Figure Drawing: The Human Head
The planes of the skull and neck. Part 1
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez , Illustrator
About the video: The planes of the skull and neck. Part 1
Overview
“I'm going to start this unit by showing you how to draw the proportions of the skull and neck from different views. We will rely on a grid of units that will help us guide us in the proportional measurements and location of the parts.”
In this video lesson ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez addresses the topic: The planes of the skull and neck. Part 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Figure Drawing: The Human Head. Learn how to draw the skull, muscles, facial elements, and expressions without using a model.
Partial transcription of the video
“Drawings of the skull and the neck In this lesson, we'll look at the drawings of the skull and neck. The first thing we'll do is draw a big circle which will help us to mark out the cranial vault. In this drawing, I'll draw this circle in a multiple of three. Later on, you'll see that we'll constantly be dividing our units or measurements into thirds. I'll just take a ruler to draw a circle with a radius of nine centimeters, that is, with a diameter of 18 centimeters. Find an area close to the center... where we'll start drawing our circle. These measurements are very ideal measurements, OK...”
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Course summary for: Figure Drawing: The Human Head
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing

ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez
Miguel Bustos Gómez, better known as Zursoif, is a Colombian artist, illustrator, and teacher with 15 years' professional experience. He has been teaching at Casatinta since 2012, leading drawing, anatomy, and illustration workshops. He has also worked as an illustrator for different publishers including Rey Naranjo on Gabo: memorias de una vida mágica, 2012; Ediciones Vestigio on El Pornógrafo, 2019; and Editorial Planeta on El difícil oficio de perdonar, 2019.
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