Introduction to Drawing Portraits with Ken Spirduso

Discover the basics principles of portrait drawing and look at some visual tools to draw with more accuracy.

Jump in and do some studies of features, starting with the eye.

Study how the eyelids wrap around the eyeball.

This exercise focuses on the nose and how to avoid common errors while learning common proportions.

Break the mouth shape into parts to get a better graphical representation.

Use a point of references to draw a more real and proportional ear shape, in the correct angle.

Follow this digital exercise while Ken shows you his approach to draw portrait with accuracy.

Ken shows his approach on traditional media reaffirming the strategies he recommends to obtain a closer result to the reference image.

Elaborate a traditional male portrait focusing on the negative spaces to achieve the composition.

Work on a traditional portrait female with two light sources. Share your artwork with #DrawingPortraitsWithSpirduso #LearningFromSpirduso