Drawing a Portrait

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1958

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Demonstrates Eliot O'Hara's techniques and steps in drawing a portrait. Points out the factors to be considered in drawing the different features and angles of the face. Emphasizes that the personalities of faces differ and that portraits should show this difference., Eliot O'Hara demonstrates the basic steps involved in creating a likeness, using a minimum of lines and details. Introduces simple devices: the ability to judge distances by comparing an unknown with a known, and the ability to judge angles.

Complete Record: Demonstrates Eliot O'Hara's techniques and steps in drawing a portrait. Points out the factors to be considered in drawing the different features and angles of the face. Emphasizes that the personalities of faces differ and that portraits should show this difference., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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