Andrew Loomis

Yesterday I came across information on Andrew Loomis and his book Drawing the Head and Hands (1956), obviously a long-time classic but hitherto unknown to me. It for instance contains very enchanting portraits of Eisenhower-era girls in its later sections. Early on Loomis insists that all heads should be constructed from round ball shapes, and while keeping their three-dimensionality constantly in mind. This is a welcome step forward from the grid-based technique I’ve been depending on lately, and so I’ve done two pages worth of exercises. Here is one … (pencil/Moleskine notebook, 13 x 21 cm)