Learn to Draw SketchBook Series 2B - Basics for Portraiture Realism Drawing

I am so excited about this series.
We explore whiter smoother paper so we can achieve an even base for the skin and pull out all the necessary white highlights plus add in darks where necessary. All to achieve that realistic portrait.
In the last tutorial I did the same exercises as this one to show you the different papers and the effects one can achieve with either.
Apologies for the last minute add on clip but I was so excited about this tutorial I forgot to put the two exercises side by side so you can see the difference LOL
I've made sure the reference photo is big enough for you to screen shot and print out for your own referencing.
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[@mia2art]

Fantastic tutorial on portraiture realism! 🎨✏ The basics you covered for using a 2B pencil are incredibly helpful, and your explanations are clear and easy to follow. I’m excited to try these techniques in my own sketches. Thanks for sharing your expertise and making portrait drawing more accessible! 👩‍🎨📚

[@bevbarends9174]

@@mia2art Thank you for your wonderful comment. This helps me to keep uploading and teaching. Glad it’s useful to you 💓 thank you

[@shaaronhole3111]

This will be a challange, will go slower and will practise as you have shown and practise the eye

[@bevbarends9174]

@@shaaronhole3111 yes it’s going to be an awesome challenge. As you say practice is the key to this.