What are your favorite contemporary portrait artists?

Do professional portrait artists use measurements for achieving likeness of faces?

• Like, whenever I draw portrait from a photo I usually use measurements of various portions of the face to draw a proportionally correct portrait in order to achieve likeness. I find it really hard to do so without using the ruler. Have anybody heard about artists who can draw a portrait just by gauging proportions without actually measuring anything. I have also heard that people who draw portraits from life uses 'thumb and pencil' measurement technique to deduce proportions. Is it really possible to draw a portrait that captures the likeness of the person just by 'eyeballing' the photo.

• Answer:

  Id believe so...Not entirely sure though! :)