![]() Only the iris of the eye is fully developed, which makes the eyes appear large and buttony. ![]() The upper lip is longer, and the chin, being undeveloped, usually recedes or is well under the lips. The cartilages of the nose are way ahead of the bone structure, so the little nose usually turns up, because the bridge above it is rounded and close to the plane of the face. This makes the baby face smaller in proportion to the skull, so that the face, from the brows down, only occupies about one-quarter of the whole area of the head. and the bridge of the nose are relatively much smaller. ![]() In the baby head the bone structure is not yet completely developed. As Plates 51 and 52 show, the proportions are somewhat different from those in the adult head. The skull is important, as always, but the muscles are so deeply hidden that they hardly afreet the surface. The reason is that the artist is dealing much more with construction and proportion than with anatomy. If the baby head is understood, it is really no harder to draw than any other head, and sometimes not as hard. Babies also make particularly attractive pictures for framing when they are well done, most families are delighted with them. Yet the illustrator and commercial artist may be called upon quite often to include them in his work. Part Three: Babies’ Headsĭrawing babies is almost a branch of art in itself.
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