Portrait Drawing Lessons From the Masters

Drawing lessons I've received from the masters have been the most beneficial for me. I have practiced a lot of figure drawing in the classes and the workshops but I have learned the most by copying the master portrait drawings from books. I have copied countless portrait charcoal drawings of John Singer Sargent, Ilya Repin, Valentin Serov, Nicolai Fechin, to name a few. Observing their works carefully at the museums also still helps me a lot.


You probably will notice how much I am inspired by them if you were to observe a charcoal and pencil drawing I did. Hopefully it looks kind of like theirs too:) Portrait is my favorite subject to draw. I enjoy capturing likenesses and personalities of my sitters. The eyes are my foremost focus and interest when I am drawing the Portraits. Can't really explain why but just find myself always drawn to the eyes and working mostly on them.

Shamaqua

Wink

Moira

Elsa

Haley

Click here to see the video demo of this portrait sketch of Haley

or, you can see the stills with explanations

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