Basics Of The Reilly Method For Drawing Portraits

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We study the Reilly Method for drawing the head. This method teaches the artist to locate Reilly rhythm lines and anatomy that will help you to fine-tune your head drawing skills and create better portraits.
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@junreichert7918 6 күн бұрын

Thank you. You showed clearly how to draw it. I have tried to draw one. It looks successful.

@christopherpearson7133 3 жыл бұрын

By far the clearest step by step tutorial I have followed on the Reilly Method. Thank you for your time.

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I am glad you enjoyed the video.

@liz4133 2 жыл бұрын

This makes so much more sense! Most tutorials (on youtube) are too vague. Thank you for taking the time to explain it properly

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video!

@YoshiMario69 Жыл бұрын

You made the best tutorials for these, seriously. Other people have annoy8ng music and they make the rhythms wrong.

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for your kind comment.

@vincentaurelius2390 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. First time I've heard any background on Reilly himself. Reminds me of the ancient philosophers who never wrote anything down and just instructed followers and disciples who would preserve and pass on their teachings.

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the class Vincent.

@rociohall2847 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much for taking the time in patients👍🏻

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Keep drawing and stay creative!

@pattiartiste1450 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing your tutorial. Excellent!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed it!

@KingRCooper 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Much appreciated

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting.

@barati270 Жыл бұрын

Your channel is the best .and your description is excellent and understandable. I think that anyone with any level of preparation can learn drawing from your good channel.thanks a lot

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. I appreciate you watching.

@rphelle 2 жыл бұрын

Just wanna say thank you for this 👍really great

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video!

@sandrahulland5047 Жыл бұрын

Such a clear explanation - really really well presented thanks

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching.

@mugiwaranonaruto3990 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much 🙏👍

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching the video I am glad you enjoyed it!

@Maidaseu Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this awesome lesson. I'm studying Reilly and the Asaro head to understand the planes and rhythms of the head.

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting. I am glad the video helped.

@tyroneperry5008 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Really helpful.

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching.

@mahanandpandit6253 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing ❤️

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video!

@riahbird 11 ай бұрын

Kevin! This is amazingly helpful! Now I don’t have to go to art school 😂❤ thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. So fun to find you on KZfaq!

@KevinMcCainStudios 11 ай бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for your comment. I didn't realize who this was at first. Have a good one.

@tharcisseilunga6658 Ай бұрын

Thank you

@KevinMcCainStudios Ай бұрын

You're welcome

@parisdblack1711 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for breaking this material down. I really appreciate it.

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video!

@jackfelldown1 6 ай бұрын

Loomis created his method way earlier than Reilly, so technically, if one of them took inspiration from the other(they could have created the methods individually), it's Reilly who complicated the Loomis method. In fact, Loomis also had a rhythm based head drawing system in his book, I think, just not as complex as Reilly's.

@KevinMcCainStudios 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comments.

@last_fantasy 2 ай бұрын

Loomis method has no rhythm. Just construction. Even his figure drawing book is based on rhythm less construction which makes figure drawing so hard and lifeless puppets. Loomis book is great for all the information he put about faces and figures of different people and ages and it's fun to study

@Caricatyre 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed it.

@The_Prophet_Artist 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u for sharing ☺️

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@thatomalemela9774 2 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome I am glad you enjoyed it!

@PPP-cy9dq Жыл бұрын

Excellent teaching. I'm interested to draw now. It is very easy to me... once upon a time i was very interested.... So, after watching your video.........now I'm trying to draw......

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video. Keep on drawing.

@DeslaBeats 2 ай бұрын

thanks a lot !!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@MrEvilPuck 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the detailed video

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you liked it!

@MrEvilPuck 3 жыл бұрын

I love it, I did the Loomis method a while ago but with the Riley method I felt a change in my head drawings right away. I'll draw it with your instruction a couple of times until I memorise the steps now

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad it helped!

@alienjay7703 Жыл бұрын

Damn I wish I found this video a few days ago. I just paid for a sub at an art website just so I could watch an in depth Reilly method tutorial

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Alan. I am glad you.found it. Even though it was a little late. I have more videos on Reilly and Loomis. Check them out!

