How To Draw – Creating Flesh Tones in Pastels

This is a quick tutorial on how to create a basic flesh tone using four colors:

* Brown
* Red
* Blue
* White

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Pastel portrait by Gerard Mineo
Demonstration of a studio session where the artist realizes a portrait from a photo. The real duration of the session is 45 mns.

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How to draw portrait in pastel tutorial by kevin bentley

Tutorial on how i do a portrait. Feel free to visit my site if you would like to have your portrait drawn. www.bentleysportraits.org.

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The Art of Portrait Drawing with Joy Thomas

The Art of Portrait Drawing with Joy Thomas

From ArtistsNetwork.TV: In this video, professional artist Joy Thomas reveals classical drawing secrets while teaching foolproof composition skills for a structured beginning.

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Portrait Drawing Lesson – Edges and Tone

Portrait Drawing Lesson – Edges and Tone

This is another great portrait drawing lesson by Matthew Archambault.  In the video lesson below, Matt teaches you all about how to use soft and hard edges to your advantage.

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Portrait Drawing Tutorial – Shading Hair

Portrait Drawing Tutorial – Shading Hair

Learn how to draw realistic hair in this free tutorial.  One of the most challenging aspects of portrait drawing is learning how to draw realistic hair. After watching this video, you will have a much better understanding on how to do this.

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Portrait Drawing Lesson by Lon Haverly

A big thanks to Lon Haverly for making this lesson available!  This clip is from an Oregon Public Broadcasting TV series called “You Can Draw!”.  You can learn more about Lon by visiting the following link:

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Planar Head Portrait Drawing w/ Gary Geraths (Otis College)

Planar Head Portrait Drawing w/ Gary Geraths (Otis College)

In this step by step video, Gary Geraths demonstrates a portrait drawing of a live model’s head using a planar head as a reference.  The planar head shows structural plane changes. Follow the detailed tutorial showing close ups, examples, and tips. Gary Gerath is a professor in the exceptional Foundation Program at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.

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Tip on Pencil Portrait Drawing – The Problem of Seeing

By Remi Engels

For untrained artists the problem of seeing lies in the conflict that exists between the actual visual reality of an object and the way the brain attempts to represent our perception of this reality on the drawing paper. This attempt always involves the tendency to draw our symbolic preconception instead of the actual reality.

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Pastel Portrait Drawing Demonstration

ABOUT THE ARTIST

George Max is a Geologist, Fine Artist and Professional Translator from central Guatemala in Middle America. He was born in 1968 in a small town called of Cobán, 200 km north of Guatemala City. He traveled to the USA (Colorado State) in 1989 to study English under a one year scholarship program. He started getting acquainted with art since his first year in College in 1988. As an autodidact, he started his labor of art in 1992 making oil paintings on canvas. Nevertheless, it was until late 2004 when he began to produce formal artwork (oil paintings mainly) for exhibition and sale to date.

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