How to Draw a Face Accurately - Exercises to Improve Your Drawing

Hey , everyone .

This is way .

Thanks for checking this video out and uh let me show you how to draw a pretty face and still have it look pretty .

Uh in other words , how to draw accurately .

So let me get started and I will talk about the process along the way .

All right .

So let's draw this face .

Um Let's see .

I'm just gonna start on the left side again because I'm right handed .

Now I'm just going to start right on her eye and I'm gonna do um her eyebrow first just so because at the beginning , you need some kind of reference point .

So I'm just going to start with that and you can keep the , just look at the eyebrow , just keep in line of the slant , right ?

So there's a certain slant to this .

So that's how I got this eyebrow started and then curves down and then now we're going to go straight down to your eye .

We can go , let's say this is the corner , corner to corner , it's that angle , right ?

So it's that and then now we have the corner of your eye .

So I'm gonna start doing , let's see other other corner of your eye , you can tell , tell us like that angle .

So maybe somewhere around here that's the corner and then you can also check it like if you draw a line like this um slightly down , it's almost horizontal from the screen .

So it's gonna be probably something close to this .

Then that's I fill up corner corner and I fall .

So , so now we have something to go on , right ?

It's going to be slightly larger than the reference picture .

So now we have our eye .

So now we can do , let's say the just make a mark on the corner of face like how far is this ?

And , and if you compare it , it's kind of like the width for I the white area .

So it's probably gonna be somewhere here , somewhere around there .

So , but let's get the other features too because it's a little bit more important than the than the face .

We can always fill that in later .

Now , from the , where's the no star , right ?

If you , and if you look at it from a corner , you go straight down , it's kind of slightly to the right of it .

So if I make a mark straight down here , now we know the nose is gonna be somewhere right here but where , right .

So we can try triangulate it .

Um If you take the corner here and we scroll like this , that is your angle .

So we need to replicate that angle and I'm gonna push it right around .

Let's something around , let's see it there , there probably somewhere around here because that's gonna be the angle .

So now we know , you know , this is gonna be the corner right here and now we have this .

Ok .

So now we have the corner .

Now , how wide is this nose , uh her nose ?

And if you look at it , it's probably the width of her eye .

It's probably the same whiff .

So I'm gonna do the whiff her eyes probably somewhere around here .

So now we have the whiff of her nose .

Now , keep in mind there's still a slant here because of the , the whole reference is slightly slanted , it's just slanting this way .

So just to give us , uh , so that we don't draw , you know , a straight nose .

Ok .

So then we from the middle here , then we could just fill in the , uh , because once you have this two points here , now you can just fill in the rest .

It's now that we have those two reference points .

So now we ever knows .

And then let's go straight down to your mouth .

Now , how far is your mouth ?

Uh , let's see , from here to here , it's probably from this distance to this distance .

So from here to here it's the same distance .

So as far as somewhere right here , this is gonna be your upper lip and then we can draw this little triangle right here , which is probably around here , the middle and the lip .

Now , um corner of her mouth , where is the corner of her mouth ?

And this one is slightly easier because if you go straight down from my eye , it's pretty close to vertical .

So we again , we gotta go straight down , we gonna continue this line and this is gonna be the corner of her mouth somewhere , ok ?

So we need to find this angle right ?

So we just kind of eyeball that fire somewhere right here .

So this this , OK .

Now we have a corner of our mouth now to find the other corner .

Um Just keep in mind the slant here , but there's a slight curvature and slants upper a little bit and we need to replicate that .

So its lands upward and then let's see how far , how far is this and we can take this angle if you like from the , from her nose and we can replicate that angle and that'll give us approximately right here and we got food her lips , upper lip and then her lower lip .

Um obviously , if you measure this , it is slightly bigger than her upper lip , which is pretty normal .

So now we're at this point and then we can just fill in the rest .

Ok .

So now let's uh let's move back up and do the other eye .

Ok .

Let's find uh how do we find this ?

Right ?

So from this corner , you can see that slant right there .

So we need to replicate the same slant , which is probably the same as our lip too .

So we're gonna slant this way .

And now how far do we go out ?

Now if we measure it probably reaches ?

Right ?

No , if you go down vertical .

So in general , that's how you measure it by seeing , you know , relationships like what is vertical and what is horizontal to each other like this point meets up at this point .

Um And , and that's how you , you know , find those , those reference points .

