Figure Drawing Portrait and Head Drawing 2

Question 1

What is the 'Asaro head' used for in figure drawing study?

Accepted Answer

A faceted plaster cast that simplifies the head into flat planes for understanding form and light

Answer

The Asaro head is a faceted geometric model of the human head designed to show flat planar faces that make it easier to understand how light breaks across the head's forms.

Question 2

In three-quarter view portrait drawing, the farther eye appears:

Accepted Answer

Narrower than the near eye due to perspective foreshortening

Answer

In a three-quarter view, the far eye recedes in perspective and appears narrower (foreshortened) compared to the near eye.

Question 3

What plane describes the large flat front surface of the forehead above the brow?

Accepted Answer

Frontal plane of the forehead

Answer

The frontal plane of the forehead is the broad flat face-forward surface of the forehead that catches direct front light.

Question 4

The philtrum is the small groove running from the nose to the upper lip. Where does it create a shadow?

Accepted Answer

Above the upper lip in most lighting

Answer

The philtrum creates a gentle cast shadow on the upper lip area in most overhead lighting conditions.

Question 5

What is the 'jaw plane' and why is it important in portrait drawing?

Accepted Answer

The underside of the jaw that turns away from above-source light and typically falls in shadow

Answer

The jaw plane is the downward-facing underside of the jawbone, which turns away from typical overhead light sources and thus appears in shadow.

Figure Drawing Practice Test

Figure Drawing Practice Test

Figure Drawing Portrait and Head Drawing 2