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Head Drawing 1 | Part 4: Achieving a Likeness with Charles Hu

Head Drawing 1 | Part 4: Achieving a Likeness
Master the Fundamentals of Head Drawing! Learn how to capture the likeness of your subject in your head drawings

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Instructor
Charles Hu
Subjects
Drawing
Topics
Head & Portrait
Mediums
Conté
Duration
1h 55s
Series
The Structure of the Head

In this series, instructor Charles Hu teaches you his approach to beginning head drawing. This six-part series will cover: Proportions, the Structure of the Skull, Laws of Light, Achieving Likeness, Facial Features, and Facial Expressions. In this fourth lesson, Charles demonstrates how achieving a likeness in your portraits relies on matching the big shapes of the head.

 

Materials

  • Conté a Paris Crayons – Black, White, Bistre, Sanguine
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