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Is there a way of getting the horizontal proportions? Same way you have explained the halves and thirds, but for the width of the face so we don't end up with faces that are, in my case, too narrow.
I have thought about this because I don't know where would be a correct position to draw the temple in my sketches to form the temporal fossa.
Thank you.
LESSON NOTES
Learn the four essential steps to pose your portraits: sizing the skull, adjusting the head's tilt and lean, positioning the jaw, and understanding basic perspective. Michael Hampton starts with a basic sphere, then customizes it by noting the head's lean and tilt. Then he’ll show how he adds the jaw, considering its proportions, and then sketch the neck with C and S curves. Remember to use a center line to align features, and to exaggerate gestures for emotive expression.
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We've mapped basic proportions and now transition to understanding the side plane of the head. This step involves identifying four points: hairline, base of nose, temple, and back of skull, to define the temporal fossa. Drawing is about sculpting, so we cut and add to approximate the reference. This process helps in developing features like the ear, jaw, and cheekbone, and understanding the structure and rhythm of the face.
We'll be diving deeper into each feature of the face later, but this will be a good roadmap for you to see how we'll be using the steps we've learned so far.
Wait so are we supposed to do these additional steps for the proportion project? Kinda hit me like a bomb with this one