Draw a Face with Dots 1

Part 1 in the Face Drawing Series

Apr 12, 2006 Alina Bradford

Drawing with dots is a useful technique because it presents drawing portraits from an entirely different angle than the traditional approach and uses a lot less erasing.

The "Draw Face with Dots" Series was written by guest author Bambootiger. To see all of his demos vistit his art albums here

The best place to start is with a simple beginning. Let's look at what I am trying to draw to begin with. (See Original Photo)

I probably will not use the hand in this one though, in order to concentrate on the proportions and shadow rendering, and I will use a different hairstyle just for fun. The idea is not to make an exact copy, but a nice personal interpretation. This is step one:

In order to see it better I suggest you download it to your computer, or at least click on "view" in your browser and select the "full screen" mode. The two dots at top is the space between the eyes, the dot below it is the length of the nose at the tip, and the dot on the bottom here is the mouth line at the bottom of the upper lip. The eye corners are less than at the halfway place on the paper and her head is slightly tilted down in relation to the viewpoint which is why I only used one dot for the base of the nose rather than two. The paper I am working on is a regular size of 8 1/2 by 11 inches. I intend to show the points, and lines, then shadows, forms, and texture: one step at a time so you can see my approach. I would like to emphasize that I am not saying that this is the only approach, or even the only approach that I would use. This is just one way of doing it.

This lesson is continued in Draw a Face with Dots 2.

The copyright of the article Draw a Face with Dots 1 in Painting/Drawing is owned by Alina Bradford. Permission to republish Draw a Face with Dots 1 in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
Finished Drawing, Bambootiger Finished Drawing
Original Photo, Bambootiger Original Photo
Step One, Bambootiger Step One
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May 17, 2009 8:25 PM
Guest :
these ar ereally good sketchs and i would really love o learn how ya' got the skills to draw and or sketch like these pic.s! i mean my boyfriend could sketch and draw REALLY good and all i can do is write, and sort of draw the things that are on mii mind. this is from ------****Y+B 4ever and always****
Jul 19, 2009 10:40 AM
Guest :
this is all great but i was hoping 4 maybe a visial of how i should do it
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