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Chris, I have watched Mr. Greene's portrait drawing video several times now, and I take exception some things he said.
First, he said that there is no way to measure widths, but they will self-measure after establishing lengths, if your angles are correct. While that works very well for him, with his considerable experience, I needed a way to measure in all directions. Greene's method provides an excellent tool for doing this:
Once the "proportions of length" are established, you basically have a yardstick which can be compared to any other lengths in any other direction. If you want to know the width from the corner of the eye to the ear, hold up your pencil and compare that width to the lengths that have already been established. It may be the same as the length from the base of the nose to the brow, for instance.
With all the emphasis he placed on measuring, I'm not sure why he stops after the vertical measurements are established. Of course, a thinking person can draw these conclusions easily, so no harm done, but I'm curious why he takes this approach.
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