Expressions

There's a really big gap between the material in the last post and this one. The first three are from what-i-do-is-secret  the rest are the first half of the 25 essential expressions challenge 

Long pose diagramed heads

I'm a few weeks behind on my scanning.  These are from the second week of Nathan Fowkes' class at LAAFA.  45 and a 35 mins.

There are no lines -more head diagrams

I've been searching through books and the internet for the diagrams of other artists that have tried to break down the very complicated human head into simple ideas.  I thought these three lined up next to each other looked especially neat.

Here I applied the Reilly diagram to my general model's proportions and tried to shade it simply.  I could not get it to look right.

So I tried applying it to a specific head.  I went back to the first Bertillon card I traced back in  July.    I like the way it worked out.  Long lines.

and it finally sunk in that the side of the head is flat.  

Trial and error, variation and selection, and design - Tim Harford at TED

Nicole

Quick Figures

From Karl's class

Nathan Fowkes Head Drawing Class

The second of two one-hour long poses.

Earlier drawings of Mark - May 2010,  July 2011 and Nathan's drawings 

Figure Drawing 09/22/11

1's, 3's, 5's, a 10 and a 15.  Found it really difficult to keep focused on just the concepts.  Kept getting distraceted into copying the pretty contours. They're hard to resist =)