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Done as part of a 30 minute class.
My current goal is: Improve at correctly capturing the overall proportions of the human form
Snurge
Nice looseness. It might help to keep your construction lines lighter. Not sure who your model was, but the left eye (her left, our right) looks too close to the middle of the face, and the ear is too small. When you're doing comparative measurements, it helps to pick a single part of the drawing (Stephen Bauman calls this a "point of truth") to measure everything else against, so that your proportional errors don't compound as you draw. Keep practicing, this is a strong start.
Jcgwakefield76
Thanks, good pointer
leofelco816
To jcgwakefield76:
Since your stated goal was to correctly capture overall proportions of the human form, let me point out a few things.
Your eyes are offline with each other and improperly spaced. Notice how the edge of the nose is under the center of the eye socket. Typically, the inner edge of the eye would line up with the outer edge of the nose.
The edges of the mouth should be over the center of the eye socket as well.
Facial features are out of perspective also.
Two recommendations:
You Tube video by Steve Huston on drawing the head. It is PRICELESS!
Dynamic Anatomy by Byrne Hogarth. It’s a little word heavy but it’s a classic with proportions especially of the head.
Hope this helps. Keep drawing.
Leo Felco
Since your stated goal was to correctly capture overall proportions of the human form, let me point out a few things.
Your eyes are offline with each other and improperly spaced. Notice how the edge of the nose is under the center of the eye socket. Typically, the inner edge of the eye would line up with the outer edge of the nose.
The edges of the mouth should be over the center of the eye socket as well.
Facial features are out of perspective also.
Two recommendations:
You Tube video by Steve Huston on drawing the head. It is PRICELESS!
Dynamic Anatomy by Byrne Hogarth. It’s a little word heavy but it’s a classic with proportions especially of the head.
Hope this helps. Keep drawing.
Leo Felco
Jcgwakefield76
Brill, thanks. Will defo look this up. The whole face portrait thing does sort of evade me and I'd like to get the nack!
