CHAPTER 2 Understanding the Loomis Method
“No matter how great your talent, talent has to work with knowledge to do anything well.”
—Andrew Loomis
William Andrew Loomis was an American illustrator, writer, and art instructor who studied at the Art Students League of New York under George Bridgman and Frank DuMond. Much of his work was featured in magazines and advertising campaigns, but some of his most significant contributions to the arts came in the drawing books he wrote. Drawing the Head and Hands, Figure Drawing for All It’s Worth, and Successful Drawing are a few of his most notable publications. Widely regarded as his pièce de résistance, his method for beginning to draw a portrait is addressed in his book Drawing the Head and ...
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