Michael Hampton
Michael Hampton
Educator, painter, writer, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention.
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Huy Vuong
Finally finished the course. I gonna say this course is really struggle but it good for my brain. The last half of the lesson is good one. Learning facial features is tough one. I have to revisit it few times . Thanks for lessons Mr hampton
Michael Hampton
Great studies and congrats on finishing!
@anthony_shearing
I have a question! While looking at the relationship between the shapes of the features, I sometimes find myself having to cut off from the chin to compensate for making the jaw/shape of the head too long relative to the model in the beginning. During figure drawing I imagine this would cause problems for the overall proportions of the figure. How do I deal with this? Or is it strange that I am often making the jaw too long?
Michael Hampton
I make changes to the figure all the time as I work. It's great to have a template to aim for and rules but sometimes experience and errors are necessary parts of the process. In other words, I wouldn't worry too much. You're aware of it and that's the most important thing.
Mario Ulloa
Using colored pencils helped me not lose the figure when using the gesture for the under drawings before putting in the shapes. Question. Do you recommend finishing the gesture course 1st before finishing the figure construction course since Gesture is you 1st step in your workflow in construction?
Michael Hampton
I don't think you have to. There's enough gesture info in the figure construction course to get by!
Wilfredo Díaz Capote
I don’t have much experience but I’m trying to learn, thanks Michael your course are awesome I love it
Michael Hampton
Great sketches!
Ethan Cossett
Really enjoying and getting a lot of use out of this course, thanks Michael!! :)
Michael Hampton
Awesome! So glad to hear it!
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Kasia
Hi! @michaelhampton A quick question - how did you get the top point indicating the top of the side plane of the head (22 min 32 sec of the vid)? It should sit on the hair line - in a front view with less dramatic perspective it is quite simple to position it correctly, with the 3/4 view and head looking down I'm confused. Thank you for such a fantastic course!
Michael Hampton
The hair line related back I believe?
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Ben Whitfield
I'm struggling to understand form intersections, specifically the addition ones. I don't always understand the cut outs. On the example below why does the cut out not continue around (in blue)? I would really appreciate someone helping me get this. Thanks
Michael Hampton
Ya, these are frustrating. Have you tried looking at this site https://eyes.training/intersections/ Sometimes this helps me solve especially confusing intersections, or at least give me a clue.
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