Discover proportions and construction of a skull - Paper skull model
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How to make a paper skull model
This paper skull model is designed by Vladimir London, fine artist and art teacher, for art students who would like to learn how to draw portraits from life, memory and imagination.
By making this model, you will not only get a skull to draw from, but also learn skull's construction, proportions, anatomical features, and above all, planes of its shape.
Making such a model and drawing it from life will help you to understand what lies beneath the skin and how skull's bones influence the human head appearance as well as how different planes of a skull form its three-dimensional volume. All geometric polygons of this model are perfectly flat, which will help in constructive drawing. Every polygon is tilted at some angle, which results in different tonal values for each plane; however, every plane would have a uniform value, so rendering its tones will be easier. It is also easier to comprehend virtual contours on the surface of this skull and apply pencil strokes along those straight contours. That is why making and drawing this skull model is an essential part of your portrait drawing education.
The paper skull template is available to Life Drawing Academy Correspondence Course students free of charge.
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