TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maughan,William
TI  - The artist's complete guide to drawing the head
SN  - 0823003590
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Watson-Guptill Publications
KW  - Head in art
KW  - Drawing
KW  - Technique
N1  - Includes index; Introduction. The drawing method and materials -- Chiaroscuro -- Sfumato -- The materials -- Substitute materials -- Working with the pencil -- Drawing shadow shapes -- Sharpening the pencil -- 1. Principles of chiaroscuro -- Line versus value -- "Lost-and-found" line -- Value and form -- Paper + two pencils = a full-value range -- The shadow shapes and their edges -- Form-shadows -- Cast-shadows -- The shadow edges -- The form in light -- Analyzing form -- Negative shapes -- 2. Principles of drawing the head -- Two masses of light and shadow -- Lighting the head -- Artificial and natural light -- Light advance; dark recedes -- Single focal point -- Perspective and the three-quarter view -- Perspective -- Planes of the head -- Foreshortening -- Value pattern -- Addressing the background -- 3. The drawing process, step-by-step -- Sculpting the head -- Gesture -- The tilt -- Proportions -- Placing the features -- The anatomy of the eyes -- The orbicular cavity -- The natural slants of the eye -- The eyelids, pupils, and iris -- Positions of the eyes -- Drawing the eyes -- Highlights on the eyes -- Using the paper value -- Examples of eyes -- Nose and mouth -- The structure of the nose and mouth -- Examples of the nose and mouth -- Ears -- Placement of the ear -- Hair -- Troubleshooting example -- 4. Putting it all together -- The five essential drawing steps -- Review -- The demonstrations -- Going forward -- Practice ideas -- Self-critique -- Taking your skills to the next level -- 5. Drawing from multiple sources -- Combining references -- A demonstration -- Examples of composite drawings -- 6. Working with color -- From drawing to painting -- The color "wheel" -- Complementary colors -- Color intensity -- Mixing from the tertiary colors -- Color temperature -- Color relationships -- Warm advances; cool recedes -- Family of colors -- Expressive color -- Pastel painting -- The materials -- Caring for your pastel -- Applying the charcoal pencil -- Applying the tone -- Applying the pastel -- Painting the background -- Pastel demonstration one -- Pastel demonstration two
N2  - Explains the principles of the drawing method called "chiaroscuro" and shows how to use it to draw people's heads, presenting step-by-step examples
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