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1. Class Introduction: [MUSIC] Hi, I'm Litika. I'm a portrait artist
and also a YouTuber. Welcome to my second course
where I'm going to teach you how to draw a portrait
using grid method. Even though there are a lot
of methods to draw portraits grid method is one of the easiest and the
finest technique, which will help you to
bring accurate results. [MUSIC] In the class, you will be getting
all the information about the materials that you will be requiring
to draw a portrait. [MUSIC] Then there will be detailed and also demo processes
of the shading. [MUSIC] In this class, I'm going to teach you how
to draw a portrait from scratch and then I'll also be guiding you on how
to draw the grids, then sketching and then the
complete shading process. If you are an aspiring
artist and are struggling with portraits,
this course is for you. Usually, the shading
techniques will differ for each texture, like the dress, the
hair, and the skin. So I will demonstrate each and everything with the help of
this one single portrait. [MUSIC] Don't wait further. Jump into the class and learn the method of
drawing a portrait. [MUSIC]
2. Materials and Tools: Thanks for jumping
into the video. I'll show you the list of materials that I'll be
using for this project. This is the charcoal HB
pencil from Staedtler. I prefer using Staedtler
graphite and charcoal pencils. You can use any brand that you prefer or that you
are familiar with. Here is a mechanical
pencil from Pentel. I've got extra lights for that. We can use the
mechanical pencils for filling final areas in
giving a smooth shading. This one is the charcoal
pencil from Kohinoor brand. I am not going to use
this for this drawing, but it'll be very helpful
for other charcoal drawings. [MUSIC] Moving on to the other
important tool erasers. This is the kneaded
eraser and a regular one. Tip eraser and a battery eraser. The kneaded eraser
is like a clay. You can tab it on the drawing to reduce the tone
for the shading. Once the color changes due to the absorption of
graphite and charcoal, you can no longer use it. The tip eraser,
you can use it for final areas like
raising hair and all. You can cut the tip of eraser
and then use it again. Similarly for the
battery eraser also, if the tip is covered with
graphite or charcoal, you can cut the edge
slightly and then use it. You can remove the lead easily and replace it with
a new one also. [MUSIC] Moving on to the next, which is most important for drawing a portrait especially, have a printout of the reference image and also
have a soft copy for it. Then these are the
extra supplies that you might be needing. A craft knife for sharpening or cutting
off the eraser tip, white gel pens, and
a pencil extender. [MUSIC] These are all soft
makeup brushes, which I'll be using for
blending and smudging. I'll use the smaller ones for finer areas and the larger ones for a wide area like
skin, clotting, etc. [MUSIC] Next is the sharpener. The one that I'm using is
a chrome manual sharpener. You can also use
regular sharpeners. [MUSIC] Moving on to
another important material, that is the papers. For rough sketching
and painting, you can use sketchbooks
like these. I do random sketching
and paintings in this. If you are not going to
do a finished project, you can try using this
and practice in this. [MUSIC] These are the
papers that I'll be using for a finished project. This is Canson 224 GSM paper. It has a very refined
and a rough texture. I personally love this paper. You can try using
for a pencil drawing or a color pencil artworks. The next one is
Fabriano Accademia. It is of 200 GSM. This is also a
rough-textured paper. If you're not a person who
prefers rough texture, you can use a
smooth-textured papers also. [MUSIC] These are some of the smooth papers
that I prefer using. One from Winsor and Newton. It has a very smooth texture
but it's slightly thin. If you want a thick paper, you can use Strathmore Bristol. It is very thick and it's one of the best papers
that you could use. [MUSIC]
3. Grids: Moving on to the next lesson, how to draw grids. Let me show you
how to draw grids. Now, take the reference
image and divide the entire length with a
particular measurement. Here, I'm going to divide
it of two centimeters. Starting from here, I'm marking for the divisions. To make it more visible, I'm using HB pencil, you can use any pen or pencil. Now we have to do the same for all the remaining
three sides. After marking it on all sides connect the points and
then you'll get the grids. Now we have to do the same for the
drawing sheet as well. So take your sheet and to keep the measurements accurate,
use the printout, that is the reference
image and measure its length leaving
off the borders, and then mark the
exact same length. I'm leaving off the borders and marking the grid's length alone, the starting and the ending. I'm transferring the
same measurements there. Now repeat the same on all the remaining
three sides and then connect the points. I have got my grids ready for identification
when you draw, just number the
grids so that when you draw from the
reference image will be able to identify
the grids easily. Number them on both the reference and
in your drawing sheets.
