Lesson 2: Proportions

We look at our faces every day but where exactly is what. How much space is there between your eyes? What happens when you turn your face and how do you draw it? Where do you put guide lines?

The most important thing is of course to keep looking in the mirror, but there are some general rules you can stick to.

Material

• Charcoal

• Paper, pencil

• A mirror

In this episode we look at Portret van man met baard, Meisjeskopje, neerziend naar rechts and Portret van een jongen, all three by Thérèse Schwartze (1861-1918).