How to Draw Heads - Step by Step - From Any Angle
What you'll learn
- You will be able to draw the heads of your characters more effectively.
- You will be able to draw more variety in your character designs.
- You will have more confidence with drawing facial features for your characters.
- You will be able to draw and design characters from your imagination!
Requirements
- You should have a basic understanding of drawing simple forms.
- You can use pencil and paper or digital drawing software if you prefer.
Description
Drawing Heads confidently is an extremely important skillset for any Artist!
In this course, you will learn how to draw a variety of heads and faces from any angle. You will learn popular techniques such as the Andrew Loomis method. Breaking down the face into thirds. How to align features of the face and establish proportions. You will also learn how to draw individual areas of the face. We will cover eyes, mouths, noses, hair, and face shapes. These individual sections will give you more confidence when constructing the entire head of your character.
This How to Draw Heads from Any Angle Course is currently at 16 Hours of Content. It includes the PDF/JPEG Art Files to work along with as well.
You will also learn how to distort or caricature the head and facial features. This allows you to come up with all sorts of inventive concepts. Not being too strict with the creation of your characters proportions can also be a lot more fun. By the end of this course you will have a firm understanding of the rules when drawing the human head as well as how to bend them for your creative needs!
This course is great for students that want to learn the basic construction techniques for drawing the human head or for more advanced artists that want to use a less structured approach. These lectures cover male and female character types with a variety of hair, expressions, face shapes, and view points.
I have also included a new section on Facial Expressions. Here you will learn how to draw various expressions to your characters that allow you to tell a better story with your illustrations.
Updated on 9-13-2022 - I added new lessons covering how to draw the head turned or looking away from our view.
Updated on 4-11-2023 - I included a PDF booklet with some practice activities that will help you apply some of the major techniques to drawing heads from different angles. I will also add more to this book over time. ( attached to Section 3 )
Updated on 3-22-2024 I added a section on drawing the planes of the head. You will learn the Andrew Loomis method as well as some other techniques to consider. We will draw these at various angles to help you better understand the structure of the head.
I hope you find this course to be extremely valuable and I am here to answer any questions as well as update lectures to make this a better learning experience for everyone. I can't wait to see what you come up with!
Robert A. Marzullo
Ram Studios Comics
Who this course is for:
- Any artist that wants to improve their abilities to draw heads and faces with more variety.
- Any artist that struggles with drawing the head at various angles and proportions.
Instructor
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 8,691 Reviews
- 55,472 Students
- 24 Courses
I currently teach Figure Drawing, Anatomy, How to Draw Comics, and Digital Painting. My primary art programs are Clip Studio Paint, Procreate, Sketchbook Pro, and Photoshop. I also teach traditional art methods as well.
If you would like free resources, written tutorials, and templates you can get them on my website at Ram Studios Comics.
I also offer 1 to 1 Live Mentorships through my main website.
My goal is to help aspiring artists realize their potential and break their mental barriers that hold them back from creating the artwork of their dreams. We can all do it with the right instruction and work ethic. That is what I am here to teach my students.
I have been a working professional artist for most of my life. I have been published in comics, created 3D animation and characters for television, illustrated storyboards for commercials, and owned and operated my own sign and design firm successfully for over 15 years.
I am also the author of the book "Learn to Draw Action Heroes" by Penguin Random House Publishing.
I now share my knowledge in digital art and computer software through online platforms such as Udemy and have a growing Youtube channel as well. With over 265,000 Youtube subscribers and quickly growing I felt I should create some more in depth content for students wanting to take their skills to the next level.
You can achieve your goals with the right mindset. I am here to show you how. Reach out if you have any questions and need more information on how I can help you!