Draw What You See, Not What You Know | Portrait 6/1000

Big expressive nose, and the lesson I keep relearning: my brain wants to draw the symbol for an eyebrow, not the shape that's really there. Also: do noses keep growing as we age, why I always loved school, and the cap run with our cross country team. 0:00 Draw what you see 0:57 I always elongate 8:12 Negative space in the eye 9:07 Do noses keep growing? 11:34 Why I always loved school 21:11 Finding the darkest areas 23:27 Ambient occlusion 🛠 Tools I use: AngleRef (references by head angle): https://angleref.com PureRef (reference board app): https://www.pureref.com/download.php ▶ Timelapse (under a minute):    • Portrait 006 of 1000 | Draw What You See, ...   ▶ Timelapse Short:    • Portrait 006 of 1000 | Draw What You See, ...   ▶ Real-time Short:    • Portrait 006 of 1000 | Draw What You See, ...   ▶ All portraits, full demos and Shorts:    / @russmayomaker   — 🎯 I'm drawing 1,000 portraits to train my eye for likeness. #portraitdrawing #drawingpractice #1000portraits #portraitstudy #penportrait