KEY DRAWINGS
1. What are shown in the picture? 2. What do you think are the steps in constructing head and face?
Using the technique for head and face construction, how important are the facial expressions in creating consistent drawings?
The Head and Face Construction The following procedures can be carried-out to start with the basic head and face construction: 1.Draw an egg-shaped object. 2. Create vertical and horizontal divisions as facial guidelines.
3. Draw two (2) small ellipses at the right angles above the horizontal line for the eyes. 4. Draw another two (2) small ellipses inside the previously drawn eyes to create the iris. 5. Draw another small ellipse below the eyes to set nose. 6. Create a curved line just below the nose for the lips.
Follow the following steps on how to construct the head and face of Mickey Mouse: 1.Start by drawing a circle on your paper and then add center lines to help position Mickey's features. 2.Now,add Mickey's eyes and nose. His eyes rest on the edge of one center line. Make sure that you add a little curve right below his eyes. 3.Add Mickey's happy smile and chin. The top portion of his mouth follows the same curve as his nose. 4.Draw two large ovals for Mickey's ears then add curved lines to form the area around his cheeks and eyes. This is called the 'Mask'. 5.Now you can rub out your guidelines and start to cleanup your drawing of Mickey Mouse.
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Assessment Construct the head and face of Minnie Mouse using the given previous steps.
Assignment • Choose any cartoon character (realistic model) of your preferences. • Draw 3 different facial expressions of your chosen character. • Make sure faces are of the same sizes.