figure drawing: the head

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Figure Drawing: The Head Author(s): J. H. Vanderpoel Source: Brush and Pencil, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Nov., 1899), pp. 90-91 Published by: Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25505484 . Accessed: 22/05/2014 21:20 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 193.104.110.11 on Thu, 22 May 2014 21:20:58 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

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Page 1: Figure Drawing: The Head

Figure Drawing: The HeadAuthor(s): J. H. VanderpoelSource: Brush and Pencil, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Nov., 1899), pp. 90-91Published by:Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25505484 .

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FIGURE DRAWING-THE HEAD

PLATE IX

To draw successfully a head well, foreshortened, is a fair test of one's constructive knowledge. It bespeaks one's familiarity with the planes that bound the head, keeping their relation one to the other well in mind, irrespective of its action or the point of view. In the female head, seen from below and a little less than three-quarter view (Plate IX), note that the nearer side of the head is higher than the farther; also, the upper plane of the head becomes hidden and the under surface of the jaw proportionately visible; observe how the elevation of the nearer side lifts the nearer eye in relation to the far ther; the disclosure of the under-surface of the nose with the nearer nostril higher than the farther, the same holds good with the mouth from corner to corner. As all these features must be parallel one to the other, their relation must be understood, or distortion will ensue. Compare the relative length and breadth of the various planes in the two heads (Plate IX) to fully realize the difference in the cause and effect of the foreshortening in each. We now realize the more keenly that the eyebrows form the lower border of the forehead, and between them, partake of its convexity. The depth of the orbits is expressed in the female head by the increased space between the eyebrows and the eyes; in the male by the shading of the eyes, showing they are well overhung by the forehead, the arc marking the convexity of the teeth enveloped by the lips. In drawing the head, beware of the common error of drawing the features and surrounding them with the form of the head. This method is fatal to conveying the true carriage of the head, as well as to construction in the largest sense. In the action and carriage of the head there is as much personality as in any other phase of character. So from that point of view alone the head deserves to be blocked as a solid. To reca pitulate, we find three great requirements in drawing a head.- First, individuality and character, which require depth of insight; second, constructive knowledge, which is acquired through the study of anatomy and its effect upon external forms; third, action and its character-this requires a sense and appreciation of suiting the action to the character of the model. J. H. VANDERPOEL.

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PLATE IX THE HEA J. H. VANDERPOEL

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