Reviews

Dibujo de cabeza y manos by Andrew Loomis

lipsandpalms's review against another edition

4.0

Extremely useful information. It's not a book I can read once and absorb completely. I have no doubt I will continue to return to it as I become more adept at drawing heads and hands.

My only complaint is that many of the descriptions not accompanied but drawn examples were not intuitive. I found myself reading and re-reading sentences trying to understand exactly what he's trying to convey about line tone proportion and angle.

It's inspired me to try more construction and measuring before diving into a drawing, although I think this takes some of the heart and spontaneity out of it.

winchella's review against another edition

4.0

Loomis has great material for all types of artists.

bookishdamzel's review against another edition

4.0

This art reference book definitely helps get the fundamentals of mapping out the face using the structure of the bones as well as using muscles for different facial expressions. It gives you examples for men, women, children and hands. I’ll definitely flip through this every once in a while for practice but skip the long chapters of non useful paragraphs.

If you’re looking to draw more realistic portraits and hands, this book will for sure help you. If you want a more simplified look, then it will at least give you the fundamentals of mapping out the face and hands.

katskinner's review against another edition

3.0

It’s a good book but it’s very dated. Photos aren’t on the same pages as the text. It’d be nice to have clearer step by step drawings.

jselliot's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0