Draw a Portrait using the Fibonacci Series

In composing this portrait the Fibonacci number series was used. The Fibonacci series is 1,2,3,5,8,13,21 ...etc. Notice how 21 is 13 and 8 added together and 13 is 8 and 5 added together and so on. Before drawing you can take the width of the eye and use it as your basic measurement is which you will measure everything by. So for example the nose is two eye widths tall by 1 eye width wide or the distance from the right side to the left side of the nostril is 1/3 of an eye width and so on. Notice how the face, not the head, just the face which is ruffly the center of the forehead to the middle of the chin and from eye to eye is 5 eyes widths tall and 3 eyes widths wide. The 3 x 5 notional space is constructed with a Fibonacci ratio. Now the next step is placing the face in the head.

To keep the Fibonacci pattern extend the height of the grid 3 more eye widths and the width of the grid 2 more eye widths. Why 2 and 3? 2 and 3 are the units that correlate to 3 and 5 in the Fibonacci series. 1,2,3,5,8...etc. Now the grid for the notional space of the head is 5 eyes wide (face=3 eyes wide plus 2) and the height of the head is 8 eyes wide. Again this is the face's height which = 5 plus 3 more now = 8 eyes high. Later we will add 5 more eyes to the height of the head giving us 13 eyes wide and 3 to the 5 eyes of the head's width giving us 8 eyes across. In this new notional space of 8 x 13 you can design the top of the shirt and some background elements. After that the last notional area will be 13 x 21. This will be the field of the design or the canvas size.

To see other modern artists employing the Golden Section or Fibonacci schemes visit the Barnstone Studios website.