01-27-2025, 02:05 PM
Hitting a bit more on the nail with you on other point concerning observational drawing. I am not to sure how familiar you are with the structure of the face but also having the underline structure knowledge of the face is such a help to solidify the bone structure and not rely so much on visually ''copying without understanding'' which is very bad if your in a path toward drawing from imagination. One other thing is understanding the centerline of the face so the nose can actually side in it proper spacial slot.I feel here the nose was done hastly but it such a important piece it the direction of the face to a certain degree. Also a very important trick for you is to take advantage of any hard edge that you can pick up on because they are great ''natural guideline''.
The trick there is to remember that even if something look like a line it probably not and as to follow the form for example the soft ''line'' found on the cheek or the almost hard edge on neck on the last study.
One problem is often find oneself stuck dealing with the eye to early it important to avoid that not over spending time creating the eye at the start because the other feature are alot bigger and more important to place first but the eye is just a visual ''magnet'' that siphon were attention when priority can be found elsewhere. If you have to ''deal with the eye'' i would suggest to just quick create a box for them like found there lenght and eye and indicate it with 4 point so you can deal with them later so that those point can be easly adjusted also.
A nice thing with the nose and socket of the eye is that you will often find that they create strong abstract shadow you can use to your advantage to situate the eye in it socket. Being also able to find the browridge and where it turn on the face help find the cheek and the box of the mouth.
The trick there is to remember that even if something look like a line it probably not and as to follow the form for example the soft ''line'' found on the cheek or the almost hard edge on neck on the last study.
One problem is often find oneself stuck dealing with the eye to early it important to avoid that not over spending time creating the eye at the start because the other feature are alot bigger and more important to place first but the eye is just a visual ''magnet'' that siphon were attention when priority can be found elsewhere. If you have to ''deal with the eye'' i would suggest to just quick create a box for them like found there lenght and eye and indicate it with 4 point so you can deal with them later so that those point can be easly adjusted also.
A nice thing with the nose and socket of the eye is that you will often find that they create strong abstract shadow you can use to your advantage to situate the eye in it socket. Being also able to find the browridge and where it turn on the face help find the cheek and the box of the mouth.