The Reilly Method of Head Drawing - Demo Over a Photograph Part 1

[@dgf6275]

Clarifying the tip of the plane of the nose is a game changer for me. Thank you. 🎨

[@sendlocation8476]

Best tutorial. This is what most videos need a explanation in depth. Very helpful for beginners. Thank u. Subscribed right away !

[@davidmatthews7015]

had to watch many videos on this before finally ending up here and having it explained so well. thank you

[@elgoogernut]

I stumbled on your channel. Thanks for your time in explaining so succinctly.

[@mrmoneyman3rd23]

Best Reilly demo I have seen, your obviously very skilled. pls make more vids brah

[@anujachoksi8139]

Thank you so much, Kyle..for doing this video...this is definitely what i asked for...i am practising with it and it has helped me enormously. i am so grateful. i hope now u are all fit and healthy...again..thank u in tons and loads.

[@itakukaku1929]

Waiting for more fantastic videos

[@eileenschultz6647]

Thank you for this exercise as a follow up to your other 2 videos, reinforces learning, much appreciated!

[@evadmeee]

Very, very well explained even for a novice, such as myself....Thanks a million.....

[@AngelRodriguez-hg4bb]

Hey man, this made things a lot easier to understand, thanks. The audio was a little quiet so I had to crank the volume to catch everything you said.

[@anjanisirivella8440]

Omg thank you so much for creating this! This is exactly what I was looking for, I'm so happy to have found you! Great content, love it

[@adrianinha19]

This was really helpful! I'm going to practice tracing the rythim over photos, I never thought of that before but it is a really good exercise!

[@AqeelNazeer]

Thank you for these excellent videos! Extremely helpful. Your videos are the most thorough when it comes to Reilly method I believe. I hope that you are planning on doing videos on different head angles like three quarter and side view. Once again, thanks a lot!

[@KyleHefty]

Thank you. I'm glad the videos have been helpful. I will be doing a video on the head from 3/4 and profile view because I've noticed it has been requested a few times. After I get through the portrait drawing lesson using a front view I'll do a video on using the method when the head is at other angles.

[@kaboomcycle0]

This was such a useful tutorial! Thank you!

[@Purplexity-ww8nb]

Subbed and liked. I enjoy your calm, confident style. The only thing I would suggest is eliminate the phrase " ... and things like that" from your vernacular. Your discussions on the Reilly Method are the best on KZbin, by far. Thanks

[@anujachoksi8139]

also a request...please make ur videos louder next time..the mike probably was on the lowest possible. had to hear it on earphone with maximum volume...just letting u know. cheers.

[@t0m4tinh0]

Perfect! Thank you so much for sharing

[@margaretbailey1445]

Thank you. Great demo!

[@VRFITSgtRamVR]

keep up the videos, I am enjoying learning from your knowledge. I am very interested in the Reilly Method, and I would be interested in a Manga Studio 5 portrait painting lesson. I love to learn, so the longer the better.

[@KyleHefty]

I'm happy that they've been helpful to you. I will probably be doing some software specific painting lessons in the near future. I'm glad that there is interest in longer videos. It can be a bit difficult to cram so much information into a short demo, I'd like to have more in depth videos but they'll definitely have to be on the long side.

[@NJ-vk1dg]

Thank you for the video. Can you make Reilly method over a photograph in 3 quarter view?

[@jamessilverthorn2320]

Hello sir I was wondering if you could show the side view of the head with this method thx 😊

[@garyhall2565]

these videos are so underrated

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

We've struck a goldmine.

[@AaronCiceu1]

hey so I like this method its interesting how quick you can get this laid out. I work with Traditional media and think I'm gonna try and apply this to my drawings

[@luishenriqueterencio4625]

very ,very didactic. amazing! as it would the method at angle of head

[@oneangeltwolove]

Can you do a step by step portrait this method. Now that I know where everything goes I’m just a bit scared to draw it and it end up looking weird.

[@yeoncheon]

This is a useful and excellent tool for teaching head drawing, especially from the imagination. However, knowing these rhythm lines does not make it automatically easier to draw a model's likeness. Drawing these lines over photographs is one thing, but using them to capture a likeness is quite another. You still end up having to check angles and measuring distances anyway. I have yet to see a convincing demonstration of someone using this method capturing a model's likeness from scratch.

[@KyleHefty]

+yeoncheon yes, you still end up having to measure, but as you become more familiar with the rhythms your eye will improve in its ability to estimate those measurements much more quickly and accurately because you have a roadmap that helps you to lock things down. I don't want to put it out there that this method is a replacement for the other tools and skills you will need to create a good drawing. It is a supplement to those things. When you say you haven't seen a demo of somebody using this method to capture a model's likeness from scratch, that statement is a bit of a false dichotomy. The Reilly abstraction is more of a mental roadmap than anything. The more experienced somebody is with the method the less likely it is that you will actually see them putting these lines down as they draw. They will most often be placing nothing more than little indications of these rhythms as visual shorthand for themselves. The reason I say that your statement is a false dichotomy is that it implies that the knowledge that you possess can be isolated in your brain and disconnected from everything else you understand. The only way that you could test any method's value in isolation is if you took somebody without any other information or drawing skills and had them attempt a drawing with the one piece of information they had. This is not how anybody draws or how any of the skills you develop function from a practical standpoint. Whether it's perspective, anatomy, form, proportion, gesture (etc, etc), everything you understand will be working together as you complete a drawing. Information that exists in your head does not need to make it's way onto your paper to serve in the drawing. The Reilly method is an additional tool in your arsenal. It is used alongside everything else. It isn't a competitor to say, the Loomis method, but rather it works beautifully with it. I know that you didn't bring this up per se, but I do see many people coming at this with the mindset that it is somehow a competitor to other information, or that it is a statement that other methods are being devalued by the promotion of this one. That was never my intention and I may make a video addressing the confusion. The only reason for my promotion of this particular method is that information on the topic is hard to come by and I wanted to help people who were seeking it out as a supplement to the information and skills they already had.

