CAPTURING FACIAL FEATURES

CAPTURING FACIAL FEATURES

Drawing Tips The sclera (A) is the white of the eye. The iris (B) is a colored disc that controls the amount of light entering the round opening of the pupil (e). The domelike, transparent cornea (E) sits over the iris. The inner canthus (D) at the cor­ ner of the eye is an important feature of the shape of the eye.

The Eye The eyeball is a moist sphere. Because its surface is glossy, the carnea (E) often features a highlight.

 Drawing Tips The vertical furrow between the nose and upper lip is the philtrum (A). The tubercle (B) of the upper lip is a small rounded form surrounded by two elongated forms; it fits into the middle of the two elongated forms of the lower lip. The node (e) is an oval muscular form on the outer edge of the mouth. 

The Lips Because the lips curve around the cylinder of the teeth, it's helpful to draw and shade the mouth as if it were a sphere. 

Drawing Tips The bridge of the nose is formed by two nasal bones (A). The mid­ dle section of the nose is made of a rigid septal cartilage (B), surrounded by two lateral cartilages (e). The bulb of the nose is formed by two greater alar cartilages (D). Two wings (E) create the nostrils.

The Nose The nose is made up of bone, cartilage, and fatty tissue. Halfway down from the eyebrows, cartilage replaces the bone.

Drawing Tips The cartilaginous helxi (A) forms the outer rim of the ear. The antihelix (e) lies just inside the helix, running roughly parallel to it; the two are divided by the scapha (B). The tragus (D) is a cartilaginous projection, located over the bowl (the cancha, G). The antitragus (E) is located opposite the tragus and just above the fatty lobe (Fl.

The Ear Think of the ear as an oval disc divided into three sections and placed on a diagonal angle.