Drawing the Head (How to Draw and Paint/Art Instruction Program) Paperback – January 1, 1998

...for beginners & intermediates in ability. It's 32 pages taken from several of his original books- easily my favorite Loomis collection!In recent decades there have been 3 main teachers in learning to draw heads from memory. For cube-based construction we have George Bridgman. For ball/sphere-based construction we have Andrew Loomis. And for oval/ellipse-based construction, we have the famous teacher of the Dynamic Drawing series- comicbook artist Burne Hogarth. Many of today's Japanese animation & comicbook instructionals are using these very same principles, along with some of the teachings by the Famous Artists School. My current interest is in oval & cube-based construction, but it's Loomis' famous *ball/sphere-based* construction here that many people consider to be the BEST. All artists, from beginners to even professionals(!), could easily benefit in learning these 3 popular standards.In any case, this is a great work *in pencil* on heads of all kinds. All popular aspects of construction are covered: men, women, children, teens, elderly, fashion-models, proportions, rythmic lines, planes, anatomy, bone structure, simple lines & shapes, perspective, common actions, expressions, clear line drawings, and even full-blown tonal studies (whew!). That's a lot in just 32 pages. It's all done in a classic mid-20th century style, similar to Jack Hamm's excellent Drawing The Head And Figure. My favorite pages here are p.26, p.27, and p.30, because these are his clearest & most detailed pure line drawings- exceedingly great to copy & learn from. A tremendous help for anyone interested in learning to draw from memory- get this great book today!P.S. ...just to update: this reviews page used to be linked to 2 Loomis books. The 1st is his slim & tall, 32-page Walter Foster paperback collection currently entitled Drawing: The Head (HT197). This HT197 guide was also known as Heads/2. My review is for this Walter Foster collection. The 2nd book this reviews page had been linked to was Loomis' original hardcover called Drawing the Head and Hands; a full-blown book- more than 32 pages. The real reason these 2 books had shared these reviews is that the shorter, Walter Foster collection takes a few pages from several books, mainly pages from this full-blown Drawing the Head and Hands.As I understand it, Loomis actually *created* ball/sphere-based construction for heads, printed in Fun With A Pencil circa 1939- and I see no evidence to contradict this. And today it's one of the most popular methods around. His books being out of print confuses many! That's why I give this 5 stars: instead of slamming Walter Foster's publications for their lack of completeness, we should thank them for keeping Loomis' name alive(!). If it weren't for this Drawing: The Head collection, I might never have given his Figure Drawing For All It's Worth a chance. Now I have both- and I consider that a good thing.

What it had in it was good, wish it had more.if you want my feedback, you at amazon, you get what you get

I thought this was a 2nd volume or part 2 to the Andrew Loomis DRAWING THE HEAD AND HANDS, it is actually the 2nd volume in the publishers drawing series (with volume 1 being by a different author not Andrew Loomis). Maybe I didn't read the description carefully enough but it reads like it is a companion to the main Loomis book (it's actually an abbreviation from that book...and possibly pages from other Loomis books). I don't want to imply it is somehow substandard to not worth the purchase, just that the way it is listed implied something else to me.

This book was required by my teacher, Vinicio Perez, in a portrait class I am taking. This book is the basis for portraits and is great for a quick reference without dealing with so much bulk in my portfolio bag. Vinicio feels this is one of the best books on the market. I bought this book used for only about $11 including postage and it is in very good condition. I am very satisfied with my purchase from Amazon.

This book is great for reference but is not a basic how to draw book. I have already had some art training so have found it useful but probably not for someone wanting a basic drawing book.

There are many diagrams to show the exact way to draw the head, and is very instructive.

I ordered one book by Andrew Loomis and received a different but similar book by the same author. Maybe its a different edition than the one I believed I was receiving. Most (but not all) of the information seem to be the same as the book that was advertised. The covers are very different.

This is Andrew Loomis approach to drawing the head and features. It is simple to understand and use. The instructions are similar to his book: "Drawing the Head and Hands".

Je vous le recommande. Un livre qui donne un bon aperçu des techniques de Andrew Loomis pour réaliser des portraits.