Drawing the Head and Hands Hardcover – October 25, 2011

It's a good book, that's about it. The guy knows how to teach, and I still find value in it even if I'm looking to draw more stylized.

Wdonderful to start with the human figure,remember that is a book from 1.943 with different techniques than those of today, excellent fot those who wnat to draw anime and manga later, also for ilustrators. What I dichn¨t like is that it is not made in the United States.

A classic, must have for any artist!

Great book to learn the how to draw the head and hands. Easy to understand. Andrew Loomis is a knowledgeable, teacher who lays it all out for you. Lots of examples to practice with! Get it.

Item was well packaged and protected. My friends daughter is taking art so got this book for her, she told me it was the best book she had and she loves it. Happy with purchase. Thank you

After many, many glowing reviews of the Loomis method for the head, I bought the original book. First the negative part. There are no simple geometric shapes, spheres, triangles, cylinders, or planes, on any human body. So why do people keep suggesting them e.g. the Loomis method? They think simple shapes get somewhat close and people then use their own mental model to adjust them up, down, forward, or back. Do they ever actually use the simple geometry? Not at all. Nor do they use anything derived from simple geometry like a truncated ball. Experienced artists just eyeball it and then if desired they can sort of fit the simple geometry to the finished piece after the fact. You can watch artists on YouTube draw a lumpy ball, then ignore it to draw in what they intended anyway. As if the lumpy ball had anything to do with it. If it is not a Loomis video, they will just draw a rough cross and get on with what is in their mind. So what do I like about this book? It discusses historic ideas. My opinion is that you need to consider many ideas such as the Loomis method before settling on your own ideas.It helps to have others do the work to know what comes of things like truncated balls. Saves time. Thus I recommend this book Drawing the Head and Hands to aid your study.

I use it as a teaching guide for the portrait classes that I teach and have even learned a few more tips to add to my own portrait paintings!

For some of us "how to draw" books were hard to come by in our younger days. Back in my childhood the only inexpensive instruction books were the large format Walter Foster prints that could be had for $3 or so at the local department stores. The Andrew Loomis hand and head books were rare as hen's teeth and grabbed them whenever I could (even if it meant I couldn't buy a G.I Joe that month). I still own 3 of those Loomis/Foster books and treasure them highly. This book contains everything in those volumes as well as much that was considered too risqué for a family friendly art department.Though Loomis' work can come across as dated, the basics still apply and the "Loomis Method" is still considered one of the best and most adaptable drafting systems within the art community. Loomis was big on showing that ANYONE can draw with the proper for of instruction, he empowered artists of all ages and his work deserves to be more well known outside of the art community.This is a beautiful hardback copy at a magnificent price and could easily serve as the only instruction book an aspiring artist needs