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Figure Drawing: The Portrait

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Learn about the bone structure and proportion of the human head, then add expression to create accurate portraits.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Figure drawing: The portrait
  • Courses to support your portrait practice
  • Using the exercise files
1. The Skull
  • Visualizing subcutaneous skeletal landmarks
  • Learn the frontal proportions of a skull
  • Learn the 3/4 view proportions of a skull
  • Learn the profile proportions of a skull
  • Challenge: Draw a skull from three views
  • Solution: Draw a skull from three views
2. The Features
  • Draw eyes
  • Draw a nose
  • Draw a mouth
  • Draw ears
  • Challenge: Draw three views of each feature
  • Solution: Draw three views of each feature
3. Expressions
  • Understand muscles acting on the forehead and eyes
  • Understand muscles acting on the mouth and nose
  • Challenge: Draw expression and emotion
  • Solution: Draw expression and emotion
4. X-Ray Vision: Overlaying Features
  • Overlay features on a frontal skull, attach neck/shoulders
  • Overlay features on a 3/4 skull
  • Overlay features on a profile skull
  • Challenge: Draw features on top of a skull
  • Solution: Draw features on top of a skull
Conclusion
  • Demo: Putting it all together
  • Next steps

Taught by

Amy Wynne

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