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Portrait Series: Loomis Head

Portrait Series: Loomis Head

Use this basic head model to position a head at different angles and to keep facial features in correct proportion.

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Oct 21, 2024
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Over the next several weeks I’ll be writing and sharing articles about portrait painting, starting today with an overview of the famous “Loomis head.”

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Loomis head

The Loomis head is a basic head model developed by the illustrator Andrew Loomis in the 1940s, to assist with proportioning and positioning h…

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