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POLL: What do you find challenging about sketching a portrait in FRONT VIEW? (Patreon)

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2025-02-23 23:17:28
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POLL: What do you find challenging about sketching a portrait in FRONT VIEW?

  • Outlining the face and jaw line 39
  • The eyes 55
  • The nose 49
  • The mouth 26
  • Features around the face like the hair, ears and neck 12
  • Facial hair 17
  • Adding watercolor 8
  • All of the above! 80
  • 2025-02-23
  • —2025-02-25
  • 286 votes
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UPCOMING TUTORIAL:   Friday 28th February: Portrait Sketching (Front View Fundamentals)

This week I'll be creating a tutorial about sketching a portrait in front view. While seemingly the easiest view, there are many challenges when sketching a symmetrical face.

What would you find challenging about sketching a direct front view like this? Let me know below in the poll and comment section so I can add it to the tutorial.

WHAT'S COMING UP:

Friday 7th March: How To Sketch Flowers (Multiple Sketches)

Friday 14th March: People Sketching (Basic Figure Front View)

Friday 21st March: Urban Sketching (Building In 2 Point Perspective)

EXPLORE MY TUTORIAL INDEX:

Remember to check out the tutorial index to easily navigate all 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 share your progress and be motivated by others! (App or Desktop > 'Community' menu > 'Gallery: Share Your Sketches')

Scottie 

POLL: What do you find challenging about sketching a portrait in FRONT VIEW?  (you can choose more than one)

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Comments

Kerstin

The expression/mood of the person.

Fran Cooper

I start at the brows and frequently run out of room toward the mouth/chin. So, basically getting it proportionally correct.

Jane Jones

Every person I’ve ever drawn looks the same. I find it difficult to capture the subtle differences

Mary L Doty

The angle of the nares. If you get that wrong it ruins the entire face.

Mandana

the likeness

Jan Holden

After my first effort with the 3/4 view, I foresee a few laughs with my family on this one. Seriously though I’m looking forward to learning how to approach this. It’s all enjoyable.

Lorna Graham

I love front face portrait sketching Scottie. My big challenge will be to get it as good as yours 😁 😂

Printed Jerry

Beard, how do you make him look for his age

etiana

id like to know more about different kind of noses and different levels of the broaader part of the jaw = when changing direction. .thank you

lise dunn

Hi Scottie, When sketching from your tutorials I am often fairly accurate, but when I try to sketch from a photograph of a family member in front view there is a bit of a likeness but the drawing is not really recognizable as the person. I also have trouble with including the hairline as a proportion marker so that seems to be a problem. I have not graduated myself to watercolor yet. Sorry to be so long-winded. ::>)

ian kaiser

Ian The head and jaw are tough

Carmel Spencer

The shading & shadows particularly around the cheeks.

Hanna

Gosh, and he is eye candy lol