So now that we at the corner of the eye here , we can measure you see the whiff of her eye is pretty much the same as her other eye .

Now , keep in mind there's a slant upward too , so it's gonna go up this way .

So if you measure this width to this width , it's probably be somewhere right there and it takes , it takes a little bit of practice um to be able to , you know , see a distance and put it somewhere else , but you know , the more you do it , uh obviously the the better you can get at it .

OK ?

And then I see you up and how big is this eye looks pretty similar to her other eye .

So we can actually do a little guideline like this and go straight up this way and now give us a some reference points to , to work with .

So I now notice this angle right here and that's what I'm replicating right here , here , here , let's see .

And then it goes down , but this way , it always kind of slits upper a little bit .

We got the little line there , your eyeball and the Irish people .

OK .

Now , the uh the eyebrow , we can , we can measure this angle again , it's pretty much the same .

And this one and then from here to here , that's where it starts right from the corner of the eyes .

And now at this point here , and we got to keep in mind this slant right here .

So we're going to do that slant .

Ok .

Excellent .

And then how do we find this breaking point ?

When does it start breaking ?

We just , we go look straight down , it's gonna be right around , you know , this area , right ?

I uh and in the corner like that , this angle and it looks like I need to make her , I think this eye is a little bit too slow , but let's just go with it and uh see what happens , try a little bit higher .

OK .

So now we have this , let's just finish off the rest of our face .

Let's see , going back to this corner .

Now , how far is this point right here ?

And you can measure from here to here .

It's pretty similar , right ?

So you can get that angle like this , you probably bring us the , the side of her face .

And then now we can just connect this to a little bump do .

Now her chin , how far is her chin ?

Um down ?

Now keep in mind this angle too , because this is , this is a slight tilt on the face .

So let's let's make a mark there .

Now , this distance looks like it's pretty close to , you know , from the bottom of her nose .

So we do that and then we go , we duplicate double that distance .

We probably somewhere right here .

So now we have this and now we can just fill in the rest , this curvature right here .

It's right under mouth scarves .

OK .

And let's get to the other side of the face .

Let see , let's get this point here to hear .

This distance is pretty close to your eye , right , the whiff of her eye .

So we double the whiff of her .

I probably give us somewhere right there so we can do that .

Now , we have this point go straight down kind of like this like curvature .

Now , where's the breaking point ?

Let's find the breaking point .

Uh If we go horizontally , it's right around her nose .

So if we go horizontally here , it's gonna be somewhere around right here .

So this is where it starts curving and that goes down and we can connect that in her ear .

It's just right above her nose a little bit .

So probably somewhere right here .

And then the top of here where here is , is kind of right there .

So it's gonna be right around there so we can come down now and let's see here and let's do the hair a little bit .

Uh I mean , a forehead now to measure the forehead , it's a little bit harder because there's not a lot of reference points .

But if you go straight up , see how far is this distance .

It's probably , if you double it , it'll probably be somewhere right here .

So we can measure from here to here and then we double it .

It'll probably be somewhere right here .

And it's like right here , it starts curving , you can look down , it's right around the eyebrow right here .

So now we know this curves right here , got straight down and you know , this part you can see just kind of goes in , goes down .

I think we can just kind of eyeball that , I mean , you can , you can measure , you know , maybe from this distance to this distance .

How far is that and things like that .

Um But if some of them are a little bit more obvious , so you can just quickly eyeball it in then a hair here here , here here .

OK .

So let's do her neck .

Where's her neck ?

It goes straight up , it's right on the eye straight up .

What's her neck ?

And then this right here right here , right around here .

All right .

So let's check the features and see how close we got .

Make the lines a little bit darker here and let's duplicate this layer and I'll move it over and then we're going to check it .

So I'm gonna scale it up because I knew I draw a little bit bigger .

Let's scale it up and let's find some points to match up and let's do her so we could do her nose , scale it up , her nose and her eye started eye .

Ok .

It's probably be around there now we can check it .

So it looks like the error .

Let's see .

We started from the , I started from the eye here and then again , this eye was a little bit lower .

I think we , I caught that at the beginning but we just went with it .

Um And then her mouth looks like , yeah , the knees is slam up a little bit more .

I got it kind of straight .

So as you can see the corner of her mouth is a little bit off and then the chin , yeah , a little bit could be a little bit lower .

But um I mean , overall it's not bad , you know , for a first pass .

Um So if I were to finish this drawing , what I'll do is , you know , I'll , I'll correct those little errors and things like that .

