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BY RACHEL GOLDSTEIN
HOW TO DRAW FACES STEP BY STEP
LEARN BY EXAMPLE
DRAWING REALISTIC FACES AND HEADS
MATERIALS USED IN THIS BOOK
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GRAPHITE PENCILS
KNEADED ERASERS
OPTIONAL
TOWBOW MONO ERASER
OPTIONAL
WHITE GEL PEN
OPTIONAL
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WHITE PAINT MARKER
OPTIONAL
DRAWING PAPER
COTTON PRODUCTS
OPTIONAL
BLENDING STUMPS
OPTIONAL
FACIAL TISSUES
OPTIONAL
MAKEUP SPONGE
OPTIONAL
HOW TO DRAW
A FACE WITH BASIC
PROPORTIONS FROM THE FRONT
Lightly draw a perfect circle. You can do this easily by tracing a bowl or lid. You could also use a compass or just try to draw it freehand.
Then find the center of the
circle. Draw a line through
it in both directions.
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Find the halfway point of
the top half of the circle.
Find the halfway point of
the bottom half of the circle.
Now the circle is separated
into 4 equal parts vertically.
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Find the halfway point of the right side of the circle and then find the halfway point of the left side of the circle. Now the circle is separated into 4 equal parts horizontally.
Draw a line down from
each of the halfway
points.
DRAW A PERFECT
CIRCLE USING A
SQUARE
Lightly draw a circle in the area that you measured out. If you have problems drawing
perfect circles, look at the diagram to the right.
Also, Find the halfway points between each notch you drew in the last step.
Lets start drawing the facial features. Use the guidelines to help you place them.
I know that it looks silly right
now, but Im starting you out with simple shapes so you will see that it isnt that difficult to draw the face.
HAIR
EYES
NOSE
MOUTH
(bottom of
large circle)
Add more to each of the
eyes.
Draw the nostrils of the
nose.
Draw the top lips. The top
lip should now look sort of
like an M shape.
Draw a line for the bottom
lip.
Draw the sides of the jaw.
Draw wavy lines to start off the
hair.
Draw a C-like shape for each ear. Notice that the ears land between the brows and the nose.
Draw lines for the beginning shape of the eyebrows.
Draw the eyelids.
Draw a circle for each eyes iris. Erase the part of the circle that is outside the eyelids.
Draw the sides of his nose.
Finish up the mouth.
Add more lines to the eyebrows.
As they get further toward the
outside of the face, they slant
more horizontally.
Draw a circle in each eye for the pupil. Also, draw a curved line for the inner eye.
Draw 2 lines for the neck.
Fill in the hair.
Draw a wavy line in each ear.
Do some shading. This isnt a detailed drawing, so Im just drawing lines close together to create shadows. I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO SHADE IN A FUTURE TUTORIAL.
Just add some finishing touches, such as adding more shadows and adding some eyelashes.
SOME HELPFUL
PROPORTION
TRICKS
A
Take notice that:
(1) The corners of his eyes
line up with the sides of his
nose.
(2) The side of each iris
lines up with the corners of
his mouth.
The distance between the eye and the side of the head is the width of one eye.
The eyes are
separated by
the width of
one eye.
Left
Side
of Head
Right
Side
of
Head
If you separate the head into equal units, the eyes would fall perfectly into the 2nd and 4th units, and the nose would fall into the 3rd unit.
Find the center between both eyes. Then draw a line through both sides of the nose. You will then find where the sides of the mouth should be.
B
C
If you draw a line down from the pupils, you will find that it is close to the width of the mouth.
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If you separate the distance from the nose to the chin in half, you get the placement of the bottom of the mouth.
1
If you separate the distance from the nose to the chin into equal parts, you will find out the placement of the center of the mouth. Just go down 1/3 of the way.
D
E
FACE CENTERED
TILTED DOWN
(With head tilted down, you will see more of the top of the head. The brow line will be shifted downwards and the facial features on the bottom of the face will recede away from the observer and appear smaller, and the ears will appear above the brow line).
FACE CENTERED
TILTED UP
(With head tilted up, you will see more of the bottom of the face, as it is closer to the observer. The brow line will be shifted upward and the facial features on the top of the face will recede away from the observer and appear smaller, and the ears will appear below the brow line).
F
G
HOW TO DRAW A
FACE WITH BASIC
PROPORTIONS FROM THE SIDE
Lightly draw a perfect circle. You can do this easily by tracing a bowl or lid. You could also use a
compass or just try to draw it freehand.
Then find the center of the
circle. Draw a line through
it in both directions.
Form a rectangle with the
bottom left quadrant of
the circle. This is where all
of the facial features,
other than the ear, will be
located.
Separate the rectangle
into 4 equal parts
vertically. These dont
have to be perfect, just
a casual thing to help
you place the features.
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Split the rectangle in
half vertically.
Split the right side of the circle in half as well.
Now separate the top
half and the bottom half
of the rectangle into half
again. Now there are
4 equal parts.
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In step #5 I highlighted
the 1st and 3rd segment
in gray. Separate the 1st and 3rd segment in half, as seen to the right.
Facial Features
in this quadrant
Ear
Brow
Bottom of Eye
Can Erase This Line
Bottom of Nose
Center of Mouth
Bottom of Mouth