Loomis Method, How to Find the Centerline Part 1

Loomis Method and Reilly Method require the artist to place the centerline for the face. We discuss the process to find the centerline for the Loomis and Reilly methods.

Kevin McCain is an artist working in both fine art and illustration for over 20 years. Working in drawing and painting Kevin works in an impressionist manner. He has been sharing insights into drawing and painting with students to give them the tools to be successful with their exploration of art.

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[SnowCompanion]

This is the best tutorial because all the new ones never show the process. They just tell you to draw two circles without showing you how to derive the measurements and placements

[pronoun]

I would be lost without your videos. Thank you the effort and the depth you provide in your explanations.

[sixpathspanda]

I'm one month into drawing and there is so much to learn. thank you so much for your videos, you're a great teacher!

[mackels]

You have the most accurate, most precise and most comprehensive set of videos about Loomis. Thank you Master!

[Scale]

I can't believe I've found a left-handed artist. Almost got to thinking I might be the only one.

[patklim]

You are a great teacher...Thank you so much!

[ScilexGuitar]

I feel like a lot of people just skip learning to draw boxes, spheres, cylinders but mostly PLANES in different perspectives and jump straight to "ok lets draw a head using this cool loomis method I found". I was one of those people and i never understood how to construct it properly. But after practicing simple forms, contour lines, center lines in perspective, when I got back to loomis head I felt like I was drawing in 3D, I was placing the centerline on an actual 3D form

[MsZzzipper]

Yes. I’m a nurse, and “nursing intuition” is sometimes carried as a magical enhancement that only few nurses carry. I’ve often thought that it’s the years of practice, or exposure to families in healthcare. A type of cultural capital, I think. I really appreciate your down-to-Earth teaching style. 😀

[jewelnavarrete]

Hope I got this right, draw the circle first and then put it in a box. Glad you demonstrated that. I am drawing 10 heads a day to get caught up on my drawing. It takes alot of commitment and practice to my art to get better and to feel more relaxed about the process.

[afolabiadegorite]

Thank you for these videos keep them coming!!

[Trylobyte]

Left most (3/4) view at 22.00mins -that method only produces a centre line left of measured centre if the brow line and/or the nose line are drawn in perspective first. Otherwise you just get measured centre and then still end up guessing!

[davidross]

I just started learning to draw and your videos are incredibly informative. One question, how did you develop such amazing hand control? your strokes are so relaxing and precise, your lines and circles are amazing, I cant get near to a decent circle or straight line.

[tsdobbi]

Thankyou for this. Even in Loomis's drawing the head and hands, specifically for certain perspectives it lacks the process and I would find myself not knowing what to do. I kinda ended up doing a hybrid of Loomis and the Huston method. Putting like a half cylinder as the "mask" of the face at the angle I'm going for. The square on the front kind of accomplishes the same task.

[paulrichardson]

I was wondering why this looked so natural to me, then I realised your a fellow lefty 😂

[libernovuss]

I tried to practice during the video, but I ): I will need to watch this video lesson again and again ):

[marylouniebrugge]

Wow do you know what angle to wrap the middle line up over the head at 3/4 view?

[MrBKuv]

This is brilliant. I’ve been studying loomis method and it’s great until I go to draw someone and the features of most people are asymmetrical.

[somebodyoncetoldme]

4:05 how is this 1 point perspective? All the lines are parallel. They should be converging.

[staceylynnash]

Why isn’t the top right box 2 point perspective?? 😮

[Constantinesis]

First time I see exactly how much of the sides should be cut. I think not even Loomis doesn`t shows this.