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Michael Hampton
Michael Hampton
Educator, painter, writer, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention.
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Mehmet Eralp
Here are my own versions of the poses on the video.
Michael Hampton
Nice!
Potion
I know it said five pages but my canvas is pretty big on digital XD, some are a bit wonky but I hope I did okay :)
Michael Hampton
Great work!
@feawi
For the 4th step, when you say center to the sphere, are you saying that the ellipse has to be in the center of the ball or just the major axis it self needs to be centered in the ball ? I understand that something has to be centered but what exactly needs to be centered? And centered in relation to the ball?
Michael Hampton
Major axis of the ellipse
@feawi
I'm confused about this first video, are you giving an overview of what's to come or are we supposed to be drawing along?
Michael Hampton
You should follow along and try the steps.
M. Kay
When dividing the head in half between the brow ridge and the chin to place the nose. Do you measure from the top of the brow ridge or the bottom of the brow ridge? The marks on the photograph and the markings on the sketch for brow area don't look the same to me. Thanks.
Michael Hampton
I guess the middle. An average of the area.
@jprada1771
should i start with this curse or the head curse?
Michael Hampton
Totally up to you! I'd say whichever interests you more.
@tonycatalano
I've been wondering about the diagonal line across the cheek/jaw you often draw after the Loomis cheek rhythm. Is this just a contour describing the form or a plane change between the lower cheek and upper cheek?
Michael Hampton
I'm not sure I know which line you're referring to?
@phillip30
Hi Michael, great course. any thoughts on this first assignment appreciated. I think I need to work on incorporating the neck and other structures to the head, as well as working more on the back view
Michael Hampton
Great starts. Only big thing that stands out is the heads look a little tall. Maybe the jaws are a little long?
@mcmelonandrew
im having a hard time wrapping my head around the major axis on the perspective portion, like at the end of the video where he checks if his major axis is half way. Half way to what?
Michael Hampton
Halfway in the sphere. The major axis remains centered despite the ellipse changing
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