The artist most likely started drawing the head first. In figure drawing, starting with the head helps establish the proportions and scale of the rest of the body in relation to it.
A soldier is dressed in uniform and faces the viewer.
Achille De Gas in the Uniform of a Cadet
by Edgar Degas
Courtesy National Gallery of Art,
Washington
Question
In order to draw this man's body with appropriate proportions, which part of the body did the artist most likely start drawing first?
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Responses
legs
chest
arms
head
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