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Pencil Portrait Drawing Tips

When it comes to multiple subjects in one pencil portrait drawing, there are two possibilities: (1) all subjects appear in one photograph; (2) the subjects appear in different photographs. We will be concerned with the second possibility. It will not take long before you will get a request to make one portrait out of several photographs. This often happen when grandma wants to have a portrait made of all her grandchildren. This can be done but you need to be aware of a number of difficulties. Here are a few guidelines to follow when combining photographs: * Lighting – Check the light source in each of the photographs. Your portrait drawing needs a unified light source. Hopefully the light source…

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