In 300 extraordinary drawings, Hogarth shows how to draw the head from every angle, age the face from infancy to old age, and delineate every feature and wrinkle.
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Burne Hogarth’s (1911–1996) remarkable career spanned over 60 years. He wore many hats in the worlds of fine art, art education, and art publishing. He is most famous for his internationally syndicated Sunday newspaper color page feature “Tarzan” (1937–1950) and for his illustrated adaptations of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels Tarzan of the Apes and Jungle Tales of Tarzan. A co-founder of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Hogarth remains one of the most influential figures in art education today.
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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Maybe 3-1/2 stars... A popular, intermediate-level effort- It's definitely great for memory drawing, and it's recommended mainly for this reason...
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 some of these very same principles, along with some of the teachings by the Famous Artists School. My current interest is in oval & cube-based construction, and it's exclusively *oval-based* construction that is emphasized in this book.
For me, the *best* section in this book is the 2nd of its 6 sections- which is oval-construction simplified. It's just 21 pages out this book's 160- but it's actually worth getting if you're interested in drawing from memory. The rest of the book, in my opinion, is mainly filler- to justify an entire book on this subject. In fact, Burne Hogarth's 1st book, Dynamic Anatomy, gives us a *very* brief intro into this exact same oval-based construction, and I think many people will prefer getting Dynamic Anatomy for this reason. I highly recommend getting the 1990 printing *original* version of Dynamic Anatomy- since I'm not a fan of the new, 'revised and expanded' version available today.
Really, the *main* sections in this book that seem interesting to me are that 2nd, 5th, and maybe 6th sections. In the 5th, many different head-types are depicted and compared, including about 30 specific ethnicities- giving this book a somewhat 'international' feel. The 6th section is a 'gallery' of heads as shown in ancient sculpture, as well as more modern western art. It's interesting information overall; just not really necessary in learning to draw heads from memory. In short: For *beginners*, I highly recommend getting Drawing the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm before getting this. For everyone else, this book is *moderately* recommended, although I greatly prefer Dynamic Anatomy.
P.S. For photo-reference of different ethnicities, check out Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference For Artists; also here on Amazon!
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 some of these very same principles, along with some of the teachings by the Famous Artists School. My current interest is in oval & cube-based construction, and it's exclusively *oval-based* construction that is emphasized in this book.
For me, the *best* section in this book is the 2nd of its 6 sections- which is oval-construction simplified. It's just 21 pages out this book's 160- but it's actually worth getting if you're interested in drawing from memory. The rest of the book, in my opinion, is mainly filler- to justify an entire book on this subject. In fact, Burne Hogarth's 1st book, Dynamic Anatomy, gives us a *very* brief intro into this exact same oval-based construction, and I think many people will prefer getting Dynamic Anatomy for this reason. I highly recommend getting the 1990 printing *original* version of Dynamic Anatomy- since I'm not a fan of the new, 'revised and expanded' version available today.
Really, the *main* sections in this book that seem interesting to me are that 2nd, 5th, and maybe 6th sections. In the 5th, many different head-types are depicted and compared, including about 30 specific ethnicities- giving this book a somewhat 'international' feel. The 6th section is a 'gallery' of heads as shown in ancient sculpture, as well as more modern western art. It's interesting information overall; just not really necessary in learning to draw heads from memory. In short: For *beginners*, I highly recommend getting Drawing the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm before getting this. For everyone else, this book is *moderately* recommended, although I greatly prefer Dynamic Anatomy.
P.S. For photo-reference of different ethnicities, check out Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference For Artists; also here on Amazon!
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By E.J.Barnes
Format:Paperback
Although taking a formal course of study in human anatomy will give you greater depth in drawing the human head as far as proportion is concerned, this book does go into more depth than a course would in terms of facial features.
Burne is of the old school in the sense that he probably learned such terms as "dolichocephalic" and "brachiocephalic" in the earlier part of this century, when these labels were commonly applied to ethnic groups. But he ably avoids this obsolete view by demonstrating these head types have examples in a variety of racial and ethnic groups.
This very variety of ethnic facial examples is the greatest strength of the book. I've seen too many comic books try to portray a multi-cultural cast without knowing how!
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
By Andrew A.
Format:Paperback
As another reader said, I'm not particularly fond of Hogarth's style, but this is a useful book (for what it covers). Content is limited in breadth, but goes into good depth on multicultural features and aging. I would have liked to see more examples of females, though, especially aged female faces.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Just what I needed
This book has taken my drawing to a new level. I am grateful for the author for compiling this and I love the sketches that are shown.
Published 15 days ago by INFJ unkie
2.0 out of 5 stars
Laborious and mechanical!
I found this book to be a laborious and mechanical approach to drawing the human head. This book is filled with several intensive computations for drawing the head, it left me... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Robocat
3.0 out of 5 stars
clarity of explanation
A fairly good aid in the construction of the human head; however, the author's explanations are still rather basic and not thorough. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ihope
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best book about drawing the head
I've got two other books on drawing the head, and neither come close to this. Also, the head section of general art books aren't as good as this. Read more
Published 3 months ago by anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars
yep!!!
This is the best book i have found on drawing the head. Andrew loomis has a good method as well, I have kind of started using a hybrid of the 2. Read more
Published 3 months ago by fiddles
3.0 out of 5 stars
Eh
This was more about the anatomy of the human head and not so much how to draw it. For someone learning the art of portraits, yes it helps to understand muscle and bone structures,... Read more
Published 3 months ago by pamela skidmore
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not for pure beginners or kids
Mr Hogarth was a fantastically talented and immensely intelligent person and artist.
Unfortunately his books are not for the newest of the new or hobby artists. Read more
Unfortunately his books are not for the newest of the new or hobby artists. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Baron
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for shortcuts and formulae
I have been drawing portraits since I was a teenager and I wanted to be able to draw portraits from my own imagination convincingly. Read more
Published 18 months ago by artniti
3.0 out of 5 stars
the head
I have two other books by this artist. I paint mostly female faces and will have to adapt them from the male..mostly male drawings..to a more feminine face.. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Doris E. Weed
3.0 out of 5 stars
Somewhat helpful
This book was not as helpful as I hoped. A good addition to a library but not all inclusive.
Published on February 13, 2011 by Cat
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- Dynamic Figure Drawing by Burne Hogarth in Back Cover
- Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs in Back Cover
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- Dynamic Light and Shade by Burne Hogarth in Back Cover
- Forensic Art and Illustration by Karen T. Taylor on page 105, and page 133
- Your Career in the Comics by Lee Nordling in Back Matter
- Anthropometric Facial Proportions in Medicine by Leslie G. Farkas M.D. on page 117
- Forensic Facial Reconstruction by Caroline Wilkinson in Back Matter
- Drawing a Likeness by Douglas R. Graves in Back Matter
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