How to Draw Leonardo DiCaprio, Leonardo DiCaprio
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Draw the oval lightly with a No.2 or HB pencil. Make sure you draw it as seen in the picture.
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Now draw in the bisecting red line to balance his facial features.
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Sketch lightly the crescent red lines for hair line and head mass.
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You can draw in the lines a. for eyebrows, b. for eyes, c. for nose, d. for mouth placements.
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Now draw the eyebrows and eyes.
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Observe where Leo's features appear in relation to the guidelines. Draw in his nose, mustache, and mouth.
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Watch closely the side of Leo's face and how it relates to the guidelines. As you draw, you will have more accuracy. Also sketch the side of his face and forehead. Include his chin, hair scruff, and jawline.
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If you haven't already, you can erase your guidelines. Also use those short strokes for his hairline. If not, he appear as if wearing a wig.
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Now you can finish his ears, neck, collar, and shoulder.
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I made this line drawing especially for you if you don't want to do the pencil shading and blending part. Otherwise, let us continue to the pencil drawing part.
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Here is the outline done with a 0.7mm mechanical pencil. Look closely and see if your lines look something like this. You can erase if certain areas like the eyes or nose don't line up. Be patient with this, it's not as complicated as you may think.
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This time Acrylics has won! Sandpaper, the new kid on the block has to take a back seat to my wonderful Titanium White or Opaque White Watercolors for HIGHLIGHTS! Yaaaa! Try it, you'll like it!
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The picture that goes with this step shows two different ways to hold your pencil to acquire certain effects. OVERHAND: Holding a sharpened pencil in normal writing form with fingers in the middle or near the lead gives you great control and thin/det
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PENCIL STROKES & TONE, SHADING, TEXTURE -- For your convenience, I have inserted this step with different pencils, strokes to use. And you can study the shapes that make up this drawing universe, along with tone, shading, and texture.
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The picture here is a great exercise for value shading. I've got a little secret tip for you to make things easier. You can download this to your desktop. First click on the picture to have access to full size. By right clicking on your mouse, you ca
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After printing out a number of the above template, practice shading in the values like this picture. You become familiar with this shading technique that gives you more control and confidence.
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This is the first start. This is where you would sketch in small circles or lines to shade the areas. It would take hours upon hours to cover all that area with a pencil. I chose to shade with pastels. In a few strokes I've got area coverage. Applied
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On this picture, I sketched in some more dark tones and details to his hair, face, and neck with the 9B Crayon and Graphite Pencil. With the 7mm 2B Mechanical Pencil, I sketched in more refined areas like his hair, eyebrows, iris of his eyes, and bea
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I noticed on my reference picture Leo had highlights on his forehead and more on his cheek and chin. So I took a white pastel stick and rubbed it in, then blended with a tissue. I took my blending stump and smoothed on some more darkness around his j
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I had to smooth out his facial tones. I was a little successful. I really liked the results of my "sweet" Opaque White Watercolors. *kiss* I added it to Leo's eye sparkles, hair, and beard scruff. I am totally satisfied. And I hope you are too with y
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Without highlights, your picture would have a flat appearance. Click on this picture to learn how to make your own picture POP out!
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Click on this picture to see how Tone, Shading and Texture affects Leonard DiCarpio, who is a genius in his own rights! (This time Reflective Light is not showing on the picture so I did not add it.) I am closing out now. But you all have been wonde
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February 5, 2012
Description: He is a genius. I saw him first on Growing Pains and knew he was a winner. I have seen nearly all his films. I loved Titanic & Inception the most. So here is his acclaimed list of films and production from Wikepedia: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (pronounced /dɨˈkæpri.oʊ/; born November 11, 1974 is an American actor and film producer. As an actor, he has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award eight times and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator (2004). He has also been nominated by the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, DiCaprio started his career by appearing in television commercials prior to landing recurring roles in TV series such as the soap opera "Santa Barbara" and the sitcom "Growing Pains" in the early 1990s. He made his film debut in the comedic sci-fi horror film "Critters 3" (1991) and received first notable critical praise for his performance in "This Boy's Life" (1993). DiCaprio obtained recognition for his subsequent work in supporting roles in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993) and "Marvin's Room" (1996), as well as leading roles in "The Basketball Diaries" (1995) and "Romeo + Juliet" (1996), before achieving international fame in James Cameron's "Titanic" (1997). Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has been nominated for awards for his work in such films as "Catch Me If You Can" (2002), "Gangs of New York" (2002), "The Aviator" (2004), "Blood Diamond" (2006), "The Departed" (2006), and "Revolutionary Road" (2008). His latest films "Shutter Island" (2010) and "Inception" (2010) rank among the biggest commercial successes of his career. DiCaprio owns a production company named Appian Way Productions, whose productions include the films "Gardener of Eden" (2007) and "Orphan" (2009).
