“No matter how great your talent, talent must work with knowledge to do anything well.” – Andrew Loomis Insights and depth of knowledge in it are phenomenal – thank you, Mr. Loomis was a masterful illustrator and a great teacher, I highly recommended you pick up his book.
A book descriptively named “Drawing the Head and Hands”.
If you prefer to see these steps in video format, check my course on Figure Drawing over on Gumroad.The techniques in this tutorial come from Andrew Loomis’ book on drawing the heads and hands. After a few tries, you’ll see that everything will come up more intuitively. In the beginning, practice only the shapes and guidelines if needed.
Once you nail those down, everything else comes easily.Īs always, practice a lot. If you prefer, you can even trace on top of your photos, so you can see clearly the differences in proportions and shapes, depending on the expression you’re making! Summing It Upīut, as you can see, the important parts you need to retain when drawing faces are proportions and shapes.
Take photos if you need to! Then, you’ll have tons of references for you to use in your drawings. Put yourself in front of a mirror and practice your expressions. On the other hand, if you’re drawing someone angry, where the eyes and eyebrows grow close together and a closed mouth, maybe showing some teeth. Different Expressions, Different Face Shapesĭepending on what kind of expression you’re going for, the face will have different shapes.įor example, if you’re drawing a surprised character, eyes growing big and a long “O” for the mouth, then the face will look more elongated.
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