But you can see just by this kind of measuring method of just seeing relationships , you can get it uh fairly close on the first path .

And the more you do it , you know , the more you're gonna be able , able to see these relationships and the more accurate , you're going to be .

So let me recap this real quick and just talk about some exercises that you can do .

So whenever you look at anything like a phase , you know , what you want to do is start measuring and get angles of stuff .

Like if I look at this phase , you know , what is the angle from , from , from the corner of the eye ?

You know how like what's the slant , right ?

If I saturated now , you can easily see that it's slanting upward and you know how , how wide is this is her , is her eye and how wide is her nose ?

And you can start comparing things like , you know , I I'll say this eye is probably , you know , not as wide as her , as her nose and her eye was probably only this , this wide , right ?

And then you can , you know , in Photoshop , I guess you can , you can check it easier , things like that .

So it's just a matter of seeing relationships , you know , this thing going straight down and it's always like between vertical and uh and horizontal , you know , those are the easiest one to measure .

Uh and ver vertically works really well .

Um because , you know , it's easier to see like , you know , from the corner of her eyes , to her , to her nose , you know , corner of her mouth , how far does it go up , you know , things like that , like even like here her brow where does it , where does it go down or here ?

And from here to here , what's the angle ?

So those are the things that , you know , you want to look at when , when , when you're sketching and drawing .

And so let me show you some exercises that you can do to improve your artistic eye .

OK .

So to practice on seeing relationships , um There's a lot of easy things you can do .

Um let's just say , you know , you draw a line like this , right ?

And then somewhere else , what you do is just try to draw that line again , but with the same width , so see if you can get it close to what you have drawn initially .

So if I draw something like this , I think that's pretty close .

Um Now , of course , I'm working in Photoshop .

So it's easier for me to check uh if you're doing with , with pencils and stuff , you know , you can use a ruler and , and things like that .

So , so it's really fun , you know , you can just do something like that and then just somewhere else , you know , further away , try to draw the same length and you know , you can , again , you can , you can start checking and how close you get .

Another thing you can do is angles , right ?

Being able to see angles , let's say I'm going to draw that or draw the same angle somewhere else .

I can do that and then I can check it right , pretty close or maybe even , you know , something crazy , maybe a line like this and try to draw the same shape somewhere else .

I gotta check it .

So it's really good exercise because you can just go like that and then draw the same lane somewhere else or do that or maybe even draw it at a different angle but try to keep the same length , maybe something like this .

That would be pretty cool .

Maybe , let's see , see if that's close .

So that's pretty close .

Um So that's , you know , just trying to uh you know , get , get used to seeing the length of things .

Now , let's say you're doing uh some placement , let's say I'm gonna draw a line like this and I'm gonna take this edge , I'm gonna draw something on the bottom here .

That is uh that is , you know , to the , to the left of this edge .

So if I draw a line , something like this , now this , this should be vertical , see .

So that's , that's pretty close right now .

If you draw something like this , then obviously you didn't see the , you didn't see that , that vertical um comparison .

So let's say I can do something like this .

Let's draw something to the right of it , maybe further down , maybe I'll do it from here .

OK .

And then I can check it , see how close I got .

So I'm a little bit off , right , obviously , the further down the further the distance , you know , the harder things are .

Um So that's another way of checking placement .

And here's something you can also do this , let's say you draw a circle .

Now let's do um draw a line that represents the , the , the uh the width of the circle .

So to see that circle , I , I'm looking at that circle , I , I'm trying to vision , you know how wide that that thing is .

So I can check this .

I think my jaw is a little bit too wide .

Actually , it's pretty close .

So that's another thing you can do .

So just do a little circle and then , well , let's draw a line uh with the , the width of this , maybe at a different angle and see how close I can get to that .

Say I do that and I put it in .

So that's pretty close .

So those are exercises you can do , you know , if you're , you're drawing this and you're doing this then , you know , you probably got a long way to go .

Um But it's just a matter of training your eye and it , it's , it's pretty cool , you know , once you get it , it's just , you see things a little bit differently .

So , uh yeah , just , you know , just try this little exercise and next time , next time you see a face just , you know , start envisioning this kind of stuff over it , you know , where is it matching up ?

You know , how , what are the angles , you know , and then you gotta start seeing things and , and once you're able to see it , then you can replicate it .

All right .

So that's it for this video .

And I hope you enjoyed this and I will see you next time .