All features must follow these guide lines.
In Head No. 3 one sees where the neck really joins the head.
Note the triangle formed on all faces. This triangle takes in the front of the face, while the remaining portion is on the side. When the head is tipped down, all construction lines curve down. The nose appears longer, the under plane and the chin are lost, and one can see more of the top of the head. The more the head is tipped down the more pronounced these effects are. The neck becomes short and the top of the head full (Head No. 4). As one looks down on this head the upper lip appears thinner and the eyebrows nearer the eyes.
THE PROFILE HEAD
Draw the correct oval for the profile head on which place Head No. 5.
In Lesson XIII, you learned the outline of the features, also about the forehead bone, and the lines of the chin. The jaw
bone runs up to the ear, which is as far from the eye as from the mouth. The trapezius muscle is at the back of the neck, and, while the general direction of the back of the neck slopes in, you must have the feeling of a slight outward effect for this muscle.
Note the diagonal lines from the front to the back of the neck, showing that the neck is higher in the back than in the front. Watch the front line of the neck where it joins the jaw, and the reverse curve which is more prominent in a man than a woman. A man's neck is shorter than a woman's, measuring from the nose to the chin the same as from chin to PN.
Do not draw a woman's neck too long.
THE THREE-QUARTER HEAD
In Head No. 6, which is the three-quarter view, the cheek bone is very noticeable. Note the outline of the far side of the face. The forehead bone projects, the outline going in slightly above it. The line from this bone descends, goes into the eye, out to the cheek bone, down to the jaw bone. Show definitely where the line leaves the cheek and runs into the chin, which is straight across, but not as wide as in the full front view. The jaw runs up to the ear, which is at the back of the head.
Remember to place three-quarter features on a three-quarter face and have the center line in the middle of the face.
THE SEVEN-EIGHTHS HEAD