  “Eight Easy Steps To Realistic Pencil Portraits” by Chrisotphr Sia. The eight steps covered are outlined below.

Step 1: Choose An Appropriate Reference Picture

In the first step, you will learn on how to choose a reference picture that’s right for you to draw. Some pictures are harder to draw than others, and many beginners jump into the wrong picture, only to give up and never try again.

In this step, you will learn how to select a fitting reference picture. The best part is, you will draw more quickly and with less frustration once you know what type of pictures to draw. I will also provide you a reference picture of Halle Berry so that you can just print it out immediately.

Step 2: Organize The Position, Outline And Proportions Of The Features

 The position of the features is the most basic element of a good drawing and should be done correctly. Imagine your frustration when, halfway through the shading, you realize that the position of the features was wrong.

• Tips for correctly positioning the features
• 8 illustrations showing the organization of the features
• Tips on shading (cross hatching)which you will use in every realistic pencil portrait that you draw

Step 3: Eye Drawing – Shading and Shadows

The eye is the most expressive feature of the face and is key to capturing the likeness of your drawing. Many people start looking your drawing from the eyes then only to other parts.

Indeed, the eyes are often the first part of a portrait that people notice. For this reason, most of the artists pay special emphasis to eyes.

• Instructions on how to draw the details of the eyes and eyebrows
• 34 step-by-step illustrations demonstrating shading of the eyes
• Tips on drawing the eyelids, iris, pupils, eyelashes, and the surrounding shadows
• Ways to deal with the tiny details of light and shading in the eyes

Step 4: Nose Drawing – Shading and Shadows 

The nose is one of the EASIEST features to draw because it doesn’t do much in terms of  giving emotional response for your drawing. Finding noses hard to draw? That’s often because people only focus on drawing the other facial features.

• Learn the important aspects of drawing the nose
• 9 step-by-step illustrations for shading the nose
• Drawing the nose bridge and nostrils

Step 5: Mouth drawing – Shading and Shadows

The mouth is the second most expressive feature of the face. In some cases it communicates emotion more strongly than do the eyes. 

Drawing the mouth correctly often makes or breaks a portrait, the portrait comes alive with a well-drawn and well-shaded mouth. When you draw and shade on the mouth correctly, it suddenly has an energy all its own.

•  Learn how to draw the details of the mouth
•  Tips for perfectly formed lips
• 20 step-by-step illustrations for shading the mouth
• Learn to draw the lip line
• Learn to draw glossy lips

Step 6: Ear Drawing – Shading and Shadows
What I found when I read art books is that most of them skip the part on teaching ears drawing by covering the ears with long hair. And even if they did mention the ears, it’s very quick and doesn’t go into details.

Ears come in many shapes and sizes and are unique to each individual. For drawing ears, you will need to get the spacing between the parts right.

•  Learn how to draw the details of the ear
• 14 step-by-step illustrations for shading the ear
• Getting the correct shading tone

Step 7: Hair Drawing – Shading and Shadows

Drawing hair is important. Everything else might be perfect but if the hair looks like a bird’s nest or is flat then it will affect your entire drawing. Yes, drawing hair is complicated and frustrating, and often the results are terrible if only you go about it the right way, and do steps in the correct order.

You can’t draw every single strand that would be on a person’s head. But you do need to add enough distinct strands to give your drawing a clear texture and form of hair. Drawing hair correctly can change the look of your drawing dramatically.

• Learn how to draw the details of hair

• Don’t waste your time making mistakes in drawing hair like most of the beginners

• 26 step-by-step illustrations for shading hair

• How highlight portions of hair

• Simple tips to making hair look more realistic

Step 8: Face Drawing – Shading and Shadows

This is the final step of this drawing portraits tutorial. This final step provides the finishing touches to shading the forehead, cheek, and jaw.

If you have completed this, I’m confident to say that you’ll be able to draw portraits of your friends, family members, or celebrities.

• Learn how to draw the details of the face
• 42 step-by-step illustrations for shading the face
•  Understand how to shade the face
•  Learn how to add shading on the neck

Your pencil portrait drawing is complete!

   There are total of 60 pages in this e-book.. It gets right to the point. Practical, step-by-step methods that can be learnt easily the minute u read it. 

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