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The artist's complete guide to drawing the head

Explains the principles of the drawing method called "chiaroscuro" and shows how to use it to draw people's heads, presenting step-by-step examples.

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Main Author: Maughan, William, 1946-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, ©2004.
Subjects:
Head in art.
Drawing > Technique.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. The drawing method and materials
  • Chiaroscuro
  • Sfumato
  • The materials
  • Substitute materials
  • Working with the pencil
  • Drawing shadow shapes
  • Sharpening the pencil
  • 1. Principles of chiaroscuro
  • Line versus value
  • "Lost-and-found" line
  • Value and form
  • Paper + two pencils = a full-value range
  • The shadow shapes and their edges
  • Form-shadows
  • Cast-shadows
  • The shadow edges
  • The form in light
  • Analyzing form
  • Negative shapes
  • 2. Principles of drawing the head
  • Two masses of light and shadow
  • Lighting the head
  • Artificial and natural light
  • Light advance; dark recedes
  • Single focal point
  • Perspective and the three-quarter view
  • Perspective
  • Planes of the head
  • Foreshortening
  • Value pattern
  • Addressing the background
  • 3. The drawing process, step-by-step
  • Sculpting the head
  • Gesture
  • The tilt
  • Proportions
  • Placing the features
  • The anatomy of the eyes
  • The orbicular cavity
  • The natural slants of the eye
  • The eyelids, pupils, and iris
  • Positions of the eyes
  • Drawing the eyes
  • Highlights on the eyes
  • Using the paper value
  • Examples of eyes
  • Nose and mouth
  • The structure of the nose and mouth
  • Examples of the nose and mouth
  • Ears
  • Placement of the ear
  • Hair
  • Troubleshooting example
  • 4. Putting it all together
  • The five essential drawing steps
  • Review
  • The demonstrations
  • Going forward
  • Practice ideas
  • Self-critique
  • Taking your skills to the next level
  • 5. Drawing from multiple sources
  • Combining references
  • A demonstration
  • Examples of composite drawings
  • 6. Working with color
  • From drawing to painting
  • The color "wheel"
  • Complementary colors
  • Color intensity
  • Mixing from the tertiary colors
  • Color temperature
  • Color relationships
  • Warm advances; cool recedes
  • Family of colors
  • Expressive color
  • Pastel painting
  • The materials
  • Caring for your pastel
  • Applying the charcoal pencil
  • Applying the tone
  • Applying the pastel
  • Painting the background
  • Pastel demonstration one
  • Pastel demonstration two.

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