My challenge to you is to fill an entire page in your sketchbook with rows and rows of faces. Once you get the hang of it, you should be able to draw realistic and unique female faces on the whim! In fact, if you look closely you can see just how sloppy they are. The examples below have very rough guidelines. When you’re comfortable, try drawing some faces without the ruler on the side. Happy with how your drawing looks? Whip out your eraser and have fun erasing your guidelines! To save time, I like to use an electric eraser followed up by a kneaded eraser to get into those tight spots or overlapping lines. Don’t forget to give the hair some volume, for more on that, visit my hair tutorial. When you draw the hair at the sideburns (hair between the ear and cheek), keep your lines extra light because females have very sparse sideburns. This outline can be anywhere from roughly the CENTER LINE to Line 2.ĭraw the forehead’s hairline starting between Line A and B. For a more surprised expression, draw the eyebrows a little higher and stretch the eye up along with it.įrom the jawline, draw an outline for the ear. Keep the eyebrow well below Line C for a relaxed look. If you want more details on drawing an eye from the side, visit this tutorial.įollow the general shape of the eye to form the eyebrow. The eye should be drawn where those two lines meet. To find where to place the eye, draw a vertical line from the corner of the lip to the CENTER LINE. Also try to avoid using straight lines, as this will appear very unnatural. Avoid drawing the neck using vertical lines. When drawing females, I tend to give the jawline a soft or rounded, less angular appearance.ĭraw the front and back of the neck. Keep in mind that your chin and jawline does not need to follow the exact guideline of the head/face shape.Įxtend the jawline beyond the vertical line that goes down the center of the face. Adjust the lips accordingly to prepare for the next step. When you’re done, check to see if there’s enough space for the chin or if there’s way too much space. Then draw the bottom lip which should be above Line 3. The corner of the mouth should not extend too far past the nostril. The angle of the nose depends on the face I’m drawing, but I tend to draw them at a 50 degree angle.įrom the nose’s base, form a natural curve that dips down through Line 2 and wraps back in towards the face, creating a full top lip. I like to draw my noses at a medium length, keeping the tip of the nose under Line 1. I prefer to draw the nose without the circles, but you can use that technique if you want. If you haven’t read my nose tutorial, go here first. Once that’s done, draw a slight bump for the brow and then use the oval as a rough guide to draw the forehead and rest of the upper head. Just trying to keep it looking soft and subtle. Where the CENTER LINE meets the face, draw a shallow curve. I’m trying to avoid a deep curve because I don’t want to bring too much attention to the brow area. Now that we’re done with the guidelines, let’s start drawing the top portion of the head. Step 4: Brow, Forehead and Top of the Head Don’t draw it too close to the face because you want to make room for the nose.ĭivide your ruler into 8 equal spaces and use a straight edge to draw lines from each tick through the head. Use the length of the head to make a ruler on the side of your drawing. Then, draw a long straight line down the middle of the oval.ĭon’t worry about shaping the jaw or chin just yet. In other words, a little more than the oval’s vertical radius.Ĭonnect the oval to the horizontal line to complete the shape of the head. The line should be distanced away from the oval by a little more than half of the oval’s vertical diameter. Note: Remember to use an HB pencil with the lightest amount of pressure for each of the steps so you can easily erase outlines when you’re done the drawing.ĭraw an oval and a line at the bottom. You’ll astonish yourself with the level of improvement after only a few practice sessions! Struggling to draw female faces from the profile view? This tutorial gives you a great way to practice getting your proportions right and eventually being comfortable enough to draw quick sketches.įollow my drawing method 2-3 times and then try some quick sketches without the ruler.
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