Head Drawing and Construction
Introduction to the Skull and Abstraction
Head Construction and Invention
Perspective Forms of the Face and Features
Facial Features
Bonus Lessons
I got a ton of great submissions for the 4 Step Method project! In this critique, I’ll review some of the more common mistakes, which include jaw length, brow line placement, and neck connections.
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@nandogonzalez
4mo
@Michael Hampton The major axis of the ellipse has to be complete perpendicular to the tilt line? Thanks
@nandogonzalez
4mo
Great thanks!
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4mo
Yes.
Marcio de Freitas
6mo
I numbered the drawings so it's easy to match with the references. Any help would be awesome! Tks in advance
@michaelkopa007
6mo
@csen
6mo
Thanks so much for the detailed critique! You mentioned a couple of times that the tilt line and the line for the front of the face should be parallel, same for the brow / chin line. Doesn't that break perspective / foreshortening? And especially for the side of the face, I would expect it to have to go inwards, as the chin is more narrow than the brow.
@mgo2
3mo
hi @Michael Hampton, I'm still not completely clear about this. If the head is in 2/3 or profile, then the jaw line is parallel to the "center line". If looking from the front, then bottom of the jaw is at the center, so the jaw lines are not longer parallel to the center line. but in some cases in the examples, the jaw line is not parallel either. Do I understand correct that the important is to think and find the planes? Here an example where the jaw line is not parallel to the center line (case #6 in the picture)
@lieseldraws
6mo
Hi, thanks for asking this question. I was wondering about it too! I guess from what Michael said below, it seems to be a rough rule that reminds you that the tilt & the angle of the center line/side of the face should be similar to some extent.
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6mo
Do it however works best for you if the suggestion doesn't make sense. I'm really just trying to bring attention to those people whose work had the two lines radically unrelated.
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Educator, painter, writer, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention.
