How to Draw a Portrait of Robin Hood, a Lesson for a Young Artist.

How to draw Robin Hood.

This is a face that is slightly turned so you get to add a little interest in your picture. 

When you start on this don' start with the hat or beard save those fun things for the end, and do the hair last so you don't get distracted.

Start simple, draw the oval of the face and the jaw line; since it is turned the jaw will be mostly sideways. Use a lightly drawn line up and down left of center to keep the face in proportion. Mark off the positions of the face like drawing a map of the project. The eyes are half way down and the nose is half way from the eyes to the chin, the mouth will be about half  way from the nose to the chin. The  ear should not be too far over or else he  will look too wide. The top of the ear is about the top of the eyes and the bottom of the ear is about on level with the nose.

Draw the circles for the eyes they will be just slightly closer together than a full face view. I gave him happy smiling eyes by making the shape of the eyes arch like like a rainbow with a little roll of wrinkle beneath them. The nose is just one long wavy line.

 No need to draw the upper lip his mustache hides it. There are different ways to draw a beard I gave him a short one. A beard is a fun way to hid a chin. Add the hat last but make sure it is not just floating on the top of the head, the last thing I draw is the hair.

 Don't forget the arrows that is how people know it is robin hood.

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How to Draw the Blind Beggar an Exercise For The Young Artist

How To Draw the Blind Beggar

This is a fun picture to draw. It is inspired by the blind man in the Bible who was healed by a miracle.  If you have problems drawing eyes, this is for you; since he is blind, you draw a bandage over his eyes. And if you mess up on something, everyone is looking at the bandage and the beggar's sign around his neck so they won't notice.

Start with the basic shape of the face. Place the face a little high on the paper since you want to leave room for the tunic and the placard that he wears around his neck to beg. I like to use a circle and add a jaw like a large letter "U".  I lightly draw some lines to be a reference to keep the face balanced and in proportion.  One line up and down for the center of the face and one across, it almost turns the face into an "+," halfway below that draw another line for the placement of the nose and halfway again below that draw a line for the mouth. Now put down your pencil and look at it and ask yourself if it needs any changes, now is the time. If everything looks in about the right place, start the larger details. The nose is large on this guy, started with a circle and two smaller ones on each side. Then shadow the features. The mouth is thin- I didn't even draw the upper lip, but it can be suggested with a shadow. The lower lip is just shadowed underneath. The ears are drawn between the two lines of the middle and nose.  Give the bandage some folds. Use shadow technique to give the face wrinkles and avoid heavy lines.  The hair is dirty and stringy, so it is just a few lines; make some of the lines heavy and others light; this will give him an unkempt homeless look. Make his tunic look raggy and draw the placard around his neck.

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How to Draw a Woman's Face Profile.

It is easy to draw this ballerina's face in profile. Since the hair is up in a bun you can concentrate on the face. 

Free How To Draw A Woman's Face In Profile Worksheet.

First draw a large circle a little above the center of the page; keep in mind if you put it too low it will make her look short or too high and she will be too tall. A large "L" will form the jaw and front of the face.  I recommend drawing lightly as if your lines were made out of "spider thread" this makes it easy to erase later on. She is looking up and so keep that in mind as you make some simple reference lines across the face. the first reference line will be about half way down for the location of the eyes. half again for the nose and half again for the mouth, but they are not drawn straight across but parallel downward. The ear is tilted back at the top so draw a reference line for that following the same tilt of the face.The ear looks like the letter "D" with a letter "S" inside it. The eye is almost a triangle since you are looking at the side of the eye. Keep the nose and the mouth simple. Draw the details of the face lightly then use a blending tool to smooth everything out. There are very few lines in the face but a lot of shadows so try to do as much shadowing as possible.Do the hair last. Shade in the hair pulling the streaks of shadow in the direction of the hair. Use the blending tool to smooth it out and use an eraser to bring back the highlights. I sketched this portrait in marking pens but you can use any medium.  This one is a good practice project.


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How to Draw The Red Baron a Skill Builder For Young Artist

You can draw the Red Baron even if you are not good at drawing faces, this one it is easy. The helmet and the big mustache are cool and free the artist from some of the problems found in many portraits.

Start with a circle a little above the center of the page you are drawing on. Add the squarish jaw and even though you are going to draw over it draw the neck and shoulders. Sometimes you need to have these references on the page to help control the composition or else the picture takes on a life of it's own and gets away from you.  Draw the reference line vertical up and down the center of the face, this way you keep everything even; and a horizontal reference line half way down for the eyes that way you won't draw one higher than the other. Half way below that draws a reference for the mouth. Many kids will want to get right into drawing the crazy handle bar mustache but I always say save the fun stuff for last. Draw in the ears using the horizontal lines for top and bottom to keep the ears the same on each side of the face. Draw circle for the eyes. I gave him half closed eyes but even though you are going to erase part of the circles draw them in so you keep things even. Keep the eyelids simple they are like two horizontal lines that drop at the ends. The nose is big draw it as circles but use the side of your pencil so you are shading it in instead of drawing it with the point. Make the nose out of shadows and not many lines. Shade in the side of the face that has the shadow making it darker under the jaw. Only after you are happy with the face then do the mustache- it is easy. Draw a light outline of how you want it to be then build it up with lines that go down in the middle and out at the sides. Make the mustache dark since it is a point of interest in the face. The helmet is drawn after the face is done. It is round and mostly done with shading. Only a few zigzag lines in the goggles are needed to give them a glassy look. The jacket collar is lamb's wool use the side of the pencil to shade in the fluff by making squiggles shaped like the letters "C" and "U" and mix in some of the same shapes with the point of the pencil where the light hits it. The rest of the jacket is just black shading.