4. Sketching : Now that we have the grids, we should start sketching by comparing with the
reference image. See the grid number
from the reference, and then identify where the outline is starting
and observe the distance, the cause, and then
sketch it on your sheet. While drawing, just
ensure that you use sketching on
the correct grid because sometimes you might look and draw it on
a different grid. Now the outline of
the head is done, always use a lighter gray
pencil for outlining, I am keeping the outline dark so that it is
well visible for you, but make sure you use a
light pencil because you're going to shade it further
and finish the drawing. This is how you draw the
outlines using a grid method. Just compare it
with the reference, look onto the grid
numbers and identify the same grid here in
your drawing sheet, and then sketch it
exactly the same. [MUSIC] If you have any doubts on where the outline is starting or
ending within a single grid, you can measure it with
a pencil and then draw. You can measure if the
outline is starting in the middle of the grid
or in the edge and then compare it and then you
can draw it on your sheet. [MUSIC] Now I'm sketching the hand, actually the hand in my reference image is
a little bit blurred, so I won't be getting
the exact outline but I'm just assuming
and drawing the hand. Now I have almost
completed the outer lines, now sketching the face details. When you sketch
the face details, just be careful, you have to be very
accurate to keep it exact. Observe each and every common
image and recreate it. You can try even
freehand sketching, but when you want to
shade, realistically, you will need the outlines
to be exact and perfect, that is why we are going
for the grid method. This is just one method
to draw the portrait, but there are also many other
methods and techniques, freehand and with
partial measurements that are many methods
to draw portraits. Whenever you draw the
outlines using grid, recheck it again and
again to make it perfect, if you find any mistakes, just change it then and there. [MUSIC] Now I am detailing the hair, just for identification let me draw the divisions
of the strands. Where there's a bunch of hair, I will just separate it for
identification when we shade. Without the grids partitioning the hair will be a really
difficult process. [MUSIC] Now, sketching is almost done, but all these grids are dark and our outlines might be a hindrance
when you shade. So to make it lighter, I'm erasing with
a kneaded eraser and flattening the
eraser and rubbing it over to lighten them until
the outline is visible, but also not
disturbing to shape. [MUSIC]
5. Drawing the Eyes: [MUSIC] Let's begin
the shading process starting from the eyes. We have the outline here. I'm starting the
iris with AB pencil. Make sure the pencil
is very sharp, because you have to
fill in all the gaps. Also this is a rough
textured paper. SO you have to
make sure that you fill all the pores in the paper. I'm slowly rendering it
and sealing all the gaps. Always for an iris, there will be a highlight. So identify the direction
of the light and understand the presence of highlights and
leave those spaces. [MUSIC] I have shaded the eyeball fully. Now I'm proceeding to
shade the eyebrows. I am giving the
basic strokes on how the direction of the eyebrow is. [MUSIC] I prefer using AB charcoal
pencil for all of these important
details like eyeball, eyebrows, head,
beard and mustache, because this will bring a
high contrast with the skin. [MUSIC] I'm shading
the eyebrows further. See the direction of the strokes and then
draw like the same. Each eyebrow head will have
a different direction. So observe that
from your reference and try to imitate the
same in your sheet. I will also use the Tombow
Mono Zero eraser to remove any lines
in the eyebrows. [MUSIC] You can see the sclera
will not be in pure white. The white portion
of the eye we'll have a small amount
of tone in it. Make sure you shade
it, keep it subtle. [MUSIC] Now let's shade the skin. Usually, a layer of HB pencil so that the paper
is completely filled. Then for giving the depth, I'll use 4B or 2B. [MUSIC] Here where the eyelid is folded. Notice the depth. You can see from
the reference image that it is very dark. Observe that and shade
the portion darker. [MUSIC] Now this eye is almost done. The same process goes for
the next eye as well. You can observe the process. [MUSIC]
6. Skin Shading: Now it's time to shade the skin, when you shade the
