Atlas of Facial Anatomy for Portrait Artists
Acquiring a knowledge and understanding of facial anatomy is important to furthering your development as a portrait painter.
The frontal and 7/8's profile aspects are presented both in video and text (PDF). This program is several decades old; the video is, well, vintage would describe it charitably. However the information remains pertinent. Also included is the Anatomy of the Hand text (PDF).
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Atlas of Anatomy for Portrait Artists
9.41 MB
Both the frontal and 7/8's profile aspects of the skull and musculature are presented in this text (PDF).
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You can also access the PDF at: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/Atlas-of-Anatomy.pdf -
Atlas-of-Facial-Anatomy-Frontal-Pose
The skull and attendant muscles in frontal pose. Watch the video piecemeal, in sequence. The accompanying textbook (PDF) serves as a continuing reference.
33:08 Archival video. 640
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Atlas-of-Facial-Anatomy-7-8-Profile-View
The skull and attendant muscles in 7/8's profile view
1:04:36 Vintage video 640
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10.3 MBAnatomy of the Hand
10.3 MB
Anatomy of the Hand. Text (PDF)
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This text can also be accessed at: https://www.artacademy.com/tv/Anatomy-of-the-Hand.pdf
