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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Bill Lear
23d
Joined a few days ago. Great content @Michael Hampton ! Hoping for feedback on these four 4-step images, particularly wrt perspective. Thanks!
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23d
Looking good! Keep at it. I think watching the critique video will help fine tune what you're up to.
Brian Judy
1mo
I think I am starting to understand these up angles now! I posted some practice. Wondering if you think I'm understanding these chin plains okay now? @Michael Hampton or if its okay to move on at this level of understanding...
This course is so fantastic and so much thoughtful work has been put into it!
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1mo
Looking good! Yep, time to move on.
Brian Judy
1mo
ideally, should the line angle of the neck we are thinking be the "overall" feel of the neck, or following the stretch, pinch, or something else? @Michael Hampton
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1mo
And average assessment of the necks lean side to side as one line.
@nandogonzalez
5mo
@Michael Hampton The major axis of the ellipse has to be complete perpendicular to the tilt line? Thanks
@nandogonzalez
5mo
Great thanks!
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5mo
Yes.
Marcio de Freitas
7mo
I numbered the drawings so it's easy to match with the references. Any help would be awesome! Tks in advance
@michaelkopa007
7mo
@csen
7mo
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
4mo
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
7mo
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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7mo
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.
