Fleming's Class 3: Faces

Class 3 was about doing faces. Here's what I learned:

• Combine the shadow shapes together, such as the shadow on the side of the face and the one under the chin.
• Find the big shadow shapes. You may need to make the shadow shapes darker than they really are. The contrast turns the figure (makes figure look 3-dimensional).
• Use warmer colors higher on the face; use cooler colors as you move down.
• There's a warm shadow in the following places: corner of the eye, going from side of the nose up towards the eye, the underside of the nose, and above and below the lips. The shadows around the lips are warm because of reflected light (lips are reddish so the shadows are reddish)

Portrait of Michael (c)2011 by Jess Sanaie, 11x16in