Portrait Drawing Mistakes to Avoid!

RISD Adjunct Professor Clara Lieu explains the top 5 mistakes artists make when drawing a portrait, with a little help from Benedict Cumberbatch. Prof Lieu discusses the psychological baggage that comes with drawing a face that is very difficult for artists to overcome. After identifying the challenges of portrait drawing, Prof Lieu offers solutions using anatomy and mindset that will help you become more successful with your portrait drawings.

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TIME STAMPS
00:00 Opening
01:10 Mistake #1: Stressing over accuracy
04:12 Emotions in a portrait
05:36 Experience is important
06:34 Still lifes can be interesting

07:19 Mistake #2: Starting with facial features first
09:30 Personality
10:19 Sculpture
11:47 Facial features have no structure
12:26 Anatomical structures
15:25 Start with entire form
16:02 Cheek bones

17:17 Bony landmarks
18:26 Gesture of the head, neck, shoulders
19:54 Composition tutorial
20:31 Gesture of the neck
22:00 Proportions
24:39 Neck and muscles

27:56 Mistake #3: Drawing the details too soon
31:40 Details are not always necessary
33:18 Eye sockets
40:04 Lighting
43:54 Mistake #4: Drawing exclusively from photos
46:23 Drawing from life
48:19 Self-portrait
51:45 Mistake #5: Drawing the hair last

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Clara Lieu is an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her artwork has been exhibited at the International Print Center NY, the Currier Museum, Childs Gallery, the Davis Museum, and more. Lieu received an artist fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, has written for the NY Times, and lectured at Brown University, the NAEA conference, and in Vancouver & China. She has been profiled in Artsy, Hyperallergic, KPCC, & WBUR.

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