How to Draw People > How to Draw FacesI've been pouring over "how to draw a face" tutorials from my drawing books. There are two basic approaches - the oval method and the ball and plane method. Let's start with the oval, because its easiest.
You start by drawing an oval. Next you have an easy way to position the eyes of the face: the pupils of the eyes should be exactly on an imaginary line that is halfway between the top and the bottom of the oval.
As you can read from illustrations, these are straight, concave and convex face shapes. The straight face is the "ideal" GQ look. The concave face has a profile that bends in a little bit, making the chin point out just a little. The convex face is the opposite, with the profile arcing out just a bit, pushing the nose out. The convex face has a definite chubby look to it. In addition to profil shape, you also should notice the width of your subject's face. Use this old rule of the eye/mouth triangle: 
Now that you know these different face types, you can help your portrait drawings a bit by checking your subject's profile and the shape of the eyes and mouth triangle before you start drawing. You'll be able to tell immediately what kind of head shape they have, and that will get you off to the right start with getting their head looking right. But head shape, as you know, is just the beginning. I would leap into how to draw eyes, and noses and ears and whatnot, but I promised you another way to draw a head: Ball and plane methodfor drawing a face Human Anatomy Muscles Human Body Proportions Proportions in men, women and children Skeleton and superficial muscles Drawing the head How to draw eyes How to draw the mouth How to draw hands How to draw feet Figure drawing Foreshortening in figure drawing Poses in figure drawing portrait drawing ANOTHER COURSE IN DRAWING PEOPLE: Introduction to Drawing People Materials Needed to Draw People The Essence of Drawing People Posing the Sitter for a Portrait Composition for a Portrait Lighting How to Draw Hands How to Show Age and Character Drawing Clothes How to Convey Emotions Using Planes to Render People Using Humor to Show Character Examples of Portraits: Mother Examples of Portraits: Brother Examples of Portraits: Little Brother Examples of Portraits: Uncle Drawing Groups of People Line Drawings of People Watercolors of People | ||||
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