Family in an Artwork, Huh?

It is most likely that you see your family members everyday. You look at them, but not closely. As a last post of this school year, I am going to introduce to you about drawing family portraits. 

You would have a group photo of your family or perhaps individual photos for each of them. You will need: photo(s) of your family members, a piece of sketchbook paper, a pencil, an eraser, and any coloring material that you would like to have. It is an option whether to draw yourself or not. 

As you look at the photo(s), identify the major characteristics that your family members have such as small eyes, long hair, big smile, and etc. Position the places where each of them will be at with light ovals. Fill in the ovals with the size of the shape and the upper body. Remember, even the person with the roundest face doesn't have a perfect circle drawn by a compass. Faces should be closer to oval. 

Draw the parts that are necessary: eyes, nose, mouth, hair, and upper body. If there are more things that you want to add, feel free to do so. Since this is a realistic portrait, it is wise not to use comical elements of the face, because it doesn't look realistic. 

Also for the upper body, think about what they would wear for a lot of times. Does she wear an apron, a cool t-shirt, or a beautiful blouse? Does he wear a white buttoned shirt, a gym t-shirt, or comfortable-looking shirt? Think about it and draw the garments for each person. 

After you have sketched, you have a choice to leave it with pencil sketches or coloring with the materials. If you are only using pencil sketches, make sure that you don't have several unclear lines of the drawing. Make one clear line for each individual person in the drawing.

You are done for the day! Hope you liked the new posts that I have added from the past couple of weeks. This post is most likely the last one for the school year. There might be possibilities of uploading more in the future, but this post is the last one for now. I give thanks to those who have been reading off the posts from "Artsy, Special, Unique" blog of mine. I appreciate it so much! 

Quote of the Day: "I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you." -Frida Kahlo

This is my artwork of my family
portrait with adjectives.