How to draw face - Face Proportions Drawing, by 조맹 Chommang_Drawing on YouTube. 13 min 17 s.
- Video length
- 13 min 17 s
- Time to do it
- 20 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 8
What you need
Steps
Draw a circle for the cranium, then add a vertical line down its middle and a horizontal line across its middle. These two lines keep the face centred and level as you build.
Mark the chin on the vertical line, about one circle height below the bottom of the circle. Draw the jaw lines from the sides of the circle down to that chin point.
Divide the face from hairline to chin into three equal bands: hairline to brow, brow to the base of the nose, and nose base to chin. Light marks are enough.
Place the eyes on the middle horizontal line. Leave one eye width between them and one eye width from each outer corner to the side of the head, so five eye widths fit across.
Set the bottom of the nose on the lower third line and make it about one eye wide. The nostrils sit just outside lines dropped from the inner corners of the eyes.
Draw the mouth line roughly one third of the way from the nose base down to the chin. Line the mouth corners up under the pupils of the eyes.
Add the ears between the brow line and the nose line. Their width runs from the side of the head to about the outer eye corner.
Step back and compare the gaps between features. Hold the page up to a mirror or take a photo to spot anything lopsided, then erase and adjust before darkening your lines.
Tips and common mistakes
Keep every construction line light until the proportions look right, because a 4B pencil is hard to erase once you press hard.
Judge distances by eye rather than measuring with a ruler, since faces look stiff when every gap is exactly equal.
Draw the same head shape five or six times in a row, changing only the features, to build muscle memory.
Check your drawing in a mirror now and then, as small errors in symmetry show up instantly in reverse.
Questions
Why do my eyes always look too big?
Beginners usually draw eyes wider than one eye width and space them too far apart. Mark the five eye widths across the middle line first, then draw inside those slots.
Do I have to use the Loomis method exactly?
No. It is a construction aid, not a rule. Once the thirds and the eye line feel natural, you can bend the jaw shape and feature sizes to match the face you are drawing.
How long does it take to get good at face proportions?
Expect a few weeks of short daily sketches before placements feel automatic. Ten focused heads a day beats one long session a week.
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