nose you have to be very careful with
the directions. It'll be like this, so the skin shading is
blended with the cheek. so first let me start
with the forehead. I prefer using a base
layer of shading which is given with
a B or a HB pencil, so that I make sure that I cover the white
space completely. Since the paper I'm
using is rough-textured, fill in the pores of
the sheet with a B or a HB pencil, [MUSIC] I'm just leaving all
the highlight area, we can shade it later with
a mild B tone, [MUSIC] so here there is a shadow, so we have to keep it darker. [MUSIC] Now the basic shading is done, so let me shade the nose now. [MUSIC] After I go a basic
layer of shading, I have to add a second layer, only then I will be filling all the pores and make sure
the shadings are finer. The skin texture
has to be smooth, so we have to shade it again
to make it even and finer. [MUSIC] Now, [MUSIC] this
is a second layer that I was telling you about, I'm using a B pencil and shading it all over
the skin again, I'm also shading
the highlights now. If you want to make any particular place
lighter or reduce the tone, use the needle eraser. I just want to make
it lighter here, and then to make it
even more smooth, use a soft brush and smoothen the shading
just like I do now. Don't be too harsh
on the drawing, just be gentle, and after you use
the brush once, make sure you clean it well before you use for
the second time.
7. Skin Shading - Full DEMO: [MUSIC] As you saw in the
previous lesson, we have to shade the rest of the skin portion and smoothen
using the same techniques. [MUSIC] I'm just smoothening and
making the shades final, just by shading
it over again and again by layering technique. When there is a darker tone, use a dark shade
pencil like 2B or 4B and enhance the tones. Wherever you have
to smoothen it, use lighter gray pencil like
HB or B and shade it slowly. [MUSIC] I think I made the
tone a bit dark, so I'm lightening it
with the kneaded eraser. [MUSIC] Now I am shading the nose. Whenever you shade, make sure to compare it
with your reference, see wherever the tone is dark
and wherever it is light. Don't forget to leave
the highlights portion. You don't have to leave the
highlights very pure white, you have to shade it with
HB pencil very mildly. You can even use 2H pencils. Lastly, after you give
all the layering, make sure to even the
shading with a soft brush. Now, to make it smooth, I just use the brush. Now I'm creating highlights
wherever it's needed. Just dab it on the sheet
whenever you have to lighten. You don't have to erase it
completely to make it whiter. [MUSIC]
8. Drawing Hair: First to shade the
hair portions, we have to identify the
strands and then partition it. I'll do that first. I have identified the bunch and the partitions
for this part. Since the hair is
a wider portion, I'm going to cover
only a small portion of the hair in detail. You can see the rest of the portions in time-lapse
in the next lesson. Let's start shading
the hair now. I have started with
the darkest tone. Slowly use HB pencil
and render the hair. If there's lighter shade
in the reference image, maintain the same tone. If any part of the hair
it looks very light, don't leave it plain. Just give a layer of HB pencil; just one layer, that will do. It shouldn't be very pure white. I won't darken the highlights. I'll keep it very light. Darken the tones until you fill all the gaps and add a number of layers
to cover the gaps. You have to be very particular about the direction
of the strands. You have to see it and observe very well from the
reference image and try to recreate the same
shading and same direction. Now, even after adding
this much of layers, I'm going to repeat
the same again. You can see all the gaps in it, so use the HB pencil again to layer it over and fill in all the gaps
and darken the tones. While shading this part, I'm going to draw this
front hairs also. First draw it lighter and
then you can darken it. I'm not drawing it on my own, I'm comparing each and every step with the
reference image. I'm using this
sponge-like brush, then I'm smudging it all over
to fill all the small gaps. Next step is to
create the highlight. Let me use this dumbo
and battery eraser and slowly erase each strand wherever you can
see the highlight. If it looks very light
after you erase, make sure to tone it up with HB pencil by at least
grading it all. This is the in-depth study
of hair and the rest of the hair portions
I will show you in a time-lapse in
the next lesson.
