Basic Art - 3 Faces and Face Proportion（基本的艺术- 3的脸和脸的比例）.pdf

Introduction This unit will be worth 2 credits. You will have to have done the perspective for artists unit since this unit requires you to understand the concept of proportion. In faces there are certain proportions that are constant. For example, the eye line (that line on which the eyes line up) is exactly 1/2 way from the top of the head to the chin. In a full front face, the dimensions of the head and features are based upon the dimension of the eye -- a head is five eyes wide by seven eyes tall is the usual figure given. This is not a unit on portraiture; the unit is concerned with the usual proportions of the generic human face. The face is human, but will be more the kind of face found in realistic comics (not Dagwood or the Simpsons). Recall that your pretest was to draw a human face from your memory. You can compare them at the end of this unit. This unit will be on faces - the general dimensions of the human face. Later you will move on to portraiture, but for now just generic human faces will be the topic. There will be examples of human faces (not comic faces) taken from magazines. Often students get caught up on whether they like the model or not. That is not the purpose. The purpose is to show faces in the three poses common: profile, full front, and 3/4 view (3/4 view can be left or right 3/4). Profile (Side View) Some books suggest drawing a grid like this in order to learn to draw a profile. It is ok for starters, but it should become natural. Ways to Construct a Profile. This can work for a while, but how about practicing the basic shape of the head in profile? There are proportions to the human profile constant to all. Listen! Steps 2. Locate the eye line 1/2 way 1. Draw the shape.