Here’s the second part of the critique on drawing with photos taken with flash.

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Have you seen the new stages of drawing a portrait series?

In this tutorial, you’ll see how a few small changes and additions with angle and “edge-to-value” can change the perception of depth in your drawing. Hopefully, this puts a idea in your head for the next time you need to separate the elements in your drawing.

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Drawing wrinkles on a portrait can be challenging. At first glance, a wrinkle may appear to just be a line in the reference photo on the subject’s face.

But just drawing a line probably won’t produce the result you were hoping for. So what’s the secret to drawing wrinkles (or any other fold or contour) on a portrait?

It starts with using the right value and creating a clean edge with your pencil. Following the 3 rules of light, use a darker value in deepest area and — in most cases — be sure to fade the value away gradually on both sides unless there is a hard edge that goes around and out of sight.

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One of the most frequent questions I receive is how I draw curly, white hair like my portrait called Gabby. Here’s the answer.

I hope you find this technique helpful for you.

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Here are a few tips that are good to keep in mind when drawing a portrait.

I hope it’s helpful for you.

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Here’s an often overlooked method of creating dimension in a drawing. Creating soft, cast shadows in your drawings can completely change the dynamic and add a new dimensional quality.

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Here’s the Critique No. 2 drawing tutorial video in the new series of drawing critiques. This one shows some of the secrets for creating smooth textures that are useful for drawing contoured cheeks, chins, noses, earlobes and any other smooth, non-flat skin texture.

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Here’s part 2 of Critique No. 1. I hope you enjoy!

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