9. Hair drawing - Full DEMO: As you saw in the
previous lesson, I'm going to shade the hair just using the same techniques. I'm doing the first layer. I am using only HB
pencil for the hair. Create variations of tones
only using HB pencil. This is my suggestion and this
is my method of doing it. You can also use other
pencils as you prefer. But this has given
me better results to create the variation
of the skin and the hair. [MUSIC] Now I'm proceeding with the second and the third layering. You have to add a number
of layers to make it dark. Also try to blend the
area with the skin. The forehead part has to
blend well with the skin. [MUSIC] Side-by-side when I'm shading I'm also creating
the highlights. [MUSIC] Now almost many layers are done. To fill all those small gaps I'm using the soft makeup brush. This brush that I'm using
is looking like a sponge. You can still see
small white gaps. Again, I'm sharpening
the HB pencil and filling all the small gaps. Now with the [inaudible]
I'm creating highlights. Then tone it down if
it looks very light. This is a multiple process, you know you have to do it until you're satisfied with the tones. [MUSIC] I'm almost done with
the shading hair. Create highlights, and if you're not satisfied, darken it down, fill all the gaps
and try to make it look really darker
compared to the skin.
10. Skin Shading Part 2: [MUSIC] Before shading the
mustache and beard, I'm going to shade the skin, so that the background
is filled first, and we won't have
any whitespace. [MUSIC] Now I'm enhancing these
shadows below the nostrils. The pencil that I'm
using here is 6B. [MUSIC] Next, now we can shade the
mustache and beard part. I'm giving a basic
layering of HB pencil, then draw the mustache hairs. You can see from the
reference image that it is very dark when
compared to the skin. That is why I prefer using HB charcoal pencil for
the hair and mustache. If you use any other
graphite pencil, it won't go well
with the hair part. Since we used a HB
charcoal for hair, you use the same for the mustache and the beard. [MUSIC] Also the left edge of the lips is also dark, so make sure to focus on
all the tonal variations, even the minute ones. [MUSIC] Starting with the lips, I'm using 2B pencil. Keep it smooth and subtle, just slowly shaded
with circular strokes. [MUSIC] Since the lip has
to look very fine, I'm using this mechanical pencil to fill in all these small gaps. There are small
highlights on the lip, so I'm trying to create
that with kneaded eraser, and also this battery eraser. [MUSIC] Now I've started shading
the lower part of the lip. There are lots of
highlights and cuts, so I will leave spaces for those and shade it accordingly. [MUSIC] Once you create highlight, make sure to shade the
rest of the portions. [MUSIC] To enhance the cuts, I'm marking all the small
fine lines that you can see. See all these details won't
be shown in the printout, that is why I suggest you to use the soft copy and hardcopy. You can see all
these details really clearly in your soft copy. Again, like shading
the mustache, give a basic shading for the
beard. Then, [inaudible]. Don't forget to shade all those little hairs that
you can see on the edge. This is a mulatto
shading the hair. But don't forget to keep
a sharp pencil when you shave the hair. [MUSIC] Now I'm shading
the ears with 2B pencil, and to fill in all the gaps
I'll use B and HB pencil. [MUSIC] For the darker tones I'm using 4B pencil and layering
good again and again. The ears should look
very soft also, so shade it with B pencil
or a HB and make it final until it looks smooth. [MUSIC] Now I'm shading neck. [MUSIC] After I gave a basic
shading for the neck, I am smoothening
it with 2H pencil. It doesn't bother
if you use 2H or B, you can use any light
graded pencil until you're satisfied that the dawn shade it all over
again and again. [MUSIC]
11. Drawing the Hand: [MUSIC] In this lesson I'll show you how
to shade the hand. Shading the hand will be
little tricky because there will be nerves and
bones that you have to shade. Unlike the face, it is not very smooth area. [MUSIC] As I told you before, give a basic shading first, and then wherever
