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Boot Camp # 4: 
Drawing the Mouth and Lips! 
The fourth and final section of this intense four 
part series of anatomy and foundations 
lessons "rehearsal"


Listing the five skills of drawing -  Keep these in mind as you work through the Flash Lessons:

1) the perception of edges 
2) the perception of spaces
3) angles, perspective, and proportion
4) light and shadow 
5) the gestalt


In these "Boot Camp" lessons you've getting an in-depth lesson in two things: you've been learning about a particular piece of anatomy and you've continued reviewing, rehearsing, and revisiting the basic skills of drawing. You've seen three large Flash lessons prior to this - the fourth and final lesson of Boot Camp. Do your homework, keep on drawing and believe this: you do the work, the skill will come and your talent will thrive. That I promise. :-)

Note: Due to the way the Flash Lessons are constructed and due to limitations between Flash technology and this electronic book, the links contained within the interactive lesson point to the online book (links of the "http://www...." type). All the same pages those links aimed at are within the book in front of you. 

For your convenience, the links contained within the Flash Lesson "Boot Camp: Drawing The Mouth and Lips!" are repeated in their order of appearance within the table below. (Specifically the right half of the table - just read the  headline for each column :-) Further, they're linked to the book as it sits on your computer - they won't open a browser and you don't need a web connection to open them. What a deal :-) If you want to see if any new additions have been made to the online page, go for it and click on the links within the Flash Lesson or click on the links in the left hand column below. If you want to access those pages rapidly, refer to this list: 

Links on-line, out there 
on the Web
...

- Click on this column of links where you can find updates (if any) - click on any of these and 
a web browser will open.

If you're accessing this 
page from within 
your e-book
...

Click on these links and you'll be whisked to these pages  right within this book

The Logic of Light The Logic of Light
Drawing Teeth Drawing Teeth
Lesson 15: Caricature case studies Lesson 15: Caricature Case Studies
Lesson 4: Pure Contour Drawing Lesson 4: Pure Contour Drawing
Lesson 14: Shapes of the head and face Lesson 14: Shapes of the head and face
Lesson 14 Extra: 
The 3/4 view of the Head
Lesson 14 Extra: 
The 3/4 view of the Head
Angles and proportions
(from the top)
Angles and proportion
(from the top)
The Archives The Archives
Ted Koppel Example -- Online only --
David Levine Galley (awesome!) -- Online only --
John OpDeBeeck - amazing artist -- Online only --
YCD Gallery caricature of 
John Rocker
YCD Gallery caricature of 
John Rocker
Studio69-pencil art -- Online only --
Upside down drawing
(from the top)
Upside down drawing 
(from the top)
Pure-contour Pure-contour
Modified pure-contour Modified pure-contour
Understanding the Picture Plane Understanding the Picture Plane
Understanding Shapes and Negative Spaces (from the top) Understanding Shapes and Negative Spaces (from the top)
Gray's Anatomy Online -- Online only --

Other relevant, not so relevant (and possibly redundant) Archives:


1)  26 February 2000
Communiqué:
1) Feature by Feature Mini-series: the teeth
2) YCD Update
3) Illustration: teeth.

2)  20 August 2000
Communiqué
Re-introducing an age old technique: The drawing grid - using the 
lips and teeth as an example.

4)  20 August 2000
Communiqué
Re-introducing an age old technique: The drawing grid - using the 
lips and teeth as an example.

5) And don't forget to check out this page for a great summary of the five skills of drawing: 

http://www.drawing-faces-and-caricatures-made-easy.com/drawing-basics.html


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