Head Drawing and Anatomy Volume One Step4 The next step in our understanding of the structure of the head is adding the corners of the eye socket.They also play an im- portant part in our initial indication of the position of the head. Illustration No.12 shows a simplified view of how the corner of the eye socket comes jutting out from the simple shape that we have started with in Illustration No.6.An important point that many Illustration No.12 miss is that the line across the brow is not a straight line but is a curved arch.The center of the forehead is generally raised though the line created across the cheek bones and is straight.Look at Illustra- 具有能的科 tions No.13,14 and 15.Also note that the cheek is angled back as shown in Il- lustration No.14.The line created by the points“A”,“B”,”C”and“D”in Illustra- tion No.15 creates the basic major plane lllustration No.13 defining the front of the head from the side of the head.Point“D”in Illustration No.15 corresponds to where the master muscles of the jaw attach.The plane from the corner of the cheek bone to the chin,shown in Illustration No.16,is cre- ated by the Zygomaticus muscle as it in- serts into the corner of the mouth at"E" and the Triangularis muscle coming from the chin at“F Illustration No.14 Page7
Head Drawing and Anatomy Volume One Illustration No.15 具有版描的科 Illustration No.16 Page 8
Virpw Head Drawing and Anatomy Volume One Illustration No:17 In looking at the front plane of the head,a critical point is the meeting of the nose and the eye plane.As you have noticed the upper part of the bone of the eve socket is not a straight horizontal line but slants upward toward the center.In the center connecting the two sides of eye socket and the nose is the Glabella (Illustration No.17 A,B,C,and D).Il- lustration No.18 clearly show how the Glabella works as a transitional plane be- tween the eye socket and the nose Illustration No.18 具有版的资科 While studying this plane,it is important to notice that it goes all of the way down to the bottom or inside corner of the eye socket(plane"A").The Glabella is gener- ally more pronounced in the male than the female.The actual features will be dis- D cussed separately Page9
Head Drawing and Anatomy Volume One Illustration No.19 The next major mass we need to look at is the mouth.First,you will see in Illustra- tions No.19 and 20 that the overall plane of the lower front of the head suggests the mouth that sits on it is flat. The mouth sits upon this flat plane like a half an orange.The mouth in general gives the beginner difficulty.When we try to draw the lips,the tendency is to draw Illustration No.20 them from a straight front view,which tends to appear flat.The lips,of course, are always going around this curved sur- face.Go back and look at Illustrations No.8,11,14 and 16.Notice again how small the mouth is.Also notice the curve of the profile as shown in Illustration No. 19.In the Illustrations below you will see how this roundness requires a strong over- lapping of the forms when seen from a three quarter point of view.Compare Il- lustration No.20 to 21. Illustration No.21 Page 10
Head Drawing and Anatomy Volume One Chapter Three:Planes as an Overall Development of the Head In the last chapter,we developed the that are common to all of us.Much of basic large planes of the head as a means drawing is learning to see and being able of getting a general sense of the three- to describe these planes.As I pointed dimensional qualities of the head.The out in the introduction,drawing is a surface of any curved form can be form of visual thinking and analysis. created by a series of flat planes that Using planes then is not only a means of progressively get smaller.This is no describing forms,but also a means of different than starting a sculpture with a analyzing them. square block of stone and progressively removing corners until the desired forms The illustrations on this page and the emerge out of the surfaces.The creating following are illustrations of analysis of of planes comes from an understanding the head from the point of view of of the shape of each of these individual planes.Notice that the planes for the forms and how they relate to the large different heads are not necessarily the forms that they are a part of.Each same but reflect the differences in the individual has unique planes,yet as we individual heads.Some of the drawings 有版的 have been developing our drawing,we are quite loose and show the process of have seen that there are general planes analysis. Page 11