Tutorial: How to draw a woman's face (Patreon)

Hey my sweet buns! I would have bitten off a piece from you! Rrrrrr!

I received feedback and made some changes, added the full size of the pictures. And of course the video! I finally made it! Yay!!! 

So I'll duplicate the tutorial here ^^

I will tell you about three ways to draw face easily and quickly.

First, let's see what the head of a man is like.

It may be helpful for you to know the names of the main parts of the skull. I sketched them in the pic.

 

1. Frontal
2. Parietal
3. Temporal
4. Sphenoid
5. Zygoma
6. Maxilla
7. Mandible
8. Occipital
9. Nasal bone

• The head is formed from two figures: the sphere - the cranium, and the polygonal block, imitating the jaw and cheekbones.

 

• You can describe the head as well as an elongated circle (oval).
  
• Let's try to draw these simple figures, starting with the sphere - the cranium. 
•  The head is flat on both sides. Cut off the side parts of the sphere (marked with a dashed line in the figure below). Divide this circle (the oval under other angles of view) into four equal parts. The vertical line is the beginning of the line of the jaw. The horizontal line is the line of eyebrows. The lower and upper bounds of the oval help you find the bottom of the nose and the line of hair growth.
  
•  Attach the jaw (lilac). The upper part will begin with the eyebrow line. The back part starts from the center of the oval.
  
  
  
•  The basis for our face ready!
•  Having broken our head into simple figures, we can imagine it in space. Drawing a box at the angle you need and dividing it into three equal parts, you can draw a jaw and a truncated sphere on both sides. The upper line corresponds to the line of eyebrows, the middle line-nose, the bottom line - the end of the jaw.
  

 

• Now, having learned a little about the head, we can proceed to the ways how to draw it. For simplicity, we will use the shape of an oval or the shape of an inverted egg.
  

I. The first way. Three equal parts.

I learned about this method in my childhood. It is easy to understand and use.

1.  Draw an oval in the shape of an egg.

2.  Divide the oval into 3.5 equal parts by horizontal lines, as shown in the pic. The upper line is the line of hair growth. The middle line is the eyebrow line, the bottom line is the nose tip line.
We divide the oval in half by a vertical line.  

3. We mark five equal vertical lines. The distance between the lines is the width of the eye.  

4. Schematically draw eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth. The corners of the mouth are under the middle of the eye. The lower lip lies on the segment № 3 

5.  Add details. Mark the cheekbones. They start just above the middle of the ear.  

6. Add shadows, hide the construction lines.  

 

II. The second way. Use the width of the eye.

1. Draw an oval in the shape of an egg. We divide the oval into 4 equal parts by vertical and horizontal lines. 

2.  As in the first method, we mark five equal vertical lines. The distance between the lines is the width of the eye. 

3.  In segments 2 and 4, draw the eye. At a distance of 1.5 eyes, the tip of the nose will be located. The ear is equal to the distance from the tip of the nose to the upper eyelid. 

4. We mark the lower border of the lips at a distance equal to the width of the eye, measuring it from the tip of the nose.. The height of the lips is approximately equal to half the length.

5. Add eyelashes, hair and details, falling shadows. 

 6. Flip your drawing horizontally. Edit->Transform->Flip Horizontal.
So you can see distorted parts of the face and unevenness. Don't miss this step! It is very important that the face that you drew is beautiful and harmonious.

7. The displayed pic clearly shows distortion. In this case, this was due to the fact that my oval was not level. Symmetry of the face can be checked at every step.

8.  After correction 

 I don't recommend that you speed up your work by simply copying one of the facial parts until you get enough experience. Try to correct errors yourself. 

 

III. The third way. The fastest and easiest.

1. Draw an oval and divide it into 4 equal parts. Divide the resulting horizontal segments in half. Above these points will be located centers of eyeballs. Then divide the lower half of the vertical into 5 equal parts. Mark the nose on line # 2. Line of lips will lie on the line number 3. 

2.  Draw on the points obtained eyes, nose and lips. Mark the ears between the line of the nose and the upper eyelid. Flip your drawing. Check it for symmetry and distortion.  

3.  Draw eyebrows, eyelashes, lips. 

4.  Your drawing is almost complete! Add hair and falling shadows. 

5.  Let's check if we painted the face correctly according to the rule of an equilateral triangle. Using the triangle, you can determine the relative position of the eyes and mouth. You can also check our drawing with your eye. The width of the face is approximately 5 eyes. The lines of the chin and cheeks can also be identified and checked with the help of the eye. 

 

If you draw a woman's face, then the lines should be smooth. Don't paint a brightly  of the nose, this will make the face more coarse and manly.

To make the face more cute - make the eyes larger

IV. Profile

1. Begin drawing a profile from a circle and a plane perpendicular to it. We draw the face by the principle of dividing the face into 3.5 parts. We mark the line of eyebrows, nose and hair growth. 

2.  Mark the nose and lips behind the perpendicular line. Draw a perpendicular line from the tip of the lips. We connect the line of the eyebrow and the lower point of the ear. The resulting triangle delineates the boundaries of the eye. 

3.  Add details. Eyebrows, hair, shadows. 

 V.Volume

To understand the volume of the head, we will break it into a plane. This rough example will help to see which parts of the face are in the shade, and which are in the light. When illuminated from above in the shadows are the plane under the eyebrows, nose, lip, chin and the plane of the cheeks.

 

VI. The man's face.

On one of the examples I will show how to change the template for a man's face.

 If you draw a man, then the lines of the face should be sharp. Lips should not be very large, narrow. Cheeks, superciliary arches large and prominent. The nose and nose bridge should be contoured. Eyes are more deeply planted, the nose is larger than the female one. 

 

Male profile.

Similarly, draw large brow ridges, nose, chin and jaw. Lips should be thinner than females. Eyebrows are thicker.

 P.S. Pencil Brush I use for sketching  https://sta.sh/0dpwxv66544