Portrait Drawing Course Term 1, Lesson 2: Horizons of the face (Patreon)

This video is Lesson 2 of the 'Learning to see' term - in this lesson I'll show you how to make haptic drawing, explain contour drawing and introduce the drawings of Hans Holbein the Younger, looking at the pouncing method of translating a drawing onto another surface. To get full benefit from the course, watch one video per month, practicing for at least 2 hours per week over the course of that month, before moving on to the next lesson.

You will need:

• Paper

• One B-3B pencil (or other linear medium)

• Optional: cloth/tissue, willow charcoal, cardboard, paper, a pin

Your assignments are:

• Make 1 haptic portraits - one with eyes closed and one with eyes open. 

• Make one or more contour drawings of 15+ mins

• Optional: Use the pouncing method to make a transcription

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Sharing your work

If you post any work from the course on social media please do tag me (@jakespicerart) and Draw (@draw_brighton) so that I can see what you've made! You can also share your drawings to the Draw Brighton Community Notice Board on Facebook.

Practice

• Practice from any of our recorded online portrait drawing sessions HERE.

• Practice from Lilith's portrait photoset right HERE. 

• Come to Portrait Club or a live online or in-person session via our programme HERE!

Links

• Read more about the drawing process of Hans Holbein the Younger HERE

• See the Royal Collection page for the portrait of Sir Richard Southwell HERE

• Read more about Holbein himself HERE

• Find my books HERE

• Visit the course overview on Patreon HERE

• Visit the course page of the Draw Navigator HERE

<< Visit the previous lesson Term 1, Lesson 1: Seeing without prejudice HERE 

>> Next week's lesson will be Term 1, Lesson 3: Cutouts, released on the 14th March

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Practice images

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