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    Drawing the Head: Four Classic Instructional Guides
    Drawing the Head: Four Classic Instructional Guides
    Drawing the Head: Four Classic Instructional Guides
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    Drawing the Head: Four Classic Instructional Guides

    By Walter T. Foster

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    An accomplished artist and teacher, Walter T. Foster began producing his classic art instruction books in the 1920s. He wrote, illustrated, printed, bound, packaged, shipped, and distributed his books from his own home for decades, before moving the business to a commercial facility to accommodate his international trade. This comprehensive volume combines four of the artist's vintage instructional manuals to form an essential guide to illustrating the head and face.
    "Let your drawing be simple," Foster advises, and suggests that art students begin with the profile. Leave out unnecessary details until the basic shapes are in place. Then add the expressions that make the face the most interesting of all subjects. Instructions include step-by-step diagrams using charcoal, crayon, pencil, and brush to create finished portraits, plus tips on materials. With an array of subjects that include men, women, and children of various ages and ethnic types, this guide captures the mid-twentieth-century style of illustration to inspire today's artists.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateJan 16, 2013
    ISBN9780486138244
    Drawing the Head: Four Classic Instructional Guides

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      Drawing the Head - Walter T. Foster

      Heads

      How to Draw the Head

      Draw a slightly curved line, placing line for nose half way. This is the best way to start.

      Now the eyebrow and the chin line. The mouth is one-third from nose to chin.

      If head is tipped, start line from eyebrow and nose. This will give you the placement of ear.

      The distance from eyebrow to chin will give you back of ear, and it fits in an oblong box.

      The head is beginning to shape up so now form up nose, mouth and chin, as well as ear.

      Erase your guide lines and soften your outlines so it will be easy to draw over them.

      You will, and should, make many changes to get the right expression on face, shape of nose and mouth, etc.

      It does not make any difference what the size of the head is, the method is the same. Try drawing all sizes.

      Your outline is ready for color or shading. It is most important that this be right.

      The PROFILE of head is the best way to start. If you are right-handed you will generally pick the left profile and if left-handed you will naturally choose the right profile. Why? That is a

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