This workshop will focus
on two-dimensional forensic
art techniques other than composite drawing. Facial muscles
and facial aging will be reviewed as preparation for exercises in adult
facial update drawing (used in cases of fugitives missing for a period
of years). The remainder of the class will deal with drawings to aid
in the identification of physical remains, including postmortem drawings
from photographs of bodies of deceased persons. Two-dimensional facial
reconstruction will also be covered utilizing skull photographs, both
frontal and profile.
Upon completion of each postmortem drawing
and facial reconstruction exercise, students will view a photograph of
the person in life for comparison, providing the effect of actual case
experience.