Julia G. answered • 10/22/20
MFA in Art with 5+ Years of Teaching Experience
Vincent van Gogh described drawing as ‘Painting in Black’. His drawings and lithographs, as well as the drawings of Degas, and Cassat, offer prime examples of impressionist drawn portraits.
1. To begin, you may decide to create a light sketch of the most vague form you are planning to draw, though this isn't mandatory.
2. With a conté crayon, charcoal stick, or soft pencil, shade in a grounding of all that falls in the gray to black range. It helps to narrow your eyes a bit, blocking out all but the most brilliant areas of light.
3. Next, go in and start to create one shade darker of definition. At this point, you may decide not to touch the black areas yet – those will reuire a heavier hand and more surity.
4. Finally, go in to darken and deepen the black areas. When you have created true depth of black in about 15- 20% of your drawing, you've probably nearly finished.
5... Add a few linear contours if you would like.
Et puis voila!
