Post by cierlmeyrin on Sept 3, 2011 3:55:38 GMT -5
How to draw a People Painting is a challenge, but Canadian artist Patti Dyment offers techniques to help you make your portraits more lifelike.
Fill in the large areas with color. Pay particular attention to the values and color. Paint the background, clothes and skin tones in real life hues, correcting the intensity of the color and the temperatures of cool and warm tones when necessary. Building Paintings Colors should be accurately dark or light to create depth and realism. Rework until the darks are dark enough and the lights bright. Once the color values are correct, you can add details.Paint people with soft edges, says Dyment. Oil Paintings for sale Humans don't have hard edges or shapes in their form, so straight lines and distinct edges don't look realistic. Blend the edges of your subject's figure to create a portrait that looks alive and in motion. Use minimal detail and broad, simple shapes to create a lifelike portrait and allow the color values to create a realistic composition in broad, loose strokes. Famous Paintings Details create the focal point, Dyment points out, so choose where you will add them carefully. Make one eye dominant by painting details like shadows and highlights in the eye and it will become the focal point of your portrait. Paint the other eye softer and looser so it doesn't compete. Children Paintings You can also make the smile the focal point by adding details of the muscles around the mouth stretching the lips. Sketch in details of laugh lines around the eyes to keep the face in proportion and create a portrait that looks real.
Fill in the large areas with color. Pay particular attention to the values and color. Paint the background, clothes and skin tones in real life hues, correcting the intensity of the color and the temperatures of cool and warm tones when necessary. Building Paintings Colors should be accurately dark or light to create depth and realism. Rework until the darks are dark enough and the lights bright. Once the color values are correct, you can add details.Paint people with soft edges, says Dyment. Oil Paintings for sale Humans don't have hard edges or shapes in their form, so straight lines and distinct edges don't look realistic. Blend the edges of your subject's figure to create a portrait that looks alive and in motion. Use minimal detail and broad, simple shapes to create a lifelike portrait and allow the color values to create a realistic composition in broad, loose strokes. Famous Paintings Details create the focal point, Dyment points out, so choose where you will add them carefully. Make one eye dominant by painting details like shadows and highlights in the eye and it will become the focal point of your portrait. Paint the other eye softer and looser so it doesn't compete. Children Paintings You can also make the smile the focal point by adding details of the muscles around the mouth stretching the lips. Sketch in details of laugh lines around the eyes to keep the face in proportion and create a portrait that looks real.