01-26-2002, 12:10 AM
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FT Pro, Mem SOG,'08 Cert Excellence PSA, '02 Schroeder Portrait Award Copley Soc, '99 1st Place PSA, '98 Sp Recognition Washington Soc Portrait Artists, '97 1st Prize ASOPA, '97 Best Prtfolio ASOPA
Joined: Jun 2001
Location: Peterborough, NH
Posts: 1,114
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Head size and intellect?
Although I paint from photographic reference material, I don't feel any need to be confined by that "reality" - most especially when it comes to an anatomical proportion like head size.
When the subject has a large head, even though it looks "perfectly normal" in reality, this feature tends to make someone look a "wee bit stupid" in a portrait painting.
Below is an example of a portrait by John Singleton Copley in which the sitter's head size is probably accurate, but it doesn't really come across well.
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