CHAPTER 3 Understanding the Asaro Method
“This knowledge of the head is only a start. One must find his or her own path.”
—John Asaro
Artist and educator John Asaro was raised in southern California where he attended the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena. Like Andrew Loomis, he also attended the Art Students League of New York (albeit much later). After a 12-year career in commercial art, he moved on to pursue fine art, as well as returned to the ArtCenter College of Design to teach figurative painting. During this time, Asaro developed his concept of “the planes of the head,” which later became known as the Asaro method. He holds an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco and now devotes all his time ...
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