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PEN PLANET Our lessons on drawing portraits are illustrated step by step tutorials that will teach you the skills and techniques you need to help you draw a realistic pencil portrait. Our  Pencil Portrait Lesson  explains and illustrates each stage of drawing a portrait from the initial outline to the subtle tones and textures of the finished work. Our step by step approach allows you to see each stage of development that you need to work through in order to achieve an image of satisfying quality. Our section on  Portrait Features  helps you with the problems that you meet when drawing the  eyes ,  nose ,  mouth  and  ears . Each feature has its own difficulties which we guide you through in our illustrated lessons. Our section on the  Proportions of the Head  helps you to measure the size, calculate the shape and position the features of a face in your drawings. If you follow these basic rules of proportion you should notice an improvement in the accuracy of your portraits. These meas

PEN PLANET Don’t leave your walls empty “Don’t leave your walls empty” as a quote was first brought to my notice by a friend. Let us call him Kunle. I asked if I could steal the quote and he replied in the affirmative. Not only did he say it in our several meetings together over the weeks he also had a Tee Shirt made for it. In addition his walls were not empty. He is a practitioner of what he says. Every part of his walls had beautiful fine art displayed. I mean giant prints. Of course they were all for sale but that’s not why I am writing this blog post. So why this post? It’s to encourage you not to leave your walls empty. Find some beautiful art to fill the empty spaces on your walls whether it be your office or your home /bedroom etc. These are on my office walls. What are the benefits? It makes for good talking points. Kunle and I had long conversations on what was on his walls. We talked about the paper he used for the prints, the locations he took the shots from, the idea behin

7 REASONS WHY PHOTO CAN BRING HAPPINESS Photographs play an important role in everyone’s life – they connect us to our past, they remind us of people, places, feelings, and stories. They can help us to know who we are. For people who grew up in children’s institutions, photographs are especially important – sadly, this is because for so many people, the photographs most of us take for granted   We live in a world where everyone has endless access to a camera and pictures are constantly being taken. But does that mean we appreciate pictures any more? Are we doing7 reasons why photographs can boost your happiness. Photographs are such a joy, and I don't know about you, but I'm much more focused on taking photographs now that cameras and phones have evolved to make taking photos so much easier. I used to begrudge the time that I spent on photos, but now   I realize the role they can play in happiness.   1. Photos remind us of the people, places, and activities we love. M