@markocahoon Жыл бұрын

Alien, please tell me where I can find the art website you reference here. Thank you

@kristrappeniers 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much.. it’s by far the best reilly tut out here! Where dit you learn the method yourself?

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of research because there is so much not known about reilly because he never wrote anything down. We only know what is students recorded and somany artists use differennt parts of reilly inan intuitive fashion.

@midwestchaos1 3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty good

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Mrinalini44 Жыл бұрын

Thank u

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video.

@adishmangla1183 3 жыл бұрын

An hour worth it!!!

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much!!

@hanselldog 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this method. Trying to find the Reilly method by book, video etc is very difficult to find.

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! The reason as I understand it is Reilly never wrote any of this down. We only know about this through his students that have passed it on.

@travisgardner8713 2 жыл бұрын

Hello I've watched your Reilly Method videos and they are great. I would like to see construction and anatomy of the different parts of the head and how to add them to the head you are teaching. Looking around on KZfaq, most of the videos don't explain things near as clearly as you o in these videos. I think it would be a huge help for all of us out here in KZfaqland. Please and thank you!!!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the wonderful comment. Of course there are the muscles of the face that influence the structures but I find the better people can understand and draw the skull the better they can draw the head. I have a very basic video on drawing the skull. The Reilly head marks the eyes sockets, mizzle,muzzle, attachment of the wings of the nose. Great landmarks to be aware of on the portrait.

@luckyadrianhutapea 2 жыл бұрын

You know At frst, I always using loomish method to find general scale. for my personal experience I've tried so hard using loomish method to hit the landmark but always miss and my accuration is bellow standard most of the time... Thanks to reilly !! The reilly method is really2x help me to make my potrait drawing accurate, the method taught about the relationship between part to part Of the face anatomy. I don't blame loomish but mybe I still need a lot to learn about that method... but for real !! Reilly meathod help me A LOT !!

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video. Reilly adds a lot of into the drawing of the head that is very effective.

@luckyadrianhutapea 2 жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios you're welcome, glad your lesson help not only me but a lot of artist ! We really apreciate it man !

@peaceuponyou4433 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, can you do a tutorial of you building a head using this method?

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I have that on the list to do though it will be a couple of months. It will be using strictly Reilly.

@LoriLinstruth 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin! Thanks so much for doing this! It’s really the clearest explanation I’ve seen. And it’s great that you take the time to check your measurements, because I’ve been baffled by other tutorials where their measurements are off and they don't address it... It's tough for a beginner to make sense of it all. Having said that, I still got rather confused at around 29.00 when you were putting in the mouth. Once the nose line gets lowered at the septum, you’re dividing something into halves and then again into thirds and it’s not really clear to me where the middle and bottom of the mouth are supposed to be. Would you mind clarifying that? i’m going to try my best to memorize these proportions, but I want to make sure I get them right so I don’t have to unlearn something I learned wrong. Thanks in advance!

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Lori and thank you for your question. I divided the space between the nose and the chin into thirds and then I also marked the halfway point. The top third is normally about where the top of the lips will touch and the halfway point is normally where the bottom of the lips will touch.

@LoriLinstruth 3 жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios Wow, thanks so much for the quick answer, Kevin! That makes things much clearer. Placing the mouth is something I really struggle with, so I'm hoping that getting these Reilly rhythms and proportions into my brain will at least give me a fighting chance :-). Have a great day!

@amezing9583 2 жыл бұрын

It's osm

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching the video.

@bellamoments5908 Жыл бұрын

It sounds so simple, yet I can't fig this out on paper..I struggle still. I also don't know how to read a ruler..and I believe that is my biggest problem. Once I learn to read a ruler I think this would all make sense to me.. because eye balling the lines is not cutting it..thanks for your video

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed it. Keep at it!

@arthurv321 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I tried to learn this with watts atelier and it was too confusing. Where did you learn this method? It's so hard to come across such a clear and clean method. Thank you!

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video. I did lots of research on artists that use it and teach it. I wasn't trained in this method. I was trained using construction drawing. Though I use it in my drawing now. It's a superior technique.

