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This course teaches students to draw realistic human heads, from basic structure to detailed features, using Loomis-inspired techniques.
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Educator, painter, writer, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention and Gesture Drawing: Dynamic Movement and Form.
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Hey Michael Hampton, Thanks for the class lessons and critiques. I was hoping you can help me understand the equatorial line? The equatorial line cuts the sphere in half, and that determines the brow to ear relation? For some reason I cant fully grasp it. I end up putting the brow line much higher or lower than the relationship of thirds of the face.
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Use the provided references to draw the heads using only the four step method we’ve been working on. Good luck and have fun with the process! If you use a photo reference that we did not provide you, include them in your post here in the assignments so we can see how you did!
I seem to be really struggling with the jaw, especially from the underside. Is there a clear or I guess definitive issue with how I am setting this up to where I am causing myself to struggle depicting the underside of the head. Any feedback is amazing and appreciated.
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8d
You're on the right track here. The key for me is moving the chin up and into the initial sphere and then creating that plane back and connecting it to the neck (this is how I establish that under plane). I'm sure I review this in the first critique video. Check that out if you haven't already and let me know if it helps.
Dear Mr. Hampton, Your course is a major breakthrough for me in the way i go about drawing portraits now, I am a self taught hobbyist and I always struggled with finding the right step by step approach for me and Your course has been a blessing. I am attaching the project for feedback and I am very much looking forward to receiving it. Have a great day!
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10d
These are fantastic! Excellent starts. So glad to hear the information resonated with you. Looking forward to seeing your progress.
Hi, is this one correct? I struggle with imagining how does the jaw look like from different angles.
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1mo
Yep. Looks correct
First drawings for the course. I know the Loomis method, but I want to deepen my knowledge and improve :). I love the gesture method including the neck and shoulders first. (Photos by Rachel Bradley stock). Screwed up the middle right one. Gonna correct that.
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3mo
Great starts!!!
Here are my different poses; I tried to do them while remaining relaxed, while also searching for the right proportions and orientations.
The reference numbers match the number on each picture file we were given. I have some comments on how I interpreted each head so one could know what I’m thinking. If someone has time to look over at least a handful of them, just to see if there is anything glaring I keep doing that would be great. Thanks! @Michael Hampton
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4mo
Looks great! Keep going!
really enjoying this class. i did use references from the class and drew them too nut they’re not in the notebook i have on me right now
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6mo
Awesome! Keep it up
First exercise for this course, interesting to think of these four steps as abstract/notation (in the past I've done the typical thing and tried to draw the shapes I see). I think I'm getting it, one thing I can still work on is representation of the jaw/chin at different angles, x-ray placement from the back, etc.
