Brony's portraits

[brony]

all good mea. yes they have an incredible sense of houmor!!!!.i will endeavour to change my profile pic from my pouch to me. love all on paintbasket... its the place u can go always for hnest help and honest criticism, which i love!!!

[Steven]

The girls need a bit of a salon visit... that is to say, the hair could use a bit of filling in, there shouldn't be any air gaps based on the reference pictures, also, shorten up the ends of your youngest's teeth... do it by shading the dark in the mouth above the lower lip.  Still a little darker with the shadow under the nose on the same daughter.  You are almost there!  Nice work so far 

Doing great so far on the figure on the instrument, but you have him playing a G chord instead of an E!

[Val]

Brony, you're doing great on your son's portrait thus far.     As to the neck of the guitar, shade in the neck and then lift out the strings and frets with your kneadable eraser and/or blue tack. Just enough to give the impression that they are there. 

[nolan]

Brony, Harry looks great so far
I would complete the guitar, then move on to the face

[brony]

  all.

steven i can see what u mean about lizzie teeth, so i will make an adjustment . thanks for bringing the e chord to my attention. i realized that i put the wrong ref pic on forum, so i will change it  to the correct pic.

 val thanks for the tip  on neck of guitar, i will try that today.

oh Nolan r u going to do some classes wlth coloured pencils in the future?

[Mariep]

Ghee, well done Bronny

[brony]

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hi  all this is my finished drawing of my son Harry.i don.t think it looks like my reference in the face. any eyes that see what i should change will be very much appreciated. also should i put in a tonal background?

[MaryAnne Long]

Looks pretty good to me, Brony.

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[Steven]

I'll give you a couple things to look at...  the arm on the right side (our right) needs to be in line with the T-Shirt sleeve, that is to say, hold a pencil over the sleeve and the arm should be in line with it below the guitar neck.  Your block in picture was good, his features morphed as you shaded, the eye brows are both arched now instead of flat.  The shading on the left side of the neck loses the definition of his jaw line and makes the cheek and neck all the same plane.  Remove the neck shading and redraw the jaw.  Also, look at the angle of the lips... you drew the left side up when it should be slightly down.  Those fixes should bring him closer to the intended picture.  Nice work so far!

[brony]

  :thankyou:steven i so appreciate other views and i will work it a bit more. i see exactly what u r saying, thanks. will repost, once done

[nolan]

unfortunately you have lost the shape and angle of the mouth so that is your first working point. Use your tracing paper to ensure you keep the features in the correct spot while drawing