@arthurv321 Жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios sorry for the questions. 1. Which are the main artists you looked up? 2. Isnt the riley method a form of construction method? Sorry I'm just curious on all of this lol

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

@Sylum it is a construction method. It's just a superior method that helps with symmetry in a much better way. It's been years. Mostly what John Asaro wrote about it. Along with Mark Westermoe and Fred Fixler. It was just bits and pieces and everyone's is slightly different.

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I have another video on using Reilly for a 3/4 construction. That is more representational of how to use it. This is just the stylization.

@arthurv321 Жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios thanks so much for the info! I'll look at the video as well. I appreciate the insight 🙏🏻

@Firen-vh3xc 2 ай бұрын

this shi really invaluable

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 ай бұрын

I am glad you liked it.

@hasanavi Жыл бұрын

This is one of the best tutorials I've seen that makes sense. I'm wondering how you realistically apply shades based on these guide lines?

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the drawing video. Thank you for watching and commenting. I haven't made a video on that yet. Basically these are planes and if you have worked with value and light placement. It's easier to imagine these large planes with light moving across them.

@hasanavi Жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios thank you for your reply. I've tried sketching faces with your guidance and it looks a lot better. My only missing part is the shading which I haven't grasped yet. Looking forward to your shading video and thank you for helping wanna be artists like us 😊

@NoYes-lg3px Жыл бұрын

Hi, Great content! But did you split the section between the brow and eye into thirds to get the line between the brow and eye? Thanks, Appreciate anybody's response. Keep going with the content!

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

The eye line is approximately 1/3 of the way between the brow line and the nose line. I divided the space between brow and nose line into thirds.

@NoYes-lg3px Жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios Thanks but I meant the line you drew just above the eyeline, in the section between the brow and eye (if that makes sense). Did you divide the section between the brow and eye into thirds to get the line just above the eyeline? Was the the first third of the second third divided into thirds to get the line just above the eyeline? Thanks for the teaching.

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

@@NoYes-lg3px I just marked the halfway point between the chin and the top of the head(which is where the eyeline should be that normally passes through th middle of the eye or yhe tear duct.)It looks like it's 1/3 between the eyeline and the brow. But that is a complete coincidence.

@NoYes-lg3px Жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios Ok thanks, I'll just find that line section based on the chin and top of head instead. Thanks for the reply! Will be watching more of your content!

@NoYes-lg3px Жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios I'm also assuming the mouth was drawn by dividing the last (bottom) third of the face into thirds, thanks.

@EJ-mm8wc Жыл бұрын

thank you. little alien think in there too.

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I think you are right.

@SuperDantastic1 4 жыл бұрын

Can you have it where we can make a copy of this diagram please?

@KevinMcCainStudios 4 жыл бұрын

I don't have a specific link. But readily available if you do a Google search on the Riley head.

@SuperDantastic1 4 жыл бұрын

@@KevinMcCainStudios thanks. Yes I did and it was easy to do.

@Barbies1986 Жыл бұрын

Very bold of you to assume I can draw a circle 😬🤣 just kidding, great video!

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

I glad you enjoyed the video!

@YoshiMario69 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Practicing my ass off

@KevinMcCainStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video! Practice is the key!

@ArtandKitchen_ Жыл бұрын

Reilly or Loomis?

@KevinMcCainStudios Жыл бұрын

Loomis is a simplified version of Reilly's method. They are very similar until you get to the rythym lines.

@DennisCNolasco 3 жыл бұрын

Why do the nostrils look different from each other?

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

Thats a good question! One side has an indication of the nostril the other does not.

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

The right side is the entire under plane of the nose. Only the left side has a nostril drawn on the underside.

@hayallersehri7 3 жыл бұрын

50 minutes for Riley Method ? it looks time waste?

@KevinMcCainStudios 3 жыл бұрын

This explanation is for the new student to learn the concepts of The Reilly Method, we go through it thoroughly, but for the artist that have internalized the method through practice, they can use very effectively and quickly break out a rough Reilly sketch in a couple of minutes and they more finished head in 10 to 12 minutes. It helps correct many of the mistakes people make when drawing heads.