Portrait Drawing Workshop: Skin Texture

Maureen Killaby | Runtime (83 min)

Drawing the details of the skin will make your realistic portrait drawings come to life. In this video, you’ll learn how to draw several different skin textures in graphite, from smooth skin, to porous skin and blemishes, to fine and deep-set wrinkles. You’ll explore pencil drawing techniques using a variety of leads and sizes, learning how to create a range of values for skin textures in light and shadow. Improve your portrait drawings now with Maureen’s clearcut exercises and examples that will help you draw realistic faces every time.

In this portrait drawing video you’ll

• Create six different skin textures in light and shadow
• Learn pencil drawing techniques for blending, crosshatching, layering, erasing, and more
• Draw a range of textures from fine lines around eyes, to subtle shadows on smooth skin