Portrait Drawing Fundamentals
The Loomis Method
The Features
Full Drawing Demos
Drawing the Loomis head.
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@grugrugru
21d
My 2 attempts, critique is welcome
Rebecca Brown
1mo
It's a start!
1mo
Hi @Rebecca Brown, nice drawing!
I attached a paintover with some tips 😎👍
Cheers!
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Lin
2mo
Found this picture here and really liked the hair color so I tried to do the Loomis method on her:
Alain Rivest
3mo
Charcoal on 18 x 24 newsprint
@rarepotatoe
4mo
First post ever!
@mogumogu
4mo
Drew mine :), feel free to critique
4mo
Looks good, and holds up to a mirror test, great job! You're getting the proportions and placement right, next start to focus on line quality. Try to use tapered strokes to make more decisive statements with your line. There's a free video from the Basics Course that talks about improving line quality, take a look and see if you can apply some of those concepts to your next one! Keep it up!
https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-draw-confident-lines-the-tapered-stroke/notes
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Sarah Meagher
4mo
Where is the reference photo Stan is working from please? I’m all good drawing along but learn more when I can see the choices being made . When I try and apply lessons on my own references I find it difficult
Vue Thao
4mo
Stan draws a man from his imagination after long years of practice.
Ismail AMRANI
4mo
Tried to follow through with Stan, but im not happy with the result 🤷♂️
@sparky1005
4mo
One thing I have to say is it’s not as bad as you think. Everything looks great and everything is portioned correctly except for the eyes. The eyes are very difficult. If you have a reference image you can zoom in on the eyes to get the main shape of the eyes down. With the image that you have provided us one of the eyes looks great while one is kinda droopy and uneven. Overall the piece is pretty good.
4mo
Hey there! Something that can help is to lower the eyes--remember that the guideline marks the brow ridge, so there's more room in between before getting to the eyes. Another thing that may make a difference is that your jaw is much more tapered, especially on the left side of the page. Of course proportions change from face to face, but watch that the perspective doesn't get distorted--it can help to plot out a box shape in the same 3/4 view angle to visualize the head in 3D space. But overall you did a really good job, keep up the good work and let me know if you have further questions :)
Michael Paul Caoile
4mo
Okay, having another go at it before hitting the sack. This is probably my tenth try after doing more practice.
4mo
Hey there! I saw your previous attempts--great work and dedication! This is a solid submission. As you continue to progress and move throughout the course, I would suggest to try out drawing the loomis method from different photo references after the demo, as this can really help you develop a confident understanding and versatility in drawing faces. Keep up the good work :)
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Michael Paul Caoile
4mo
My first attempt. I have to work on the proportions. Even with the guided lines, I can't grasp how to angle the face correctly.
Michael Paul Caoile
4mo
attempt no.2, face is still too round and eye proportions are off. :-<
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Alex S
4mo
Like some of the others here, I tried following along with the demo. Wasn't expecting much but it didn't turn out terrible
I often have trouble (or am hesitant) to draw in the features after drawing the foundations, both in portraits and figures. Hopefully, this will help me overcome that nervousness/hesitancy
4mo
Nice!
Samuel Sanjaya
5mo
drawing along, really help me to understand loomis better
Jaylon Moss
6mo
Got a few pages of the Loomis Head down already. I'm somewhat getting the hang of it bit by bit
@zishika
10mo
Attempted to copy draw the average Loomis Head. Please check. The ‘5’ is just something I’m using to mark how many heads I’m drawing throughout the course.
@rylha
11mo
Hey guys! I bought today premium version of drawing a portrait! Haven't started watching yet but I draw a portrait before. I didn't try to copy exactly like it's on referance but I would like to know if there is something wrong? (I'm sure it is). I am very excited that this course include hair drawing because I don't really like the way I did it. I am trying to draw at least one portrait and I will post one after finishing this entire course. Please leave some feedback, I will appreciate it a lot :)
@canthebean
9mo
This looks really good. Very complete and carefully made. One thing that sticks out to me is the volume of the hair. The face proportions that you've drawn are within the realm of normal but because her puffy hair is small it gives the illusion of her forehead being much smaller. It would work if her hair was wet and slicked down against her skin but its actually very bouncy.
Steven Prentiss
10mo
your drawing is close but you don't quite have the proportions of the overall head correct in relation to the photo. it is very important to have all of the features properly placed before adding detail and shading. It is a very good likeness, the Loomis method will help you nail it.
@sarahmiriam
11mo
Hey I am new here. I have a question. In thi sdemonstration video, If the line from the ear to the brows and to the bottom of the nose go upwards, it indicates, that the person is looking up. But once the chin is drawn, it does not look like that anymore..
Nathan
11mo
It might help if you posted pictures of what you are trying to describe.
Sita Rabeling
1yr
In the first portrait (3 weeks ago) I applied the Loomis head for the first time. This morning I joined the portrait session again, but had to work more intuitively - I forgot ‘how to’ - ….. guess more Loomis study is necessary before I don’t have to think about how to use this technique.
@jsheffie
1yr
and so it begins
Mark Manthorpe
1yr
Various studies on drawing the Loomis head.
1st image focuses on the turning of the head.
2nd image focuses on changing the proportions of the Loomis head.
3rd and 4th a focus on drawing the skull using my skull in the office.
5th and 6th is still a focus on the Loomis head at extreme angles.
Any comments and feedback is appreciated. :)
Thieum
1yr
Great heads and skulls! You managed to turn them very well without deforming them. Maybe a little thin jaw on some of your 3/4 skulls but it can depend on the morphologies.
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Child Granny
1yr
Nitpick - wouldn't the minor axis of the ellipse left from the cut taken from the sphere be parallel to the feature lines (x-axis?) as opposed to the head's depth dimension (z-axis?)?
Does it really matter?
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