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Tone is one of the most difficult and challenging portraits. Most artists are very tentative in tone and black press not far enough. This is because:

1. His eyes are not trained to see the finer details, and

2. The fear of losing a drawing.

Beginner artists can see the lights and shadows training wholesale and large semitone fairly easy, but you have eyes to see the more subtle changes in value.

In this article we focus in the brilliant play of light and dark Unconventional release on the subject's head, ie mottled light models.

As always, the first blow of arabesques and determine the area of the face (forehead and the base of the nose).

When working with a complex tonal pattern main task is to look at simplifying the models. Drawing, in general, is always an exercise in simplification, ie, make decisions.

The next step is to hang in total darkness / light distribution tones unique. At this stage, to further refine the values, for surely lead to failure.

Using a strain or your fingers, trunk down graphite. If you use a paper stump careful not to stifle the sound. The lights can add, edit, and refined, with kneaded eraser.

The region face and hair are carefully crafted in
Keep these structural lines very light. Furthermore, the construction of new forms tonal considering that, except for the sun speckled pattern, the tone should be eliminated, that is, nothing in the dark must come out.

It is a delicate balancing act. The value should be added and gently shaped and / or removed. This one year ago and forward.

Also, do not want to finish the features, but make sure that the similarity is already evident, and that the proportions are correct. At this stage, your design should look like a virtue of the painting.

As the color tone is affected by the value of its neighbors. You can see, for example, once the hair is trapped inside and slightly refined the area of the face seems more light than before.

Then you can return to the region of the face and breaking masses of value in its various forms and working relations with the hatching, trunk and delicate gums.

The dappled light challenge is to make delicate patterns, while still maintaining a coherent whole. In general, the shadows have hard edges that form when the shadows have smooth edges in various degrees. When using a strain is barely touching the paper. This lets you maintain the small lights that are reflected in the document thus preserving image alive and vibrant with light.

To determine the most delicate nuances use the darker, harder rubber soft, you can find.

As is the case with the area of the face, the tonal values of hair must be subordinate to the huge light and must be consistent with the side both physically and emotionally.

Finally, at this point, you can leave or design as you can go further by adding more detail. It is an artistic decision you receive.

Remi Engels is a pencil portrait artist and oil painter and expert teacher. Check out his Pencil Portrait Course and his Portrait Print Package Special

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