PROPORTIONS OF THE FACE AND BODY IN ART

An important lesson for Makeup Artists in all areas of makeup is how to correctly determine proportions, shapes, and anatomical structure of the face and body. Makeup Artists are masters at the illusion and manipulation of different shapes and features of the face and the body for makeup designs. Painting and drawing skills will give you the ability to understand and use makeup as an art form. The study of anatomy drawing will teach you, for example, individual skeletal or muscular size, shapes, and functions. “Anatomy is an applied science which underpins fine art, the study of structure is essential for artistic representation. The skeleton, joints and muscular system of a creature determine its proportions and the movement of the body” (Feher, 7). There are certain fundamental drawing skills that teach you value, form, light, and shadows, as well as how these elements fall onto the surface of the face and body. Proportions play an important role for realism and how a body is drawn so as to appear in motion.