ABSTRACT
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.