How to Draw > How to Convey EmotionsThe artist should be able to express something he feels, rather than sees, which is not immediately apparent to the layman, and to do this he must draw with "feeling".Although the sketch below has very little detail, I have tried to capture, as briefly as possible, the momentary action and youthful grace the pose suggested to me. Used as a basis for a finished drawing this sort of sketch makes a sound foundation with which the rhythm of the action can easily be maintained. 
To acquire feeling we must learn to appreciate also other things that go to build up the head and figure. Planes play a great part in drawing people. The whole system of light and shade depends on planes. For instance, if the light were above and in front of the head, all those planes facing it would be lightest. The top part of the forehead, the front part of the hair. Right down the nose from the bridge, the upper lids, the highest part of the checks, the bottom lip and the top of the ball of the chin. The more or less vertical planes would be a sort of middle tone and those on the sides would be darker; under the brows, nose and chin, etc., would be darker still. Continue to Using Planes to Render People HOW TO DRAW PEOPLE: Introduction to Drawing People Materials Needed to Draw People The Essentials of Drawing People Posing the Sitter for a Portrait Composition for a Portrait Lighting How to Draw Hands How to Show Age and Character Drawing Clothes How to Convey Emotions Using Planes to Render People Using Humor to Show Character Examples of Portraits: Mother Examples of Portraits: Brother Examples of Portraits: Little Brother Examples of Portraits: Uncle Drawing Groups of People Line Drawings of People Watercolors of People | |
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