Portrait Drawing

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What is a portrait?

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An artwork that represents or depicts a person, with strong emphasis on the face or head and shoulders.

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When creating a realistic portrait, it is important to remember humans have hard, bold outlines like a cartoon.

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False

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When drawing a portrait, it is important to fill almost every space with value, and leave almost nothing white.

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True

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To draw accurate proportions, where do the eyes go on a human face?

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Right in the middle

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To draw accurate proportions, where does the hairline go on a human head? Options: About 1/4 down from the top, In the middle, About 3/4 down from the top

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About 1/4 down from the top

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The eye length should be about ________ the width of the face.

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1/5

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The distance between the two eyes should be about the length of one eye.

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True

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To draw accurate proportions, where does the bottom of the nose go on a human face?

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About 3/4 of the way down

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To draw accurate proportions, where do the ears go on a human head?

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On the side of the head, between the middle of the eyes and the bottom of the nose

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To draw accurate human proportions, how wide should the neck be?

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Roughly the width of the head