Gary's a great teacher. One of the best I've had at Otis. As far as the harsh lines? You create a darker and darker line quality as you advance through the portrait. When you're done, those previously harsh lines blend in and look like - well, like shadowing. His work always has a lot of dimension to it, precisely because he spends so much time on the inside of the drawing, rather than sketching an outline.
Just the kind of tutorial I've been looking for. Drawing portraits is my obsession and after years if practice (between within and family to) I'm still not where I want to be and a lot of tutorials are just artists drawing and babbling but not really explaining anything. This video is thoroughly informative and entertaining!
Great draftsmanship. It seems like following the skeletal structure is the best practice. Looks really harsh but once you erase all the lines the softness shows through.
Great art ! I really loved it. This is the STRUCTURE of the model, not a FINISHED drawing. The structure is for proportions and shapes, when he would finish the picture it would look the same as the model. I really loved it & don't think it was too complicated. Great video ! :)
my highschool drawing class is good and all, but i really want to take my art to the next level. im trying to get into college to be an orthodontist, but my dream is to go to college to draw. i would to take a class like this.
So hard you can't get out of / yes you're correct I made the mistake many times .in the layout soft lines and to develope The head gradually building it up with shading and highlights. Thanks a ton for sharing .
This is how foundation head drawing is taught at most art and design schools like Otis and Art Center for illustrators. It's meant to teach you how to see proportions, value, line quality, etc and through pencil mileage allow you to draw from life accurately w/o having to do the construction. Speaking as an illustrator and not a fine artist (they have different concerns), good drawing is a prereq for painting.
After all that measuring and yet - if you were drawing from the image/photo of the person as shown at frame: 11:57 - you couldn't see that her right eyelids are much wider than her left? Sorry but if you are going to be that scientific and be so meticulous in using measurements, I'm surprised you missed out the most obvious - her right eye is wider then her left. And we all have to carry around with us a skull in order to do a drawing of a person in the street?
We spend 3 to 4 terms at Art Center on foundation skills, but the other 4 terms are spent on personal style and developing conceptual skills. Nothing in our show gallery looks like this even though all illustration students learn this to begin with.
@mudprimitive At one store i saw a wooden figure (like couple of inches in height) that was suppose to help in figure drawing. you could change its positions somewhat. I was wondering if there is a small "head" with eyes, ears etc so one can use as a reference for drawing ? thx
how are you supposed to train your brain? How do you see if you've made any mistakes while drawing? Or if you see something looks off, how do you find out where the mistake is?
I always hear youtube artists telling me that the left eye (the one turning away) should be smaller due to perspective. But you say both eyes measure the same. I don't know which is true.
A drawing like this might not really be your final product as an illustrator. It's a learning tool. Once you know this stuff, it also becomes easier to draw heads from imagination that look and feel real, whether for illustration, entertainment design, fine art or any other purpose.
12 folks moaning about the sound...... It's perfect on my system, check your set up your onboard mixer or your speaker settings. Talk about the perfect example of pearls before swine, what do those people want for FREE? The guy to pop round their homes and give them a private master class in silence at his own cost....... Great video content thanks.
I will never understand why people have background music for videos that compete with the narrator. This time we have a saxophone and I don't know what to listen to . Its terribly annoying and makes me want to leave the video. There has to be a better way. This seems to be very interesting video but I left it.
So you are saying you weren't sure if you had to listen to the humans instructions or a saxophone part re how to draw a portrait when saying "This time we have a saxophone and I don't know what to listen to".......... and 12 people are agreeing with that statement? Then "This seems very interesting so I am going to leave" LOL This is just classic comedy right? Sorry Linda I am just laughing hard here craziest thing I have read on here in a long time. PS The sound is perfect, instruction are perfectly audible sort you speaker or levels out.
not bad, just very stiff process- the end result is very hard looking for a portrait of a woman.. your line quality doesn't have any variance to it or depth... loosen up, i prefer to use the negative space shapes and what not only measuring for a little bit after the block in just to double check... you break the drawing down like its a science to much and thus the end result looks like a diagram and not a drawing
take a look at other videos..... they do it in a much simpler way, better results and quicker. btw your video description says you are using a live model........ looks a lot like a skull to me.
that's because those people didn't use the "tools" they were provided with. If you want to draw a face from the top of your head but something is just not working, all of those measurements help you find your own mistakes and fix them. Obviously once you've drawn 1000 faces the "correct" way (meaning that they actually look real/proper) You wouldn't need to sit there with a "ruler" each time... but IF you find yourself in trouble you can use these methods to get out of the hole. Just sayin.
