Portrait Pencil Sketcher
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 17 – Lynn Yaeger
Medium: Medium Sketch Pad Acid-Free Paper A4, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pen (Red)
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realistic
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Educational Value
Lynn Yaeger is contributing fashion editor to vogue.com and contributing writer to Vogue.
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Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 16 Notebook P1 – The Reilly Method
Medium: Medium Sketch Pad Acid-Free Paper A4, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pen (Red)
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Reilly Method
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Personal Notes
I studied three different Reilly Methods which I got from the internet. I am now busy combining them together to get a more accurate sketch. There will be a lot of lines, and I am not sure if it is a good thing. I think as soon as the sketch is completed I will get the idea if it is working.
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 15 P2 – Man
Medium: Medium Sketch Pad Acid-Free Paper A4, Pencil B Wood, Pencil 3B Wood, Pencil 4B Wood
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Impressionism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
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Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 15 P1 – Self Portrait
Medium: Medium Sketch Pad Acid-Free Paper A4, Pencil B Wood
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Impressionism, Self Portrait
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Music Listened to:
Eminem – Trust Me (2019)
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P1
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P2
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P3
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P4
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P5
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P6
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P7
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P9
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P10
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P11
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P12
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P13
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P14
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 14– Reilly Method P15
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Personal Notes
This method is a new method that I got from youtube. It was a very long video clip of 28 minutes. I am not very happy with this method, the reason why it starts from the top, and then ends with the final drawing of the outer part of the face. The previous method I used is you first get the outline of the face in shape and then you draw inwards. This one you draw from top to bottom. I am going to sit on this method for a while and going to practice it again. I learned a lot and a few new things.
What nice was about this tutorial he worked on photoshop with a real photo at the background. You can then exactly see who he apply the Reilly method on the face. That was very helpful.
Source:
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 13 – P3 Man
Medium: Croxley Drawing Book A4L, B, B3, B4 Pencil Wood
Dimensions: 210X297mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 13 – P3 Man
Medium: Croxley Drawing Book A4L, B, B3, B4 Pencil Wood
Dimensions: 210X297mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Impressionistic
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Personal Notes
I draw these images on the Reilly Method, and then I made it a bit impressionistic. I feel both are working, I get the idea of how to draw the faces with the Reilly Method.
Sources:
https://belleartwork.wordpress.com/category/drawings/
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/61239
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/chuck-close-self-portrait-2073
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: 12 – Reilly Drawing Method P1
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: 12 – Reilly Drawing Method P2
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: 12 – Reilly Drawing Method P3
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: 12 – Reilly Drawing Method P4
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: 12 – Reilly Drawing Method P5
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Source:
Head Drawing with the Reilly Head Abstraction
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 10 P5 – Notebook Young Man
Medium: Drawing Book A4, Pencil B Wood, B3 Pencil Wood, B4 Pencil Wood,
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Imaginary, Impressionism
Art Subject: Portrait, Realism, Imaginary
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
My Personal Notes
What do I think about my sketch? It is not placed in the middle just a little bit to the left. That is my mistake when I start to draw the circle of the face. The eyes are working, it is now correct, the nose works a bit, the mouth needs more work. I think the ears are working, I used an impressionistic style to do this work, with lines. First I started with a 2B Pencil Wood, then 3B Pencil Wood, and finally 4B Pencil wood.
Also, I used the Reilly Drawing Method to do this sketch and I must say it works for me better than the Looming Drawing Method.
Educational Value
What is Rhythm in Art
It means the arrangement of shapes in a way that creates an underlying platform/beat. It is almost the same as music but does not have a sound you use shapes and colors instead. It is usually achieved through repetition of lines, shapes, colors, and more. It also creates a path for the viewer to follow.
You get types of Rhythm
Alternating Rhythm
That is when two or more components are used interchangeably. Some of them are alternating light and dark colors or repeating shapes and colors.
Random Rhythm
It is a rhythm that contains repeating elements but not in a specified order or arrangement.
Flowing Rhythm
It contains curved or circular elements that give movement to the art.
Some samples of them are flowers, clouds, or waves.
Regular Rhythm
This is an artwork with repeating elements in a specified order or arrangement. That can be evenly spaced windows or tiles.
Progressive Rhythm
It is an artwork that contains repeating elements in patterns that change either in size or color as they repeat.
Source:
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/61239
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/chuck-close-self-portrait-2073
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 9 P3 – Notebook Boy
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Expressionism, Imagination
Art Subject: Portrait
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
My Personal Notes
I draw this image from out my head, I worked with the Reilly Method to draw this image. I started with the eyes and you will see the eyes are to close to each other. Then the nose, then the ears and then the mouth, and then the hair.
I took my pencil and try to make in expressionistic, it looks a little messy but I think I start getting the feeling of how expressionism works.
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 8 – Reilly Drawing Method P1
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait, Realism
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 8 – Reilly Drawing Method P2
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood,Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait, Realism
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 8 – Reilly Drawing Method P3
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood,Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait, Realism
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 8 – Reilly Drawing Method P4
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait, Realism
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 8 – Reilly Drawing Method P5
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait, Realism
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 8 – Reilly Drawing Method P6
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait, Realism
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 8 – Reilly Drawing Method P7
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait, Realism
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Artist: Pieter Lategan
Title: Study 8 – Reilly Drawing Method P8
Medium: Mondi Rotatrim Paper 80gsm, B Pencil Wood, Staedtler Fibre-Tip Pens
Dimensions: 210 X 297 mm / 8.27 X 11.69 inches
Style: Realism
Art Subject: Portrait, Realism
Place of Origin: Pretoria, South Africa
Educational Value
Frank Reilly (1906-1967) never write any book on his method, his pupils did. Frank himself was a pupil of Bridgman who’s books are a bible for anyone who wants to learn the human figure and construction.
Reilly was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, and teacher.
Music Listened to:
Michael Bublé – Always On My Mind (2007)
Video Watched
The Reilly Method of Head Drawing- Part 2
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