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Instructions on Pencil Portrait Sketching - Rendering Children

Published by Remi | January 14th 2009 | Views:

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The rendering of children demands freshness and directness of purpose. Regrettably, there are not too many quick and ready rules. Let us just say that kids' portraits demand a keen and patient eye.

For those who intend to do professional portraiture the good news is that kids' portraits can be lucrative. There are very few artists who can competently sketch children.

Soft lighting works best for portraits of children. The child could be looking toward a bright light source. This sort of light source will light up the child's face and create an introspective facial expression. The tone range goes from light to medium with the eyes really dark.

Addressing the facial proportions of children in a general sense is somewhat of a waste of time. Their facial proportions change dramatically within a six month time span.

Suffice it to say that the younger the child is the smaller the face in relation to the skull. The eyes also appear larger although this can be deceiving. A child’s nose can be very difficult to sketch – there is nothing really to hold onto. And the mouth is very subtle the same width of an eye. Again, we must stress that these proportions are only a general rule and individual face proportions can vary. The above general rules can be employed for comparison purposes when you do your own careful observations of a particular face.

As always, start your drawing by striking the arabesque and tber here:

1. Your pencils must be very sharp, and

2. At this point, you should never fully complete a feature. Draw each feature no more than 50%.

As soon as the features are sized and located as best you can, you can now further expand them. Do not neglect the hair and sides of the face. All should be advanced together. As you continue to sketch you should always be on the lookout for errors in proportions and tone.

In conclusion, the basic techniques employed to sketch a child's portrait are of course always the same. Above, we listed most of the differences in size and shape between an adult head and that of a child. Your frame of mind when rendering a child should be one that reflects the innocence and the softness of a child.
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