General Proportion
of Head
Overall
Volume of the Skull:
- · Indicate planes of the face through line or value
- · Forehead and mouth curve around three planes
- · Define planes of check area from beginning of drawing
- · Do not draw the face and its features as one dimensional details or flat shapes.
Check Proportions and Alignments:
- Consider how much of the head is actually “face”( the eyes fall on the half point)
- Consider the ratio of thirds: the hair line to eyes, the eyes to in between the lips, in between the lips to chin the forehead to the eyes, nose and mouth
Individual Features
Eyes:
- sphere locater inside a cavity
- The eyeball is a sphere that has a high light, shadow core, and reflective light similar to other shaded spheres (the white of the eyes is not always “white”)
- Be very specific about how the top lid wraps around the eyeball
- The bottom eyelid does not move very much, instead the top lid covers the eye.
- The eyelids have a thickness
Ears
- · Ears are an important intersection points: for major muscles in neck and the jaw connect with the skull.
- · Ears good indicators of the positioning of the head
- · Consider the ear’s horizontal relationship with the eyes and mouth
Nose
- Define nose’s bottom plane through value
- Consider the vertical aliment of the nostrils to the corners of the eyes
- Consider how the bridge of the nose meets the brow
Mouth
- Consider the mouths relationship to the ears and eyes
- The mouth curves across three planes
- Notice how the mouth meets the checks
- Do not be generic, draw what you see
Hair
- Draw hair as large mass rather then single strands
- Look for the large areas of value: high light, shadow core, reflective light
- Use the part to show the volume and direction of the head
