Portrait Drawing Technique with Letter T
Portrait Drawing Technique with Letter T - Cross Line What is letter "T" technique in portrait drawing? When you first learn portrait, you try to find some techniques for measurements and proportions. "The Cross" or letter "T" is one of the techniques. But how does it work? And why it's useful? The Horizontal Line: It stands for the brows line. In the same time, it's the top line for the ears. The Vertical Line: It stand for the nose line. You can extend the "T" to be a "cross line" to include the top of the head. As you can see in figure 1., the vertical line is divided equally into 3 parts (3 thirds) from top to bottom as below: First part: From hair line to brows line Second part: From brows line to bottom of the nose (nose line) Third part: From nose line to jaw line These are the main lines that will result in true measurements for the face. Figure 1. Letter T or the cross line In below illustrations, you can find how he...