Way too over structured! Proportion is key, but you go too far!!..At 10.30 why are are you looking at the skull to describe the way an eyelid cast's a shadow on the eyeball?....The brow of the skull may define an eyebrow, but it's nothing to do with eyelid's, or the shadow it cast's...Studied at the RCA...Wouldn't go to your art school dude......
lol. There is no real art department at MIT. The only related thing is architecture. Even in the intro art classes seem teach a lot more about architecture/technical stuff than fine arts (much to my dismay ).
i think it's great that you have all sorts of knowledge of anatomy, but not every face is the same, the measurements and placement of features differ in everyone, and so i disagree with your use of a structural model as opposed to seeing the model to do so - if you had done this, the features would be more accurate, and you would achieve an artistic impression of the person in front of you, instead of a genereic human face. you might as well have traced it - for me this isnt what are is about.
Great draftsmanship. It seems like following the skeletal structure is the best practice. Looks really harsh but once you erase all the lines the softness shows through.
i think it's great that you have all sorts of knowledge of anatomy, but not every face is the same, the measurements and placement of features differ in everyone, and so i disagree with your use of a structural model as opposed to seeing the model to do so - if you had done this, the features would be more accurate, and you would achieve an artistic impression of the person in front of you, instead of a genereic human face. you might as well have traced it - for me this isnt what art is about.
Gary's a great teacher. One of the best I've had at Otis. As far as the harsh lines? You create a darker and darker line quality as you advance through the portrait. When you're done, those previously harsh lines blend in and look like - well, like shadowing. His work always has a lot of dimension to it, precisely because he spends so much time on the inside of the drawing, rather than sketching an outline.
Fabulous demo!
Straight "BEAST" with a pencil !Great in depth video of building up the face.
Excellent and clear production of drawing the underlying structural facial identity of the model.
Just the kind of tutorial I've been looking for. Drawing portraits is my obsession and after years if practice (between within and family to) I'm still not where I want to be and a lot of tutorials are just artists drawing and babbling but not really explaining anything. This video is thoroughly informative and entertaining!
This is very good. I now see why having the skull as a reference is so useful.
This is real Talent!!!
I love it !!!
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Great draftsmanship. It seems like following the skeletal structure is the best practice. Looks really harsh but once you erase all the lines the softness shows through.
thank you so much for this wonderful demonstration of difficult subject matter in a short amount of time. it was very helpful!
Gary is excellent and a great guy. I was a teachers aide in his class.
Great art ! I really loved it. This is the STRUCTURE of the model, not a FINISHED drawing. The structure is for proportions and shapes, when he would finish the picture it would look the same as the model. I really loved it & don't think it was too complicated. Great video ! :)
Awsome content.
stunning.
At last I found a drawing tutorial really usefull and constructive. Ty.
Nice demonstration...
my highschool drawing class is good and all, but i really want to take my art to the next level. im trying to get into college to be an orthodontist, but my dream is to go to college to draw. i would to take a class like this.
This video helped me a lot with understanding proportions, thank you :)
So hard you can't get out of / yes you're correct I made the mistake many times .in the layout soft lines and to develope
The head gradually building it up with shading and highlights.
Thanks a ton for sharing .
great... love it
This is how foundation head drawing is taught at most art and design schools like Otis and Art Center for illustrators. It's meant to teach you how to see proportions, value, line quality, etc and through pencil mileage allow you to draw from life accurately w/o having to do the construction. Speaking as an illustrator and not a fine artist (they have different concerns), good drawing is a prereq for painting.
Excellent demo, I wish there were more school teaching construction in London
After all that measuring and yet - if you were drawing from the image/photo of the person as shown at frame: 11:57 - you couldn't see that her right eyelids are much wider than her left? Sorry but if you are going to be that scientific and be so meticulous in using measurements, I'm surprised you missed out the most obvious - her right eye is wider then her left.
And we all have to carry around with us a skull in order to do a drawing of a person in the street?
+wolf727 True.
super!!!perfect!!!fantastic!!!)))))
Great demo but the low resolution makes it impossible to see some of the lines
Thank you for your note! We're looking to create more tutorials in the future and will make them more up-date with current technology.
is there such a thing as buying a ' 'head' for artistic purposes....are there places I can get these ?
Great class, excellent teacher wish i was your student.
We spend 3 to 4 terms at Art Center on foundation skills, but the other 4 terms are spent on personal style and developing conceptual skills. Nothing in our show gallery looks like this even though all illustration students learn this to begin with.
@mudprimitive At one store i saw a wooden figure (like couple of inches in height) that was suppose to help in figure drawing. you could change its positions somewhat. I was wondering if there is a small "head" with eyes, ears etc so one can use as a reference for drawing ? thx
how are you supposed to train your brain? How do you see if you've made any mistakes while drawing? Or if you see something looks off, how do you find out where the mistake is?
great!!
What pencil u r using
Anyone know where to find those reference anatomy illustrations he's using?
What pencil u r usupingt
Did the model slap you for this?
I learn so match of this video thanx men
I always hear youtube artists telling me that the left eye (the one turning away) should be smaller due to perspective. But you say both eyes measure the same. I don't know which is true.
11:57 is the final picture, not a photo.
wow how am i gonna do that
good question. I would like to know the answer...
