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Loomis is good for understanding the basic formula and creating faces and people from imagination or as a concept... at least for me. Block ins allow for a more direct way to draw what you see and make it ideal for literal translation like a portrait.

I use a system called comparative measuring. If the distance between two points of my reference are the same, then I can make the same assumption using longer lines on my drawing. In the beginning, there is just guessing, and then you measure. You have to measure a lot - a ton - actually, but it works. Another method is using a grid of squares on clear plastic for the reference and then a larger grid of squares on the drawing itself. So the squares are twice as big and make a drawing twice as big. This is good and easier than the comparative measuring. There are other ways, but these two are what I use most and teach. Grids are great for mastercopies. I hope this helps!

@@BayAreaArtSchool i tried using grids before but I’m not sure it will work a-lot for me i just get a hard time drawing the grid itself

I like to have a more structural head for like uh, the way i draw the head is i use a block in, i measure, guidelines for every feature of the face and the hair but the problem is the size of the actual head and the placement usually the hair makes the problem since, i cant find the top of the head

The relative measuring method works throughout the drawing. The first long lines establish the shape and silhouette. Then the details like eyes, nose, lips are placed based on a same method. Basically, if you know three points you know where the fourth point goes... but it is a guess until it feels right. Then I add smaller details until the entire face with details is blocked in. Another way to know where a feature is is to notice what is straight above or below that feature your adding. For example wherethe hair line turns down is directly above what? That helps place the right eye and pupil and details also. It's a sort of triangulation mapping.

The short answer is that it is always good to consider what you are drawing as a 3-dimensional object to help convey roundness and depths. The longer answer depends on if you are a beginner or intermediate. A beginner who draws every day will eventually benefit from learning to measure with the sight-size method and a good understanding of perspective. An intermediate who has drawn many faces and wants even more accuracy will want to start learning about contours, muscles and features. A master will have studied form and figure, light and values, color temperatures, accurate color mixing, underlying skeleton and muscle features, and many life studies to understand the nuances that were probably almost invisible to the beginner.

I did the voice over after the video so I am able to foretell the audience what will happen. If you watch the whole video it will make sense in the long run. Thanks for watching

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Hi. I use comparative measuring for drawings that are larger or smaller than the reference or from life. In the video I say "relative measuring" but it's technically called comparative measuring. Sorry about that. So what I should have done is mark the top and bottom of the drawing. Then I measure from my reference the width of the head, turn my measuring stick 90 degrees and see how far up that measurement goes. Then I know the ratio and can measure out the same height I see, turn it back 90 degrees and that is my width. I talk more about it in this video within the first 7 minutes: th-cam.com/video/cwnbHblsqrQ/w-d-xo.html I hope that answers your question.

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I use a bicycle spoke for measuring and I grind down the ends so the metal is dull

He did say that it was a bicycle spoke.

@ : Roger ; did you mean a piece of that stick , came from part of Bicycle?

@@pramuanpoe3960 yes, a bicycle spoke usually comes from a bicycle.

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I do most of my drawing on a convertible easel. I can sit and rotate the table angle easily. Thanks for asking!

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