When we're looking to draw faces that are a bit more on the realistic side, it's imperative to start with an effective preliminary outline sketch that shows believable proportions and locations of different facial features within the head shape, before moving on to smaller details and shading.īecause that preliminary outline sketch is the foundation for everything else.

Not there yet? No worries! Check out my How to Draw a Simple Face Tutorial for Beginners blog post. This is one of the most-used angles in both painting and photography portraiture and, in my opinion, its the best one to move on to after we've succeeded at drawing a completely forwards-facing face.

In the video included in this post, I take you step-by-step through drawing a female and male face using Andrew Loomis's method, and below that, I provide a simple 4-step process for drawing faces using reference photos. In this blog post/ YouTube video I'll explain how I draw faces at a 3/4's angle and with believable proportions. :)Īre you getting a bit tired of always drawing stiff, flat faces looking forward? Would you like to start drawing faces at different angles but have no idea where to start? Do you frequently find something is a bit off when you finish your portrait drawings?

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Draw with jazza fun with faces pdf