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Soft planes head rotation reference

The soft-planes head is a younger face where most turns happen gradually. With few hard edges to hold on to, the construction lines do more of the work: keep the brow line and the center line curving around the form at every angle. Compare the rounded cheek with the short jaw corner, and use the tonal plates to find where the side plane begins.

Pencil studies through the turn

Turn this head yourself, one angle at a time: head turnaround reference.

Front, three-quarter and profile in tone

Head rotation reference, Soft planes, 0 degrees front view, tonal drawing
0° · Tonal drawing
Head rotation reference, Soft planes, 45 degrees three-quarter view, tonal drawing
45° · Tonal drawing
Head rotation reference, Soft planes, 90 degrees profile, tonal drawing
90° · Tonal drawing

Guides that draw this head

The head guides in order use the same construction for every head.

Keep drawing

The soft planes head at all sixteen angles, full size, with its turnaround loops and a practice sheet, is in study pack 06 and in head rotation volume 2.