Heads Features And Faces

by George B. Bridgman

Helpful approach to difficult area. Almost 200 drawings plus text and examples from work of Vermeer, Hals, Rembrandt, others.

Genres: Art, Drawing, Nonfiction, Reference, Art Design

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1936

About the author

George Brant Bridgman was a Canadian-American artist, teacher and writer. Born in Canada he spent most of his working life in the USA teaching anatomy and figure drawing at the Arts Students League of New York. His students included many future famous artists including Will Eisner, Marion Greenwood, Andrew Loomis and Norman Rockwell.

Reviews

[Erika Mulvenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an okay book, with some examples of how past famous artists sketched heads and faces.

[Rudolfo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, but still hard to understand. Most books on drawing seem to be. Still worth the study. Many good examples by illustration. Which you are to copy.

[Viki · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rambling and disjointed. This book has some good information on it, but it's buffered by rambling pages about artists and random historical figures for no apparent reason.

[Anthea · Rating 5 out of 5]

You have to understand the human anatomy to get this, well I think it is really part of learning drawing. He has nice tips and tricks to practice sketching.

[Konstantine · Rating 3 out of 5]

useful getting some neat tricks for drawing heads, but theres better books by bridgman id recommend for the real meat of the anatomy

[Randi · Rating 4 out of 5]

great illustration

Easy to follow. Not real defined as far as soft variations but the angles are good and you can practice quick drawings from this book.

[keereads · Rating 4 out of 5]

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