The Artist's Complete Guide to Drawing the Head by William Maughan

Author:William Maughan [Maughan, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7704-3473-1
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 2013-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

NOSE AND MOUTH

Just as in the case of the eyes, the nose and mouth are described through light and shadow. The nostril opening is located on the bottom plane of the nose and therefore is in shadow when the nose is illuminated from above. The area above the upper lip is in light. The underside of the upper lip is in shadow, but the lower lip is in light. The next shadow begins soft at the curve of the bottom edge of the lower lip and ends hard above the chin, which is in light. The last shadow begins soft as the chin curves away from the light source and ends hard on the neck outside the picture plane. Light, shadow, light, shadow, light, shadow, from top to bottom.

From a distance a form-shadow edge on a small round object, such as the tip of a nose, will sometimes appear to have a hard edge. Nonetheless, it is a form-shadow and must be rendered softly, regardless of how hard it may look. Remember, all shadows begin as form-shadows and end as cast-shadows. Because the nose tip is so small, the turning of the form (that is, where the shape of the nose tip turns away from the light) takes place in less than one-sixteenth of an inch.

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