Hey there guys. In this first video lesson, I am going to be walking you through my entire process on drawing the female head and facial features. I'll be showing you how to construct the head using simple and basic shapes, the accurate placement of the eyes, nose, mouth and ears. And we'll even explore the head in a few different dynamic angles. So with that being said, Why don't we jump right into it. Okay, guys, let's get started here.

We're gonna first sketch the head from the front view. So first start with a simple circle, followed by a vertical line down the center to represent the line of symmetry and next we're going to sketch a horizontal line to show where the eyes will eventually be placed. Okay, next we're going to sketch a another horizontal line to show the nose placement. And then we're going to start constructing the front plane of the face, from the top of the forehead, down to the cheekbones and all the way down. down to the bottom towards the chin. The next step will be to draw the ears, which should be the same width as the space between the eyeline and the nose line.

Then we're going to draw the jaw line and define that some more, we're going to sketch the neck and the muscles on top of the torso. Next, we're going to draw a line for the mouth, and then start to build the eye sockets. Next, we're going to draw the nose and you can think of the nose as a diamond shape in its most basic form, after we've constructed the eye sockets, then we're going to sketch two circles for the eyes. And in order to place the eyes accurately draw a vertical line up from the outer nostrils on either side of the nose and angled lines outward towards the outer edge of the eye sockets. The space between these two lines we just drew will be where the eyes are going to be placed. And then next we're going to draw the lips which because this is the female face, they're going to be a little bit more full than that of the face.

Now we're going to move back up to the eyes again, and we're going to sketch the eyelids. Now imagine these circles that we sketch for the eyes as 3d spheres. Because in real life, the eyes are not flat circles. They're three dimensional spheres. So imagine the eyelids wrapping around them, and this will help you construct the final shape of the eyes a little bit more easily. Next, you're going to add the pupils.

And then we're going to add details to the ears and the nose. The last few steps are going to involve drawing in the eyebrows and the hair, the hair extends from a central point on top of the cranium. And the hair strands are going to flow downwards from this central point. Now when drawing stylized hair, you don't want to go and sketch in every single hair strand because one that would take a long time and to when you're going for a more stylized look. You want to simplify the hair a little bit more Only sketch a few of the hair strands in a flowing downward motion. Okay, our next example here is going to show the head from the side view.

So we're going to start off again with that simple circle, and we're going to sketch a vertical line to show where the ear is going to be placed. Next, draw two lines for the eye placement and nose placement, similar to how we did in the first example. Next, we're going to draw in the ear and then that front plane to represent the face starting from the top of the forehead. Moving down to the eye socket, cheekbone, and all the way down to the chin. Next, we're going to draw in the jaw line real quick. And then we're going to very lightly just sketch a line to show where the mouth is going to be placed.

After we've done that, we're going to sketch in the eye socket and the nose. For the eye socket, we're going to draw a circle for the eye much like we did in the first example. And then next we're going to draw the eyelid. And from the side view, the eye is shaped like an arrow pointing to the left. After this, we're going to draw the neck and the top of the torso. And finally, we're going to add some details to the ear and draw in the lips.

After that, we're going to sketch in the eyebrow, and the hair. Keeping in mind that when we're sketching the hair strands, they're going to flow from that central point on top of the head. And we're not going to worry about sketching every single hair strand, we're only going to worry about a few of them because we're going for a more stylized Look here. Okay, now our third example here is going to show the head from the back view, which is going to be a lot more simple than the previous two examples. So first, why don't we start by sketching a horizontal line for the top of the torso, and then a few lines for the neck and we're gonna lightly build the traps as well. Next, we're going to sketch that simple circle for the skull as well as the ears.

But we're not going to focus too much on details, because in a moment here, we're going to sketch the hair which is going to cover these things. And finally, we're going to sketch in the hair following the same steps that we covered in the first two examples. And again, the hair is going to cover the skull and the ears so we don't have to focus too much on detailing those. Okay, now that we've drawn the head from those three points of view, we're now going to explore drawing the head from different dynamic angles. Keep in mind when sketching the head from various positions, you want to remember that the skull is three dimensional, meaning that the positions and angles of the facial features will also shift and change when the head moves. In these first two examples that I'm going to show the head is viewed from slightly below and tilting to the side.

When this happens, the space under The nose will be more visible, the eyes will appear closer to the nose and the position of the ear will change. to really improve in the area of dynamic angles such as these, be sure to study a lot of real life photos and references so that way you can practice and practice and improve over time. I'm also just going in a bit and cleaning up the rough sketches so that way you guys can get a sense of how I work and go from the rough guidelines all the way to the finish line art. And example three, the head is viewed from above, and as a result, the position of the ear will shift to above the eye and the eyes will be partially covered by the eyebrows or the upper eye socket. We also won't see as much of the neck from this point of view since the jaw line will be covering it.

Also, one key thing to keep in mind are the guidelines for the center of the head and the eyeline nose line and the mouth line, all of which we discussed in examples one through three in the beginning of the video much easier time later on constructing the facial features and adding details. Awesome job. Congratulations on completing lesson one in this course, by now you should have a much clearer understanding of drawing the female head and facial features. Before we move forward though, I just want to do a quick little recap of what we covered here. So when you're beginning your sketch, always remember to start with simple and basic shapes to build the structures. And you also want to remember the accurate placements of the different facial features.

And you also want to practice by exploring different dynamic angles of the head. Thank you guys so so much for watching. I hope you learned something from this video and I will see you in lesson two Take care