Once you have purchased a photo topic acceptably clear by a customer, the question remains, what to do with it? Good is to prepare the photo for use as a reference for your portrait of pencil drawing efforts. The procedure of preparation will describe works well for me and I've been using for years. Of course, what better pencil portrait drawing you want to change the procedure, which is better suited to your own work habits. So here you go:
The first scan pictures to the computer with a relatively high resolution. It is always possible to reduce the resolution if you have a feeling that best meets your goals.
Then take the scanned image in a graphics program such as Photoshop and adjust the brightness and contrast, so that brings the best in the subject line. It is also the time to convert a color photograph (if that is what gave you the customer) into the image in black and white (grayscale).
To adjust the size of the image. And this is what I focus on the size of the head, i.e., the vertical distance between the top of the head at the bottom of the Chin Better work with is between 9.5 and 10.5 cm, which is about life-size.
The size of the head are fixed, are now crop or enlarge the image to the size of drawing paper. For example, if you draw on 14 x 17 sheet of paper, my image will be approximately 10 to 13 inches. About 2 inches of blank space around the edges of the paper design.
At this stage also pay attention to the composition, the arrangement of the resulting image, the relationship between the body and its environment and of the subject, as the title, will represent. Make sure you change already introduced by the size of the head, if you are familiar with the overall size of the image.
If you want, you can draw a grid in the image. Often use of grid, consisting of 1 to 1-inch squares. So for an image have 10 13 inch 130 square with Photoshop has the ability to easily. draw the grid over the existing image.
Don't worry, with grids is the tradition of old age and does not constitute a "fraud". Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and Edgar Degas, just to name a few, all use grids. However, you should also bring forward without grid and draw directly from the real world, where the size and proportions usually differ from those corresponding on their drawing paper. Later, when much better, you can increase the size of the squares and finally completely excluded. But for now, you can rely on the starting grid. These are just the ideal tool when drawing from photos.
Finally, it is time to print the image manipulated black and white (grayscale). Now you're ready to begin, draw the portrait of the pencil. Note that after you have scanned the original photograph is no longer needed. Place it carefully so you can go back to the customer in good condition. Free or you will need the original photo. And especially not burn!
You are now ready to create the first portrait of a pencil.
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