Get the best out of your contemporary portrait with a classical approach using an effective drawing economy

Portrait of a model

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Pencil on paper
Tonal-cross contour technique


For technical text steps refer back to "The power of objective observation, suggestion, and economy in drawing (the portrait)"
Here is a quick recap:
Composition
Prediction
Light gesture drawing: no erasing
Shapes
levels and angles
Location
Target point
Association
Distances
Correction: erasing
Line definition: heavier lines
Basic shading foundation
Contrast
Details

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