POLL: Which facial features on a portrait looking up & down are the most challenging? (Patreon)

TUTORIAL FOR THIS WEEK:   Portraits - Looking UP & DOWN

Making a face appear to be looking up or down is an interesting challenge. Many of the proportions we usually use have to be slightly modified. Have you ever tried sketching a face like this?

Let me know in the poll below if you have found a certain facial feature challenging. If you haven't ever tried sketching this angle, what feature looks the most challenging to you?

UPDATE PLANNING & PERSONAL: 

Every so often I like to give you a behind the scenes update so you can better understand what I'm planning for the rest of the year.

My goal for this year was to cover every fundamentals topic in detail for urban sketching, portraits and people sketching. It's coming together really well and I hope to then reorganise my fundamentals videos on Patreon so they are easier to follow as a set of courses for a complete beginners to work through. That's why most of the tutorials lately (and towards the end of the year) are 'in-depths' on a certain subject rather than simply choosing a nice reference to sketch. I'm excited to be getting closer to finishing this and I wanted to thank everyone for your input each week! My big plan in the future is the convert these into packaged courses and maybe even a set of books 😅.

In terms of personal updates, my family and I have a vacation booked for the first two weeks of October. I have prerecorded some fun tutorials for that period which I'm sure you'll enjoy!

Also, I haven't mentioned this before, but my 8 year old daughter was born with a blind eye and it's come to the point where the doctors have recommended that the eye should be removed and replaced with a glass eye. This is because the blind eye is unhealthy (wasn't fully formed at birth) and needs lots of medicated eye drops to remain comfortable for her. We are on the hospital waiting list and are expecting/hoping it to happen in the next few months. I have a spare tutorial that I'll use for that time so I'm available for her. It should only be a couple of days in hospital and my wife will take work off as well so we can both support her in recovery. It's supposed to be a fairly simple procedure and will provide her with a lot of comfort for the future. So although we are slightly apprehensive we are also looking forward to the issues with the eye being resolved for her.

Thanks for reading all my updates! 🤗

WHAT'S COMING UP:

Week Starting 9th September: How to sketch CARS - In an urban scene

Week Starting 16th September: People Sketching - Sitting Poses

Week Starting 23rd September: Urban Sketching - Japanese Shop Front

EXPLORE MY TUTORIAL INDEX:

Remember to check out the tutorial index to easily navigate my tutorials here: https://www.sketchingscottie.com/patreon-index

SHARE YOUR WORK:

I'd love to see your sketches in my Patreon community chat! It's a great place to be motivated and ask questions! (App or Desktop > 'Community' menu > 'Gallery: Share Your Sketches')

Looking forward to hearing from you below!

Scottie

POLL: When sketching a portrait of someone looking up or down, which facial features do you find most difficult to proportion correctly?