Drawing portraits - The 2 most important things

There are 2 things you must know.
• Drawing portraits - Ho...
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[@Drawing-Channel]

Very nice sketch !.. I liked the effort and details in the portrait . Thanks for sharing ! ❤

[@Mozhartartacademy]

Perfect! Thanks for sharing Tony!

[@TonySwaby]

My pleasure!

[@timclayton8214]

I just saw a video of the great Nikolai Blokhin and he appears to use the dot technique.

[@LordBasti81]

Thx for sharing Mr. Swaby ❤ it’s always so helpful

[@TonySwaby]

My pleasure :)

[@Chef1719lf]

Hey Tony! Hope you are well. I miss having morning coffee with you my friend.

[@TonySwaby]

I'm great thanks 👍 focusing more on my portraits😊

[@Chef1719lf]

@@TonySwaby Awesome! So am I!

[@gavkynman]

🙌🏼

[@PeachyZen]

I found this channel by accident but at this point, I'm staying.

[@gavkynman]

Exactly what happened to me, and I've not looked back. Tony is the best!

[@Chef1719lf]

Me too! Welcome friend!

[@rebeccaabraham8652]

Spent the last 8 or so years drawing quite realistic graphite and charcoal portraits - averaging around 20-40 hours for each one.... After watching some videos from this channel I dug out an old pack of natural charcoal and got to work; the first attempt looked more like 'Pennywise' but they improved from there... and I've just done a charcoal of Edward James Olmos that actually impresses me - in about an hour and a half! I'm having fun with my art again - in that it's not taking a lift-time away from my beloved guitars!

[@TonySwaby]

That's great to hear :) (I have guitars in the studio and often reach for one inbetween drawing)

[@sirronald285]

Idk if you do Portrait request or whatnot but while you do a video can you draw paulie walnuts!

[@tristanbeukers419]

Rad! Sort of confused by the 3 dots- measure out each image and set 3 dot? Arbitrarily make 3 dot? Align them so something specific? Hard to tell as I don’t see what they’e related to/the spaces dont seem symmetrical. His eyes and ear?

[@TonySwaby]

sounds like you need a more formulaic approach? Loomis or similar might be better for you. Freehand drawing isn't for everyone :)

[@Jz-dx3dm]

relating lengths is a formula, proportions. I get your point though, nice video.

[@TonySwaby]

Like I said you can do that, but it's very difficult with less traditional poses. Better to learn to see with accuracy 🙏

[@Jz-dx3dm]

@@TonySwaby So just pure distances between things instead of ratios of distances? Just trying to clarify. I see a lot of your vids and like the style btw. Thanks

[@TonySwaby]

@@Jz-dx3dmThe relationships of things is not a formula, it can't be the same every time. Train your eye to see the relationships. Thank you :)

[@akashjain-fh4hz]

❤❤ where r u from

[@TonySwaby]

Sheffield - UK