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Learn to Draw - portrait drawing anatomy
In the 7/8th's Profile view, the Cranium plays a large role. Quite often the beginning student over-emphasizes the size of the face. Consider that the cranium is quite large. To appreciate its size first place your hand over your face: your face will fit quite neatly into your hand. Now put your hand onto the top of your skull and you will immediately grasp the relative immenseness of the cranium. It is like trying to pick up a bowling ball.
The cranium is comprised of six parts of which the major parts are defined by the sutures, or scams. The sutures give evidence of the age of the skull’s original owner at the time of their, well, departure. It is not until after 30 years of age that the sutures fully close. They slowly fuse together beginning from the inside of the skull at infancy and continue fusing for the next 30 years. The sutures on the female skull I am working from are not fully fused. My guess is that she died in her late twenties.
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The Frontal Eminence is the forehead. In the female it is generally higher and more rounded than the male which is relatively more angled.
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The Parietal Eminences, of which only one of the two is seen in the 7/8’s profile is the argest part of the cranium. The Parietal Eminences are the roof of the cranium.
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