[Timothy C. Tyler]

Here's a photo showing a device I thought I had invented only to find that artists have been using this for centuries. Can you see it in the photo?

Again as to size heads...here's my argument and defense of my humble drawing. The human head varies from male and female greatly in size. Just speaking within males for example head height might vary as much as 4" (from top to chin) This is not all related to statue (body height). We've all known "stocky" men with large heads that are 5'2". Some tall men have really short round heads and so on.

Now doing the math using 4" of variation, eight: heads could be off 32" as compared to overall height. I don't know if my point is very clear because it involves math. My defense is for others like Sargent who has been accused of doing the same thing--and I feel unjustly. There really should be no formula. A lot of artists have formulas for color and drawing and I think their work is weaker for it. As to the hands I will make fingers a little longer for the sake of expressiveness. We know Rodin did this on for effect too. This I do. There is photo of the subject with her neck on the post...the drawing looks a little off there too, but it makes her striking don't you think?