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
We learned the theory last time, now we’ll put it into practice trying the four steps on a variety of reference photos.
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Mirza
9d
Hey there! Matrix has me : )
Mirza
9d
@Michael Hampton I appreciate if u guide me on this: How do we determine the correct position and angle of the tilt in step 2? Sometimes, the tilt seems to follow the center as a slightly angled diameter, while other times it appears more asymmetrical, positioned more to the right or left. What is the logic behind placing the tilt correctly on the sphere, beyond just following a diagonal inclination?
rhea
10d
that's mine :)
Isaiah
16d
I love this course. I have a better understanding from learning from Mr.Hampton then I did from Andrew loom’s books.
@azbyrdleitner
21d
I'm not sure if I'm understanding tilt correctly, specifically for the head direction. For instance, in example 7 it looks to me like the tilt of the head is going the opposite direction of how @Michael Hampton drew it. Thank you.
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21d
Try looking instead at the symmetry line of the features and not the angle of the outside of the contour.
Mariah Mortensen
23d
Couldn't find the references he used so i found my own. Very good practice couldn't help myself after watching these two videos.
Josh Fiddler
1mo
Draw alongs.
@kcarnival
1mo
Trying to get the hang of the exercise
@paka
1mo
For me in my current skill level, this course feels basically perfect. Thought looking at some of the concept present, I don't think I would have really understood anything if I started this course a few months ago, before I understood the basic structure of the head. Many ideas such as turning the browline into a cross-contour of the entire sphere would have been impossible for me to understand at that time. For me right now thought, this is just perfect.
@dbx
2mo
I've been having trouble discerning if something 3/4 perspective or profile depending on the references, here's my homework for this class
@ella3101
3mo
This is too difficult for a beginner. There are different levels of beginners also but I as a beginner can't do these steps at all. The tilt and perspective, I simply cant do it and I can't move forward if I can't draw them.
Josh Fiddler
1mo
Hey, I was where you were not that long ago. Last year, my boxes and circles and ellipses were really wobbly and distorted but two things helped me. 1. Practising them again and again in fun ways. 2. Letting go of getting it "right". Time and time again, the advice I got was to trust that soon, and with enough repetition, they'd improve. Draw-A-Box helped a lot. I only made it through the first three lessons before I had to put it down (the commitment was too high at that time as I was quite ill) but what I learned there was invaluable. And free. Keep going. You've got this.
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3mo
This all just takes time and practice. I understand being frustrated and if this approach isn't resonating than that's ok. However, you're getting it. That's clear in the drawing above. All the steps are there. Now you just need to practice refining it. Understanding will come and it will get easier with time and effort
@feawi
4mo
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?
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4mo
Major axis of the ellipse
@tonycatalano
5mo
Is the brow line on the front plane still a straight even after drawing the ellipse? Like the ellipse is being drawn over it, but the brow is still placed on that initial straight? Just the same, when we bring the ellipse down should the chin still be a straight?
Hector Guerrero
6mo
where can I get the photos you used
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6mo
https://www.proko.com/tool/female-body-and-portraits-vol-1-model-pack/overview
Nick Quason
6mo
Practice practice practice
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6mo
Nice work, Nico!
@nandogonzalez
6mo
And another question. While drawing the head, should we use more our wrist or our elbow/shoulder. I'm using a regular BIC pen to draw. Thanks! @Michael Hampton
@nandogonzalez
6mo
@Michael Hampton What size should I draw an entire figure then? Thanks
@nandogonzalez
6mo
Great advice because I always wonder. Thank you very much! :)
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6mo
I try to only work from the shoulder if you can.
@nandogonzalez
6mo
Hi, taking as reference an A4 size paper, at what size should we ideally draw the heads you are drawing in your videos. I tend to draw them too small and I have then a hard time when I have to put down the different details. Thanks @Michael Hampton
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6mo
I'd recommend drawing them at the size of your palm or slightly smaller :)
Mark Gallegos
7mo
Following along...
Jovi Thomas
8mo
@boldten
8mo
is it wrong to assume that the browe ridge always is paralel to the bottom of the chin? - which i always draw when drawing the head as a box
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8mo
No, that's not wrong. I always try and keep my lines on the front plane parallel.
Diana Reid
8mo
Following along.
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Educator, painter, writer, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention.