[@cannonsmith157]

@@KyleHefty hmm really good points here

[@justarandomgamer6309]

Hey do you know how to do the Reilly method for the body?

[@rukawa23gold]

The author promised to do 1 video a week? Why did he stop? I really appreciate his delivery style; calm and concise. I hope he didn't stop because he has health problems or anything like that. I looked up his fb. His profile pic looks kind of frail......

[@KyleHefty]

I apologize for the lack of content and I appreciate your concern. I actually did have a string of infections a while back and spent several months on and off with antibiotics that kind of sapped my energy and appetite and it has taken a while to start feeling normal again. I’ve always been thin and have to work to keep weight on so losing any weight makes me look and feel terrible. Truth is that I just had to step back for a bit because I had way too much going on at the same time. I had the infection, a death in the family, drama with extended family, and I obviously had to keep bringing in an income so I was working despite feeling dead tired all the time. One of the reasons I stepped back from even using Facebook was to avoid getting pulled into things I just didn’t have the mental energy for. I’m actually working on new content now and will be relaunching the channel soon with what I hope is a much more professional look. I just had to trim some fat in my life because it was just too much going on at once. I really do appreciate your compliments on my delivery style and your concern for my health (I’m being sincere, not sarcastic.... it’s hard to tell in text). Please bear with me a little longer and this channel with be far more active. I can’t believe how much it’s grown from the few videos that I posted and I’m very grateful for how well they’ve been received.

[@rukawa23gold]

@@KyleHefty Dear Sir. I understand you are not being sarcastic in any way about your health. I listened to your last 2 videos, and you talked about not feeling well, and then the videos stopped uploading 2 years ago. That's why I was under the impression that you might have some health issues I am sorry for all the troubles you were having. I hope everything works out for you in your career and your life.. I genuinely believed you have a place among the video tutorial channels with your calm and concise style. Teaching drawing is not just about flooding audience with details. It's about organizations of materials and delivery. Your videos are so balanced and well informed. I hope you go back to building this channel. There was a momentum when you started 2 years ago, I believe you have a oratory gift of explaining these abstract drawing concepts to us beginners. And yes, the making of artwork videos. We are waiting to see and admire your artwork. And thank you so much in making of these Reilly method drawing videos. It's one of the best on KZbin , if not the best. You videos delivery are so calm and concise. Amongst the bombastic and over the top KZbin drawing videos, you really stand out. I know it almost sounds like a cliche. But don't let your everyday minor issues get into the way of actualizing your true talent. I know it's easier said than done. Take care of those daily issues. Get healthy and eliminate the distractions in your life. Your incredible art talent deserves to shine. You owned it to your talent........

[@KyleHefty]

Very much appreciated. I didn’t think that you were being sarcastic by the way, I was just making sure you knew that I wasn’t being sarcastic in my response. Like I said, I will be adding new content soon so stay tuned. I really do appreciate all the kind words and I hope that I can live up to everybody’s expectations in my forthcoming videos by delivering content that is as clearly explained as the previous videos. Thank you again for your support and concern.

[@rukawa23gold]

@@KyleHefty One more suggestions. I don't feel you need to do a new video a week. If your new videos are as concise as the previous ones, one new video a month will suffice. Quality, not quantity. I just got a feeling that you are a perfectionist who refused to put out low quality videos. It's OK being a perfectionist. Do things at the pace you are comfortable with. But one new video every 2 years are obviously too slow a pace. Haha. Again, may God bless you and everything works out for you. May you be healthy and prosperous , so we can see more creative output from you Sir. And also, when you start posting regularly with more work, considering posting Patreon account on your videos, so people can support your work. Just another nosy advice from me 😄

[@ninovalenti5395]

What program do you use for your demonstrations?

[@leafpool4480]

This is Clip Studio Paint

[@Nivenization]

Thank you.

[@Erverino]

Good videos, but I hope you will increase the volume in the future ones.

[@ДанилаШевченко-у8и]

thenk you!!! (sorry i from russia and my english very bad) can you show how to draw head for any angels?

[@KyleHefty]

I'm glad to be helping. Yes, I will be doing videos on using the Reilly method to draw the head from different angles. They will be coming soon :)

[@jgosko]

great videos! very helpful-however trying A :to hear your voice without turning up the volume was a pain and then the B:and um that you kept saying almost every sentence. thanks!

[@exuralaxis2705]

the first circle is wrong

[@shelly49]

I can't hear you!! My iPad volume is all the way up and I can just barely hear anything.

[@anujachoksi8139]

also a request...please make ur videos louder next time..the mike probably was on the lowest possible. had to hear it on earphone with maximum volume...just letting u know. cheers.