When you are done everyone will want to see it!  

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How to Draw a Space Ranger. (Focus on lower face) 3/17

SKILL BUILDER: DRAWING A FACE

Here is a printable skill builder drawing exercise that gives attention to the lower half of the face.

BEGINNINGS
Even though we are covering up the top half of the portrait with space helmet and goggles we still want to start by drawing the outline of the entire head this helps us to keep our proportions correct.

Since attention is on the lower half it is very important to use the line down the middle of the face to keep balance and have everything lined up.
The eyes are about half way from top to chin, you still want to make some marks to remember where they are.
The nose is half way down from there.
The mouth is about half way down from the nose. The nose starts like a series of three circles but you want to shade them into angles. The nostrils are shadows, don't draw them dark like caves in the face, they are angled and slightly pointed inward.
The mouth is like a very flat letter "M" with a small letter "V" above it and a large lower case"n"below it. Try to shadow the mouth instead of drawing it with the pencil tip.
The jaw is square and the jaw line is straight. This gives him a young manly look.

Draw him loosely and lightly at first. Take rest stops: put your pencil down and look away for a minute, when you come back double check your work and make corrections.

SAVE THE FUN STUFF FOR LAST!

All those little things that make him cool- add them after you have built up a good foundation of a great drawing.

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Spectrum Art Class March 10th

Adron’s Spectrum home school art lessons March 10, 2011

WARM UPS: Our warm ups are different today. 1. Circles randomly drawn, some over others, after 30 seconds change pencils to a darker finishing pencil and turn random circles into clouds. 2. Short choppy vertical lines in rows, the bottom rows are larger and the ones above become successfully smaller and lighter. This should create grass. 3. Scribble randomly to make triangles filling in the triangles with scribbles, overlapping the triangles. Choose and erase unwanted lines this should give the effect of mountains in the distance. 4. Using the side of the pencil and block out technique sketch random buildings.

SPEED SKETCH CHALLENGE: 5 minutes! Using the 4 warm ups create a scene with grass in the foreground mountains in the background and buildings in the middle ground. The sky will have clouds drawn in the circular fashion. The skill builder was followed with peer critique and discussion of varying methods to create interest in a composition.

CLASS PROJECTS: For advanced students mirrors were distributed for the kids to use as each drew a self portrait.

TAKE HOME SKILL BUILDERS: Skill builders were given to the class. I have observed some kids like fantasy so today we have a fantasy Dwarf Warrior. To continue our emphases this quarter on portrait we have 2 portrait studies that focus on eyes. First an old west bank robber with a bandanna over his face so attention is given to the eyes. Second the 3/4 view of the woman at the well from John 4. The veil hides the lower half of the face so attention is given to the eyes.

LONG TERM PROJECT: Continue to read the book of acts and illustrate each chapter with 2 drawings, one must be a person from the chapter.

OUR INSPIRATION: From the Old Testament: 2Chronicles 2:11.- 14 "Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon:…13.'Now I am sending you Huram Abi, a man of great skill, whose mother was from Dan and whose father was from Tyre. He is trained to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron stone and wood and with purple and blue and crimson yarn and fine linen. He is experienced in all kinds of engraving and can execute and design given to him. He will work with your craftsman and whit those of my lord, David your father.'" You would think the Bible would give such attention and detail about the chief foreman or the master over the workers or the engineering or the architect. but the bible takes time to describe the artisan who made the beautiful and finely crafted things that filled the temple. Look what it ways about him he was trained and experienced and confident. He was multi talented. Let him be our example that craft and skill can lead to enduring service such as making the temple.
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Here is the skill builder of the Wild West Bandit "Black Bart"
This is an exercise to focus on drawing eyes. Really there is not much to Black Bart the Bank Robber, so he is easy to draw. Start with the egg shaped head, you want to do this even though much of it is covered by the hat and the bandanna so you will be true to the proportions. The eyes are about half way but if you mess this up don't worry you can change the bandanna or the hat to re-proportion it and hide any mistakes. The eyes are squinty but you still want to start by drawing the full circles of the iris and pupils so you can keep the proportions. The  eyebrows have a direction see the drawing the hair goes one way then the other. I am always telling my students  to draw faces with shadows and  not lines but Black Bart has a lot of worry lines around his eyes so go to town. Don't worry if the hat is not straight or even it is old and beaten up. If you have color pencils then I think his eyes should be blue and skin pale and his hair black.

Here is the skill builder of the Woman at The Well from John 4.

This is also an exercise on drawing eyes. She is turned 3/4 so start with a vertical meridian line bowed across her face to anchor  the  features. the eyes are a little lower than half. Her eyelashes are thin and fine they arch slightly. The eyes are flowing in shape, the eyelashes are long and flowing. The veil hides the lower half of the face you can use a blending tool or a very light touch to indicate nose mouth and chin, but keep it mysterious. You have to put in your own shading but keep it light. Color her skin a light milk chocolate, color her hair and her eyes dark brown.