Figure Drawing: The Human Head
Application and composition with heads. Part 1
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez , Illustrator
About the video: Application and composition with heads. Part 1
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to choose some poses that we have been working on and in them I will draw in more detail all the elements of the skull with variations to generate a composition in which I will apply the bone and muscle part to finally arrive at a portrait. Thus we will have a study that we can use to create characters and be able to draw them from any point of view and with different expressions.”
In this video lesson ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez addresses the topic: Application and composition with heads. 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
“Application and composition with heads Let's apply a little of what we've seen on the course. We're going to add some light and shade, we're going to change some specific parts. We'll add a little gesture to this drawing to see how we can play around with all of these elements. So, starting with this eye, I'll start working on these edges. The edge of the upper eyelid towards the lacrimal duct. The iris, quite dark, where we'll leave some space to add light if the light comes from above, remembering that this iris has a little texture. We'll do quite a narrow eyebrow, so we'll only mark a f...”
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Course summary for: Figure Drawing: The Human Head
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Category
Illustration -
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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