the tones are dark, darken it with 4B pencil. [MUSIC] I just completed the shading
for the thumb finger. For the rest of the portion, I am starting off
with a basic shading. [MUSIC] Here, the shades are very dark. I'm using 4B pencil
and darkening it. Shade in the same direction that you can see
in the reference, and try to blend the shading
with the highlights portion. This tone variation
should look very gradual, it shouldn't be very drastic. I'll explain where the
shades will be drastic. [MUSIC] Here where there are nerves, the edge will be very dark, and the nerve will
be very light. You can see the drastic
change in the tones there. That is what it gives the
depth in the drawing. The edge of the nerve will
look very dark like this, and then the bulged area
will have a lighter tone. I'm erasing with the eraser and making it lighter for that. This is how you have to
create the no shading. [MUSIC] For the final step, we have to smoothen the shade. Slowly cover all the gaps
and smoothen the shading. [MUSIC] That's it. Our hand
shading is almost done. The other hand I
will be showing in the demo process in
the next lesson. [MUSIC]
12. clothing: [MUSIC] Now let's start
shading the clothing. Here the tones are very dark
since it does the shadow. I'm using a B pencil for this. [MUSIC] I will demonstrate this
left part of the clothes. [MUSIC] Since it is a shadow
that is formed here, I'm using a B pencil. I don't want to mix graphite and charcoal on the same
particular area. [MUSIC] For this small portion alone, I'll use only HB pencil. If you use graphite
and charcoal together in this small area
it will look very different and variant because the graphite has
a smooth texture whereas the charcoal has a rough texture so it
will differ a lot. That's why I suggest you
using charcoal here. [MUSIC] While shading the clothes, try to understand
the direction of the fold and then shade it. I'm using 4B pencil here. You can see a lot of
highlights in this portion. Try to leave the
highlights and then shade it at last
with the HB pencil, then use more than this, just off the shadings. [MUSIC] Now once the first layer
of shading is done, I'm smoothening it with B pencil just to layer it over again
to fill all the gaps. [MUSIC] Lastly after the
shading is done, don't forget to smoothen
with the self makeup brush.
13. Hand and clothing -Full DEMO : [MUSIC] This is almost the last lesson. Here I will show you the rest of the clothing and the
other hand shading. [MUSIC] Since I use the same
techniques here, I am showing it in
a time-lapse video. You can just observe how I
shade this part of the dress. [MUSIC] Here also, there is a dark
shadow formed in the clothing. So just like the previous
lesson that I showed you, I'm using 8B pencil here, to create the depth
in the clothing. [MUSIC] Now moving on to
the hand shading, all the techniques are same. I'm using 4B pencil
for dark areas. To smooth in the shadings
I'm using HB pencil. If not you can use
the makeup brushes. [MUSIC]
14. Finishing touches: [MUSIC] This is our last lesson of this particular class. I'm just giving a final
touch to the drawing. I will compare all the tones
with the reference image. See thought this area
was little bit dark, so I'm lightening it. You can recheck
the measurements, recheck the values, and correct
it if anything is wrong. [MUSIC] In this part, where the hair and
the skin mixes, it has to be a little bit dark. These areas are
supposed to be dark. I'm smoothening with the brush. [MUSIC] All these final
touches will mostly be aiming at the highlights
and the tones. For the highlights, I'm using
only the kneaded eraser. [MUSIC] You can see I'm repeating
the same steps again. I'm shading it with the HB
pencil and evening with kneaded eraser and the brush until I'm satisfied
with the skin texture. [MUSIC] The portrait is
completely done now. Thanks for watching this class. Our portrait is completely done. Hope you enjoyed and learned a lot of new things
in this class. Letting me do in another
beautiful course. Meanwhile, you can check
out my other courses and also you can check out my
YouTube videos and tutorials. [MUSIC]
Ritika Sridhar, Artist, Illustrator
