Shapes

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 fi ne 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”

(Fehér, 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.