Sketchbook Tour #2 (Technical Studies)

Hatching is an important stylistic choice to help guide the eye and add cohesion

There are several ways to hatch, some more stylistic, others more technical

learning to draw the shapes I don’t see

I currently use a small model skull for these exercises (not an Amazon affiliate, just sharing my resources) :]

A small study of the Asaro head; helpful for understanding the general curvature of the face as a 3D object

This is (basically) an overlay of the Reilly method, a grid to help diagram the variety of human form

Here I mapped the musculoskeletal system to better understand the mechanics of facial expression

We’re getting into the features of the face now; it’s important to understand how each shape is composed as well as how it relates to the neighboring features

grateful for noses… could you imagine? lol

I know I’m in good company as an artist who grew up drawing eyes over and over

(what DOES that mouth do?)

Figure and gesture studies

The masculine form tends toward squareness

The Reilly method applied to figure drawing is especially helpful in conveying movement

This method combines muscle mapping with expression lines to help articulate gesture

The feminine form tends toward softer angles

Establishing these “rhythm lines” lends a structural base to start building those subtle curves onto- beneath every body is the bones!

(I obviously find it difficult to ignore facial details)