Week 12 - Life Drawing - Facial Expression

5 minute sketch, Fine Liner and Graphite Stick

 

These set of sketches are focused on capturing the facial expression in the face and also the subtle movements of the facial features, it is important to capture how the facial muscles tense and relax to form different expressions. You can see some this theory applied in the sketch and is a follows:

 

Positives:

•  Good amount of expression captured in this sketch as seen in the clenching of the cheeks and the wrinkles at the side of the eyes and on the forehead.
• Solid proportion to the face and positioning of the facial features show off the slight tilt of the face.
• The creases of the cheeks being pushed together emphasise the round fatty deposits being pushed together and the wrinkles around the eyes  and mouth empathise the eye sockets and  muscles around the mouth.

Negatives:

• It still looks fairly two dimensional could used shading on the face to make the facial features really pop out and look more three dimensional.
• More detail and tidying up the hand and adding to the head would complete this quick sketch.
• The angle of the nose appears to be wrong and does need to be corrected as the perspective makes it look flat.

10 minute sketch, Fine Liner and Graphite Stick

 

This is a slightly longer sketch on facial expression, it is still important to focus on the subtlites of the facial feature which make an expression clear and readable. The following theory is visable in this sketch:

 

Positives:

• Increaased amount of detail to the face showing clear wrinkles areound the eyes as they are closed  tightly, the brow showing stress lines, on the forehead and around around the mouth showing wrinkles where the lips are being pressed together.
• Solid perspective of the nose and face showing it from a downwards angle giving it more expression to the face.
• Some good tonal values showing the clear, bold shadows down the right side of the face as seen in the sketch and under the eyes and chin,
• Clear protrayl of the facial expression giving a sense of a sort of deep think expression with the eyes close, face tilted down, and tensing of the forehead.

Negatives:

• The nose is too long and is not proportionally correct to the rest of the face it need to be shortened.
• A greater suggestion of the dynomism in the head tilt and face would give this sketch more prespective on the shadows cast on the face and emphisise on the facial expression.

 



 



5 minute sketch, Fine Liner and Graphite Stick

 



This quick sketch is still focused on facail expression but it was more a foucus on getting the proportion and perspective right as well as capturing the expression of the face. The theory is shown as follows:

 

Positives:

• Good, clear representation of the frown lines on the face where the muscles under the eyes, around the mouth and on the brow are tensed to create wrinkles where the skin is bunching together.
• The tilt of the face and head gives the a more interesting perspective allowing you to see under the nose almosr looking up at the closed eyes.
• Solid proportion as seen by the even spacing of the facial features and compasisment to the rest of the face.
• The added information on the wrinkles around the eyes, mouth and forehead helps to give this sketch more expression and creates a mood of almost frustration or anger.

Negatives:

• Greater tonal value is needed to express where the light is hitting the face in this sketch to add more drama and perspective.
• A more completed drawing would offer more indication to how the head is positioned and where the light is coming from.
• The width of the eyes seem too big and the gap between them seems too small.