Well done. Thank you.
this is real helpful...:)
A drawing like this might not really be your final product as an illustrator. It's a learning tool. Once you know this stuff, it also becomes easier to draw heads from imagination that look and feel real, whether for illustration, entertainment design, fine art or any other purpose.
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deveras que sii byee..
thanks
Very good video, finally something decent.
12 folks moaning about the sound...... It's perfect on my system, check your set up your onboard mixer or your speaker settings.
Talk about the perfect example of pearls before swine, what do those people want for FREE? The guy to pop round their homes and give them a private master class in silence at his own cost....... Great video content thanks.
maybe i need to learn geometr,algebra
My DUDE!!!!!!
@HeartShapedHand I see your point. Too ridgid. He is a fine draughtsman though.
I use a mixture of both.
awesome
first of all .. howdy there cowboy .. and ... you to cool!! :D
This is a couple last years of highschool level,first of college,best.
interresting
I will never understand why people have background music for videos that compete with the narrator. This time we have a saxophone and I don't know what to listen to . Its terribly annoying and makes me want to leave the video. There has to be a better way. This seems to be very interesting video but I left it.
So you are saying you weren't sure if you had to listen to the humans instructions or a saxophone part re how to draw a portrait when saying "This time we have a saxophone and I don't know what to listen to".......... and 12 people are agreeing with that statement? Then "This seems very interesting so I am going to leave" LOL This is just classic comedy right? Sorry Linda I am just laughing hard here craziest thing I have read on here in a long time.
PS The sound is perfect, instruction are perfectly audible sort you speaker or levels out.
Thanks you help me with my drawings
This is how drawing is taught in UK art schools.
Howdy there, folks.
@mudprimitive thx you very much that was great.
Great drawing and proportions! Check our head drawings out at SheldonsArtAcademy. com
good
finally something a bit more profesional
All those special effects and music just get in the way..
i don`t see all the mesure lines in the others drawings in the video. Don`t you use to use them all the time
i agree
not bad, just very stiff process- the end result is very hard looking for a portrait of a woman.. your line quality doesn't have any variance to it or depth... loosen up, i prefer to use the negative space shapes and what not only measuring for a little bit after the block in just to double check... you break the drawing down like its a science to much and thus the end result looks like a diagram and not a drawing
please it will be better if you do this more slowly and more details thanks any ways (sorry if my english is bad)
take a look at other videos..... they do it in a much simpler way, better results and quicker.
btw your video description says you are using a live model........ looks a lot like a skull to me.
It's hard for me to see ur sketch with such a thin line. u should use a darker pencil for this tutorial.
very hard lines :(
thats not a portrait, it's a diagram of the human head.
Structure sketch
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that's because those people didn't use the "tools" they were provided with. If you want to draw a face from the top of your head but something is just not working, all of those measurements help you find your own mistakes and fix them. Obviously once you've drawn 1000 faces the "correct" way (meaning that they actually look real/proper) You wouldn't need to sit there with a "ruler" each time... but IF you find yourself in trouble you can use these methods to get out of the hole. Just sayin.
people here are mean :/, I loved it and learned alot bro :3
"I AM ROBOT"
like Spongebob does
and .. 1 bad thing .. you draw so many things i just cant se D;
seems like maths
hahahah reminds me of spongebob... yeah i still watch cartoons don't judge me lol
close but not really liked it.too much skull and nothing similar with the living woman. too much talking.
Way too over structured! Proportion is key, but you go too far!!..At 10.30 why are are you looking at the skull to describe the way an eyelid cast's a shadow on the eyeball?....The brow of the skull may define an eyebrow, but it's nothing to do with eyelid's, or the shadow it cast's...Studied at the RCA...Wouldn't go to your art school dude......
lol. There is no real art department at MIT. The only related thing is architecture. Even in the intro art classes seem teach a lot more about architecture/technical stuff than fine arts (much to my dismay ).
lol
all these meshurments irritates me so much.. they may be correct for an ideal face, but thats about it..
Poor nose ? -
i think it's great that you have all sorts of knowledge of anatomy, but not every face is the same, the measurements and placement of features differ in everyone, and so i disagree with your use of a structural model as opposed to seeing the model to do so - if you had done this, the features would be more accurate, and you would achieve an artistic impression of the person in front of you, instead of a genereic human face. you might as well have traced it - for me this isnt what are is about.
really ?
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This guy is a joke he should not be allowed to teach.
totally flat and boring
Fake
Useless process. Mediocre results.
Way too over structured to the point where its ugly. Why dont you just take a picture if you wanna be that scientific lol
Great draftsmanship. It seems like following the skeletal structure is the best practice. Looks really harsh but once you erase all the lines the softness shows through.
i think it's great that you have all sorts of knowledge of anatomy, but not every face is the same, the measurements and placement of features differ in everyone, and so i disagree with your use of a structural model as opposed to seeing the model to do so - if you had done this, the features would be more accurate, and you would achieve an artistic impression of the person in front of you, instead of a genereic human face. you might as well have traced it - for me this isnt what art is about.