Drawing the Human Head

Drawing the Human HeadBurne Hogarth's methodical approach transforms head drawing from guesswork into understood structure. Three hundred drawings and diagrams break down cranial architecture, facial planes, and proportional relationships that remain consistent across individual variations. Rather than teaching you to copy what you see, this book explains why forms appear as they do, the underlying skeletal framework, muscular masses, and surface topography that create

sometimes the bold color of marker

this guide provides the technical foundation that superhero comics demand

preventing ink from bleeding underneath when you're drafting with technical pens or ruling pen-and-ink borders

Carbon sketch pencil produces dense blacks that photograph and reproduce cleanly

experimentally

and compositional elements within single pieces

The flexibound format stays open flat during drawing sessions

The main surface tilts to 60 degrees for comfortable drawing angles

flat chisel for broad smoothing and leveling

Twelve degrees of hardness let you match the pencil to the mark

Ten precisely selected colors that form a complete mixing palette for fluid acrylics

while the permanent bond resists moisture without compromising the surface beneath