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SB Wang · 02-11-2003, 07:02 PM

Thank you all! Thank you, Karin!
Part of this is caused by optical illusion, I think. As Betty Edwards said: "I believe that skewing of the features happens because the student sees that the head is tipped but then fits the features into the most familiar pattern: upright and parallel to the edges of the paper". ("Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain", pp.144-145).

But if professional artists found that mouth looks odd, "wry" or "asymertrical", how can a layman see it in the corrective way, which Betty taught.

02-11-2003, 07:02 PM	#10
SB Wang SOG Member FT Professional Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 587	Betty defends Betty Thank you all! Thank you, Karin! Part of this is caused by optical illusion, I think. As Betty Edwards said: "I believe that skewing of the features happens because the student sees that the head is tipped but then fits the features into the most familiar pattern: upright and parallel to the edges of the paper". ("Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain", pp.144-145). But if professional artists found that mouth looks odd, "wry" or "asymertrical", how can a layman see it in the corrective way, which Betty taught. __________________ www.portraitartist.com/wang