White will be your lightest and black will be your darkest value.
You need to divide your portrait into 4 zones.
The remaining 2 zones should represent the middle values.
A light middle value and a dark middle value.
Examples by former art students.
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Advanced option:
Do it in black and white. Trace it and add color to the new one.