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Anatomy Drawing - How to Draw the Head
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Anatomy Drawing - How to Draw the Head

Anatomy Drawing - How to Draw the Head
Created byRoberto Osti
Last updated 4/2022
English
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What you'll learn

  • Lesson 1 - Stereometric rendering of the head, front, side and back; 2/3 and 3/4 width
  • Lesson 2 - Positioning the main facial features: eyes, nose, mouth and ears in the front view and the side view.
  • Lesson 3 - Adding three dimension: positioning the facial features in a 3/4 view of the head.
  • Lesson 4 - The muscles mask: a schematinc rendering of the muscles of the face and their action
  • Lesson 5 - The male and female skull: specific characteristics and proportions.
  • Lesson 6 - Head and Neck: muscles and rhythms of flow
  • Lesson 7 - Muscles of the head in details.
  • Lesson 8 - Light and Shadow: the Planes of the Head
  • Lesson 9 - Sketching in the essential features and proportions of the head from various angles.
  • Lesson 10 - Portrait Drawing demonstration executed with tonal rendering.

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Course content

12 sections • 28 lectures • 6h 21m total length

  • How to draw the Head: Materials9:08

    Discover essential drawing materials for head studies, including 11x14 sketchbooks, suitable paper, pencils and leads, erasers, sharpeners, measuring tools, dividers, and pencil extenders.

  • How to draw the Head: Lesson 1 Intro3:15

    Learn to render the head by breaking it into basic volumes and proportions. Practice front, side, and foreshortened views with two thirds and three quarters width proportions.

  • How to draw the Head: Lesson 2 Intro2:48

    Practice drawing the face outline and position the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, while comparing front and three-quarter views to understand facial feature proportions.

  • How to Draw the Head - Lesson 3 Intro1:29

    Draw the head in three-quarter view to reveal its planes and volumes; position light using three-dimensional form, and progressively render facial details from basic volume to schematic feature placement.

  • How to Draw the Head - Lesson 4 Intro2:01

    Study the muscles of the face with a schematic muscle mask to understand facial muscle placement, memorize key muscles, and relate to organic forms.

  • How to Draw the Head - Lesson 5 Intro2:15

    Explore male and female head proportions through front and side profiles and charts linking features to the skull. Draw schematic, compare two-thirds and three-quarters proportions, and practice with tissue overlays.

  • How to Draw the Head - Lesson 6 Intro1:26

    Explore the neck muscles as a connected group, from skeleton to deep muscles, to understand harmony and aesthetics. Practice redrawing through layered diagrams and the whole view of the neck.

  • How to Draw the Head - Lesson 7 Intro2:41

    Study the head muscles and place them on the skull by front and side views, then render deep, intermediate, and superficial layers over a tissue-paper self-portrait.

  • How to Draw the Head - Lesson 8 Intro1:29

    Learn to sketch the head with quick line drawings from multiple angles, then apply shading, focusing on essential structural features and facial proportions through ten self-portraits and quick sketches.

  • How to Draw the Head - Lesson 9 Intro1:19

    Explore how light and shadow interact with the head by drawing the planes of the head, focusing on shadow behavior on the planes before tackling organic forms, with exercises.

  • How to Draw the Head - Lesson 10 Intro4:12

    Practice with photos to study head anatomy before a self-portrait, avoid distortion by moving away to a distance, use diffused lighting, and draw from photos to define light and shadow.

Requirements

  • Open to all skill levels

Description

Have you ever wondered why it is so difficult to draw a portrait that looks just like your sitter - one that captures his or her physiognomic traits accurately, as well as the mood of the face?

When looking at a depiction of a human face, you will immediately notice small mistakes or slight anomalies: a nose that is too long, eyes that are too close to each other or too far apart, and a forehead that's too small or big.

Often, you cannot identify the specific anomaly - you just feel that there is something wrong with the nose or the ears without being able to pinpoint the problem exactly. You're aware of the defect in an instinctual way.

The recognition of facial features is so important to humans that areas in our brain evolved specifically for this purpose. But we read human faces and expressions through two filters, cultural as well as biological, and this makes us very discerning when interpreting people's faces, including their intentions or moods.

Roberto Osti holds a BA in Anatomical and Surgical Drawing from the University of Bologna (Italy) and an MFA from the New York Academy of Fine Arts. He studied anatomy for medical and artistic purposes and has taught Figure Anatomy and Figure Drawing for more than a decade in various schools including the New York Academy of Fine Arts, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the University of the Arts.

Who this course is for:

  • Open to everybody interested in anatomy drawing for portrait drawing

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