Hey everyone I am back with a new video and this is going to be a tutorial on how to draw
the male face which was highly requested and it won in my youtube poll, so if there is a
tutorial that you want me to make let me know in the comments below as well as keep a lookout for
my YouTube polls. Also on the screen you can see at different sections of this video so feel free
to skip to whichever part you are interested in. When it comes to drawing faces it can be
quite tricky to differentiate between a female face and a male face and a general rule that I
follow to make a face more masculine is to use hard lines and pointy edges which are commonly
associated with men, whereas soft curves and round edges are commonly associated with women, so this
key difference is something that we should take note of especially throughout this video as I
demonstrate how I draw a male face. This video is also sponsored by Skillshare and I am so excited
to be sharing and recommending a class I watched this week by Gabrielle Brickey or @artworkbygabrielle
on Instagram, and I'm sure that you guys have heard of her. She also teaches on Skillshare
and one of her classes that I'm recommending is called Learn to Draw: Daily Practices to Improve
Your Drawing Skills, and this video is so in-depth and thorough that I highly urge you guys to check
it out if you want to learn how to draw just about anything. So in my video I will be talking about
how we can use basic shapes to draw a face but Gabrielle's video actually teaches us how we can
see an object, any object and break it down into basic shapes so it's easier to understand and it
makes it easier for us to draw so I will link that tutorial in the description box below for you to
watch on Skillshare, and if you didn't know what Skillshare is it is an online learning community
where you can learn a range of creative skills such as drawing, and you can also watch video
tutorials taught by professionals and because they are sponsoring this video have a special
link also in the description box that gives the first 1000 people to join using that link two
months free of their premium membership which normally costs less than $10 US a month
if you pay annually, but if you join using that link you don't pay for two months, and a premium
membership gives you unlimited access to all of their classes including the one by Gabrielle so I
definitely urge you guys to check out the links in the description box and check out Skillshare and
also check out Gabrielle, and speaking of basic shapes let's start with two. The first one is a
circle and the size of this circle determines the size of the head that we are drawing. The smaller
the circle the smaller the head the bigger the circle the bigger the head. The second basic shape
is a trapezium where the top is wider than the bottom and this shape represents the lower part
of the face such as the jaw and chin. The height of this trapezium can change to create different male
face shapes for example a tall trapezium creates an oval and triangular face shape, whereas a short
trapezium creates a round or square face shape and you can also increase the distance of the short
trapezium to the circle to create a rectangular face shape. For this demonstration we are going
to use a circle and a tall trapezium combination to create the common oval face shape. So now let's
divide the face vertically in half then divide the face horizontally into six sections which
should give us a total of seven lines from the top of the face to the bottom. An easy way to do
this is to take a ruler and measure the height of the face that you've drawn. Mark the top and
bottom of the face and then divide it into half and also place a mark on the halfway point then
you've got the top section. Divide that into three parts and then lastly divide the bottom section
also into three parts making sure that you mark every measurement after that. Draw a horizontal
line on every mark that you've made and this basically creates our guidelines for the face.
