Figure Drawing for Beginners
Head (Basic)
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez , Illustrator
About the video: Head (Basic)
Overview
“We are going to draw circles that allow us to have the same width and height measurement and we can divide into parts to locate the drawing elements of the skull (and the face) in front, side and back views. Here we are going to apply all the practice that was done of the divisions in halves and thirds since it is the part of the body with more elements to draw. ”
In this video lesson ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez addresses the topic: Head (Basic), which is part of the Domestika online course: Figure Drawing for Beginners. Learn basics techniques to draw the human body with precise proportions and without using a model.
Partial transcription of the video
“THE HEAD Now that we learned how to divide the body into eight units, we're going to work with the first unit, the head. To draw the proportions of the head, we'll divide it into seven units. Although we didn't practice dividing lines in seven units, we're going to stake a small circle and multiply it by seven. I'm going to use a template and make one unit in the center and then three units above and three below, three units to the right and three to the left. That gives us a total height of seven units and a width of seven units. Remember you can do this using any sort of circular tool. On...”
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Course summary for: Figure Drawing for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching

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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