Only the front two teeth are reasonably square, the rest are curved. The teeth are drawn as straight, vertical lines. The center line where the lips meet is drawn straight when it usually has a curve to it, especially on the outer edges. 7) Drawing the Shape of the Mouth WrongĪ common mistake is to draw the arches formed by the top lip exaggerated so that they look like McDonald's Golden Arches. Unless you are drawing a very large portrait there is usually no need to add this stripy effect in at all. The lines in the iris are not actually lines, but texture that in certain cases can appear stripy. 6) Drawing the Lines in the Iris Too Prominent As a result of the eyelid overlapping the iris, the pupil often actually looks like it is higher / off centre, but it isn't. The pupil is positioned exactly in the centre of the iris. 5) Not Drawing the Pupil in the Centre of the Iris The bottom of the iris will also often extend slightly beyond the lower eyelid as well. The top of the iris disappears behind the upper eyelid. The iris does not fit between the eyelids. This is not the shape of the eye, it is a more almond shape with an extra bit for the tear duct. The eye is drawn in to look like a surfboard. For example the closer eye will appear larger than the distant eye. When sketching artists will often forget that things get smaller due to perspective when the model is not looking directly towards them. Each of us are unique so even just a few millimeters out of position is enough to break the likeness. Unless have incredible eye hand co-ordination don't draw your initial outlines for the portrait freehand when you need to get a good likeness of the person. In the portrait drawing above I have tried to add in as many mistakes as possible.
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