Each line represents a part of the face for example line one is for the top of the head,
line two is for the hairline, line three is for the eyebrows, line four is for the eyes and top
of the ears, line five is for the nose and bottom of the ears, line six is for the mouth and lastly
line seven is for the chin. Now let's start drawing the facial features. When it comes to
drawing masculine eyes I start with a boxy leaf shape which is the only way that I can describe
whatever shape it is that I'm drawing and notice that instead of using curves I'm actually using a
boxy shape with hard lines and pointy edges to make the eyes look a little bit more masculine
and with this shape you can actually change the height and angle to create different eye shapes
for example bigger eyes or round eyes or angled eyes or almond shaped eyes. And to draw the other
eye what you can do is simply draw the same shape next to the eye that we've drawn and then draw
a third eye next to it, then erase the middle eye and you've got two eyes. This follows the rule that
the distance between each eye is another eye. Now this is a general rule but you can totally ignore
it because you can draw the eyes closer together for close set eyes or further apart for wide-set
eyes, then we're going to draw circles for the pupils and then draw two lines above the eyes
which basically mimics the top curve of the eyes. This represents the eyelid and with this you can
draw it closer to the eyes or further from the eyes to create either deep set eyes or hooded
eyes or you can choose not to draw it at all for monolid eyes. For eyebrows let's start by drawing a
long and angled trapezium on line three and make sure that the width of this shape is wider than
the width of the eye and what we're going to do is we're going to extend the end just downwards
a little bit, connect it back to create a small arched eyebrow. So a thick and straight eyebrow
is commonly perceived to be more masculine but it is also up to you to reduce the thickness or add
a more prominent arch for variety and diversity and of course draw a mirror of this shape onto
the other side. For the nose I like to start with a circle on the center of line five to represent the
tip of the nose. So with the circle you can change the size, and the bigger the circle the rounder the
nose and the smaller the circle the pointier the nose, then I draw two curves for the nostril
on each side of the circle and you can also change the width the depth and the angle of this curve to
create a diverse range of noses. Then I also draw two small lines to create the wings of the nose
just to complete it and lastly for a masculine nose I like to draw a fairly straight line from
the eyebrows to the circle. It touches the edge of the circle and this creates the bridge of the
nose and by actually drawing that line and adding emphasis to it shows that the bridge of the nose
is quite prominent and there's some height to it. For the mouth let's start with the shape that we
used for the eye but have a V cut out on top and also make it wider than the eyes because generally
the mouth is wider than the width of the eye, and I also like to draw a horizontal line across the
mouth to separate the upper lip and the lower lip but you don't necessarily have to draw it
as a straight line you can add some curves to it for more details. Then with this shape you
can actually change the height to make thicker lips or thinner lips but for a general masculine
face we can stick to fairly thin lips. And when it comes to refining these shapes or adding line art
I usually just choose to emphasize the horizontal line in the middle as well as the bottom of the
mouth. For the ears I like to start with drawing a letter C starting from line four and ending
on line five and then I draw a curve that looks like what you are seeing on screen because I have
absolutely no idea how to explain this but this curve pretty much just simplifies the details
of the ear. It only really shows us the helix the tragus and the earlobe however you are free to
add more details to the ear but for me I feel like this is enough to represent an ear so I leave it
as simple as this. For the hairline let's go back up to line two and draw a square hairline which
is perceived to be more masculine, and to draw this just think as if you're drawing the upper
half of the square. And there are actually multiple hair lines that you can draw to create different
face shapes which you can see on-screen but let's stick to a square hair line. Now that we have our
facial features it is time to go and refine our drawing so we can trace out the trapezium that we
had earlier. To draw the jaw and the chin we can also add in the neck, add in some hair and maybe
some shading and while we're doing this keep in mind that to create a masculine face we want to
use hard lines and pointy edges so refrain from softening any curves. For example with the chin
I used a trapezium instead of a triangle because we wanted to square that chin off so that it's not
as round as it commonly is for female faces and some of the shapes that I also use to explain how
to draw different facial features were quite boxy angled and rigid. So those things coming together
are techniques that I use in my own art to create a more masculine aesthetic and please note that
this is not the only way to draw a male face there are so many different methods and techniques out
there. This method works for me. It might not work for you. It might work for other people and that's
totally okay so I highly recommend that you go out there explore and experiment. Also I have
hinted at a few ways that you can diversify the male face so I would highly recommend that you
challenge yourself with drawing different eyes based on changing just the height or the angle
or creating different nose shapes as I've hinted in this video. So as a challenge or an exercise if
you would like to participate you can actually draw a face based on some prompts that I have
created. They will be in the description box it is like a worksheet. You don't have to do it but if
you're looking for something that hopefully can help you out with your drawing especially with
a male face then I recommend that you download the worksheet. Try it yourself and if you do definitely
tag me let me know I would love to see it. Another tip of course is to use reference images for your
practices and as you use these reference images observe and maybe use your analytical skills and
this is probably where Gabrielle's tutorial might come in handy and that is why I highly highly
recommend it. Observing and analyzing and actually implementing that into your practice is actually
one of the most useful ways to learn how to draw just about anything, and you can also apply those
skills into other avenues so observe and implement it in your drawing. So that is it for my video I
hope you found this helpful and that you enjoyed this video as well. If you did don't forget to
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