The Artist's Complete Guide to Drawing the HeadIn this innovative guide, master art instructor William Maughan demonstrates how to create a realistic human likeness by using the classic and highly accurate modeling technique of chiaroscuro (Italian for “light and dark”) developed by Leonardo da Vinci during the High Renaissance. Maughan first introduces readers to the basics of this centuries-old technique, showing how to analyze form, light, and shadow; use dark pencil, white pencil, and toned paper to create a full range of values; use the elements of design to enhance a likeness; and capture a sitter’s gestures and proportions. He then demonstrates, step by step, how to draw each facial feature, develop visual awareness, and render the head in color with soft pastels. |
Contents
THE SHADOW SHAPES AND THEIR EDGES | 26 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Foreshortening | 48 |
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Common terms and phrases
analogous color appear applied artist blue blue-green blue-violet bottom plane brow CarbOthello charcoal chin color theory color wheel complementary color composition contour cool create dark accents darker value describe distance distant vanishing point doughnut drawing surface eye level focal point foreshortened form-shadow front and side front plane gesture gesture drawing hair halftone highlights iris kneaded eraser light and shadow light side light source lighter linear perspective lower lid masses of light middle value model's head Mona Lisa negative shapes negative space nose and mouth orange orbicular cavity orbicular muscle orbit painting paper value perspective photo reference placement position primary primary colors principles of chiaroscuro proportions recede red-orange red-violet reflected light rendered scumbling sfumato shadow edges shadow shapes shadows begin side planes soft edge source of light structure three-quarter view tilt underpainting upper lid viewer VIOLET visually warm yellow yellow-green yellow-orange