Wip 3

Slowly coming together :) A portrait is never done fast but well, I think I've put in 3-4 hours so far.
When I have put in all shadows and so on in the face I'll start going over it with a sharp eraser and bring forth highlights and straws in the beard and so on.

Rule number one for anybody who wants to start doing portraits - no lines!! Only cartoon characters and stick-figures have sharp black lines. It was when I realised this I started to improve.
Here is a comparison, I can't remember if this has been up here before but anyhow, the first portrait I made of Robert De Niro and a new one quite recently of the exact same picture.

Yes the proportions are all off in the first one but that's not the point. The realism in a portrait is in the ability to hide lines and outlines. That's the first thing I would tell anybody who wanted to start to draw  portraits themselves.

Ok that's all for now, look out for more wips in the days to come.
Laterz!