Chapter 2 | OTHER POSITIONS OPF THE HEAD

When we try to draw the head at an angle or if someone looks up or down, we have to pay attention to the assisting construction lines through the middle of the head. They tilt or rotate!

Exercise 1: Draw a head slanted to the left and slanted to the right. Use the assisting construction lines.

The head tilted.

Exercise 2: Draw a head bent back and a head bent forward. Use the assisting construction lines. When looking at the head from below, the top half is drawn much smaller. When viewed from above, the lower half of the head is drawn smaller.

Exercise 3: If you make the head as spherical as a globe, you can try out funny faces in all kinds of positions.

EXTRA: With the tips from this lesson, you can try to draw yourself or someone else in a pose that you like. In the following portrait, the head is turned slightly and pointed downwards, which means that he has to look up a bit to look us straight in the eye.