having hard times with portraits

Haitham

Do you think painting portrait is a pure talent? Or using some proportion methods can make one learn having good likeness. I paint landscapes 5 years ago but i tried many times doing portraits but im having really hard times i produce funny faces always ...any help?? 

dencal

Haitham

Mark has the best guide to painting portraits here;

http://www.drawmixpaint.com/

The essence of good portraiture is accuracy with shapes and values.

Denis

H.M

Denis 
Were you pointing him to the painting portraits DVD?

dencal

H.M.

Yes. Generally. But there is good information throughout the videos and tutorials.

Denis

Indra

There are many good books on portrait painting and many styles. Lucien Freud is completely different than Vigee-Le Brun.  Just start where you are. DMP can help you quite a bit, so can posting your work on the forum. 

Haitham

Thank you all but what is DMP ?

H.M

DMP is DrawMixPaint.
We just call this method of painting the DMP method.
Regards

Haitham

Thank you @dencal, i saw the preview of the portrait tutorial and seems to have very rich info will consider the full DVD.

Haitham

@davidwwilson thank u so much i'm more relaxed knowing its a learning vurve and nobody started on the top... will really invest more time and i hope i will be posting my portraits as soon as i can and btw i love ur portraits style ...so unique  

Haitham

@Indra thank u very muchh would consoder it as well

Haitham

I assume u get a distortion while maintaining good likeness thats a piece of art

Haitham

I started to give it a try i know i have alot to work on but im starting to get thinhs works, what do u think!!