I was getting ready to record tutorials on each of the facial features, but since it\u2019s a popular topic I decided to search the internet and see what else was out there. I was pleased to find these tutorials about each of these features\u2014eyes, nose, mouth, and ears (and hair!) by an artist named Stan Prokopenko, or Proko for short. I was startled that he makes the same points that I do about this topic, in the same order, and even uses many of the same metaphors. They\u2019re widely known and shared, of course, but he and I present them in very similar ways (as does Professor Mullen and many others).<\/p>\n
Best of all, his production values are much better than anything I could come up with, with animated illustrations and so forth.<\/p>\n
Each facial feature (except for the hair) is divided into two videos, one on understanding the structure of each of these features and one a step-by-step demonstration. Don\u2019t shortcut the structure videos. They\u2019re only 6-8 minutes and have very useful, practical information on how to draw these features better.<\/p>\n
Your optional<\/span> assignment<\/strong> (should you choose to accept it), is to watch the two videos about the eye, for instance, and after his step-by-step, draw an eye following his lead. You could also stop and start the video as you draw along.<\/p>\n Then do the same for as many of the features as you\u2019d like (but I recommend doing all of them).<\/p>\n I suggest you use pencil on a sheet of copy paper, or if you have your 9\u00d712\u201d drawing pad use that. Make your studies 2-3 times larger than life size so that you have room to elaborate the details.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u6-bCgRmcko<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TtrqSIhZR_Y<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nWZZ3SFmDS8&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHFhiyjXP4UT-yUo7pC13GQ&index=3<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lb1WrQp2EAI&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHFhiyjXP4UT-yUo7pC13GQ&index=4<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xq3aHSuKRyg&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHFhiyjXP4UT-yUo7pC13GQ&index=5<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N0vWyKyYv4o&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHFhiyjXP4UT-yUo7pC13GQ&index=6<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yqgw_iMWwlw&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHFhiyjXP4UT-yUo7pC13GQ&index=7<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ncfm_3UnLKE&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHFhiyjXP4UT-yUo7pC13GQ&index=8<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ncfm_3UnLKE&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHHFhiyjXP4UT-yUo7pC13GQ&index=8<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was getting ready to record tutorials on each of the facial features, but since it\u2019s a popular topic I decided to search the internet and see what else was out there. I was pleased to find these tutorials about each of these features\u2014eyes, nose, mouth, and ears (and hair!) by an artist named Stan … Continue reading “Optional Assignment \/ How to Draw Facial Features”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1042,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-663","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2101-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Eye Structure<\/strong> \/ 8 minutes<\/h5>\n
Eye Step by Step<\/strong> \/ 6 minutes<\/h5>\n
Nose Structure<\/strong> \/ 7 minutes<\/h5>\n
Nose Step by Step<\/strong> \/ 6 minutes<\/h5>\n
Lips Structure<\/strong> \/ 5.5 minutes<\/h5>\n
Lips Step by Step<\/strong> \/ 8.5 minutes<\/h5>\n
Ears Structure<\/strong> \/ 6 minutes<\/h5>\n
Ears Step by Step<\/strong> \/ 8 minutes<\/h5>\n
Hair<\/strong><\/h5>\n