Portrait Drawing Fundamentals
The Loomis Method
The Features
Full Drawing Demos
Let's study the average loomis head from different angles!
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faye zhang
2mo
Side profile nose is tough…
Arman Jucutan
10mo
Hello Everyone, here is my work for the Loomis head section of the course. The first one I used the 3D model as reference, the second one is from imagination with the same angles as the first one, and then finally the third one is from references I found online. Please feel free to give critiques regarding my understanding of the Loomis method, any critiques is appreciated. Thank you
@mogumogu
1yr
Alex S
1yr
One thing that's really starting to annoy me is how there's almost nothing discussing the shape of the ellipses/ovals that form the heads side planes, which is the part of the Loomis Method that I feel I'm having the most trouble with....
Whether it's here, or anywhere else on the internet, I can never find anything beyond: "we slice off the sides of sphere"
@batman921
6mo
I know I’m a little late, but Stan has a video about ellipses on youtube. I also struggle the most with this; however, this is the closest I came to addressing that issue. Hope it helps.
https://youtu.be/PdtDtGBu-Dc?si=64tzaYNpY9F6VOLf
squeen
1yr
What method is this fella using to construct the eyes and nose?
https://twitter.com/i/status/1668670727589953536
Gsketch
1yr
the Loomis method looks so much like a crash test dummy.
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Thanks for this, Stan. It's been nearly 40 years since I've picked up a pencil to draw. So having a good visual guide like this is most helpful.
Nikita Thakur
2yr
Please critique
momo
2yr
I've noticed that my 3/4 views are admissible. It's the front and side views I really need to work on.
@younchen
3yr
I'm confused .. why stan's tutorial using loomis method. but i saw his sketching demo he didn't used this way. And i saw some pro they don't use it too..
A person
3yr
when you get good enough you don't have to use the loomis method anymore because proportions become an intuitive process. When you start drawing ,proportions aren't intuitive which is why you need a process like the loomis method to help you
Sun
3yr
Lynn Hann
2yr
Hi these are really good. You have got the heads at different angles working well. great work
@artseebella
3yr
Hello. Do any of these tutorials have reference photos @Stan Prokopenko
Tara Dery
3yr
I think you may have to purchase the reference separate. Although he does show the reference in the videos next to him drawing it out.
Nancy Yocom
3yr
I wish I could draw a circle as easily as Stan! 😊
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Practicing some head construction based on samples from the Andrew Loomis book "Drawing Heads and Hands". Does anyone else have this book or others by Loomis?
Lynn Hann
2yr
I'm working on my heads a the moment. I hope mine will be as good as yours soon. Great work.
squeen
3yr
Love the Adam's reference. Looking good!
Zarah McIntosh
3yr
:( I can't download this one. I'm moving to a small town where internet is limited.
Katey Jensma
3yr
Hi @Zarah McIntosh so sorry about that! We added the MP4 to the downloads tab :)
João Bogo
3yr
That's unfortunate.
But depending on the speed of you can still watch the videos albeit in a inferior quality. You can try contact support in the site and suggest that they include a option to download this video. I think it's worth a try because you're not the only person that complained about this issue.
Best Regards
@mikeyschwarzenagger
3yr
Hello, i would like some crítics, i'm tryen yo ve a bit cleaner but it hard, but i Will thy be cleaner.
sofia villanueva
3yr
@artseebella
3yr
Looks Awesome! Are there reference photos for these lessons @sofia villanueva ?
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3yr
These are really nice!
christine amezquita
3yr
i love how well you captured the likeness in the first sketch! great work
Warren Bonett
3yr
The ongoing attempts to use Loomis to understand portraits. Clearly more practice using extreme angles needed. It’s only doing those that you really challenge your assumptions about translating what you see into forms on paper.
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Good job. You're understanding of proportion, and space is evident.
Lynn Hann
2yr
Your have done a great job with the extreme angles.
Deb L
3yr
Did some practices. Critique me please haha
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You don't need to be critiqued. You can see whether something is working or not.
You are doing good work. Keep it up.
Lynn Hann
2yr
excellent job
Sarah Lyu
3yr
Hi Stan, it looks like the video for this lesson isn't working? I'd like to learn more about the loomis method but the video isn't loading at all for me and my Internet connection is just fine. Can you possibly look into this issue? Thank you.
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