Drawing the Skull and Planes of the Head by Mark Hill

In this class we’ll learn how to draw and construct both the skull as well as the planes of the head using the Asaro planed head. This class is part of the building blocks of learning how to draw portraits by working from the ground up with both the skull as well as understanding how to break the head down into simple and complex planes.

These are typical exercises you would be doing in art school/atelier type system in conjunction with drawing portraits from life, reference or cast. I found that practicing these types of skills great improved my portraits and my understanding of structure as a beginner into the intermediate stages of drawing. Towards the end of the class I will show you how I apply some of these principles to doing an actual portrait through a simple block-in stage.

01 – plane-intro 02 – skull-explanation 03 – skull-demo-1 04 – skull-demo-2 05 – skull-demo-2-pt-2 06 – asaro-explanation 07 – asaro-demo-1 08 – asaro-demo-2 09 – female-head 10 – male-head 11 – male-head-pt-2 12 – closing-thoughts

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