Thursday, April 7, 2011

Portrait Drawing

After constantly drawing and sketching animals, I thought it was neccessary to start a new challenge; drawing portraits. My favourite actor, Johhny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow from the movie 'Pirates Of The Caribbean', was my first attempt of a portrait. I researched the internet for the perfect picture to draw, then selected the equipment i needed for this. I found it difficult to get the shape of the cheek bone and chin right, and to draw the facial expressions and features, but stayed persistent to complete it. I mostly used 4B and 6B greyleads for the portrait to make particular parts to stand out, but also used a 2H greylead to sketch the outline beforehand.
I enjoyed the challange, so i decided to complete one other portrait of Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter from the movie 'Alice In Wonderland.' I used similar techniques to the first drawing to complete the portrait.



Johnny Depp, 'Captain Jack Sparrow.'

Johnny Depp, 'Mad Hatter.'