Wether I draw or paint, the face never looks like that of the subject. It would look beautiful and some would like it, but my problem is likeliness !!
How to get it ???
2007-07-13 19:08:27 · 6 answers · asked by Plz_Tell_Me 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
Think about the portrait before making it, I think your problem would be solved
2007-07-13 19:14:28 · answer #1 · answered by Rana 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Every person has a typical facial expression that most people would remember or recognize. Try to capture that particular expression instead of whatever expression he or she happens to have at the moment of drawing or painting.
To explain what I mean, imagine that you are drawing a portrait of Hitler, who, at the moment of your drawing, happens to smile in a very charming way. Such a portrait will not look realistic. To correct this problem, you would need to ask Hitler to stop smiling and instead to put a nasty, threatening or vicious expression on his face. Only after that Hitler will look recognizable on the portrait.
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2007-07-14 02:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bonjour .
well honestly its not a portrait if its just like the picture you are seeing your going to try and paint it just like the picture and trust me you do get frustrated with that . Its the way you see the picture or the person. Its your interpretation you are the Artist what ever your mind creates just express yourself and paint the way you wont to paint. like all of those famous artist out there we each have our own individual style and thats what real artist are they create what they feel. i am sure you have the talent to paint so paint what you see and what you feel and then buddy you should be happy with it because its your creation.
good luck and just imagine and let your mind run free. i never can paint eyes and hands so i make sure i hide them or i will paint a mask so u cant see there eyes hhehe.
good luck Artist
ooxoxoxoxo miss pepper.
2007-07-14 02:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by miss pepper 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all in features proportions.
Try putting down the landmarks first and quadruple check them before going any deeper in rendering. Shape relationships and distance is what artists use to map these out more accurately. It's why you can seem them one eye closed, arms outstretched in front of them with the pen in their hand.
2007-07-15 16:55:35 · answer #4 · answered by Aline S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Working from candid shots of your subject helps too. (Like the Hitler illustration) if they're "posing" for a shot or as live models, they can look unnatural.
You can try to exaggerate a feature of theirs just slightly, like if they have a crooked smile, play that up a little, make it just a little more crooked then it really is, it really does work.
Fact is though, you're not ever going to please everyone, people look at photographs of themselves and not think it "looks like them." So capturing likeness in portraits is hard, but don't give up.
Oh another thing you can try is work on half the face at a time, no one has a perfectly symmetric face, and our minds can spot it even if our eyes don't at first. so working on half of the face at a time helps you focus on your subjects unique features and in turn helps capture their likeness.
2007-07-14 03:10:22 · answer #5 · answered by SB22 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The answer from SB22 is pretty good, which is surprising since she's such an insufferable idiot.
2007-07-17 14:41:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