Drawing Heads - Just Get These 5 Things

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Part 2 of this series about drawing heads is here:    • Struggling to draw faces? Just flip t...  

I mentioned a tutorial by Steve Huston - here it is:    • 👧 How to Draw the Head (3 HOURS!)  

There are two major skills you need for heads: one is about 3D form and one is about 2D shapes. This video is about the forms.

We look at Loomis heads in particular, but we also take useful ideas from Asaro and Reilly. And we cover the common mistakes to watch out for!

0:00 Intro
1:03 Loomis head
3:54 Loomis mistakes
7:53 Other models
10:30 Figures versus portraits
12:23 A head model for figures
15:59 the really important thing