hi everyone I am back with a new video and this is going to be a tutorial on
how I draw the face eyes nose and mouth in a 3/4 view and I've added a time
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month free trial so now onto the video there is one simple rule that I like to
remember when drawing faces at different angles that I think can also be applied
to drawing the different facial features such as the eyes the nose and the mouth
and in order to understand that rule we have to note a few things
number one the head is three-dimensional and I've taken this makeup sponge that
looks like a head to show my example I've marked two lines one vertical and
one horizontal so when looking at this from a front view we can see that both
vertical and horizontal lines appear straight however as we start to rotate
this to the left or to the right we see that the vertical line is
actually curved to indicate the object's true form so the line is pointing left
when it's turned to the left and it's pointing right when it's turned to the
right once we rotate the sponge head up and down we can see that now it's the
horizontal line that appears curved it's pointing down when it's tilted down and
it's pointing up when it's tilted up so you can actually create a combination of
different angles but in this video we will be stripping it back down to the
very basics just to keep this simple for you to understand number two perspective
perspective or foreshortening play a great role in drawing the face at
different angles and this does get more and more intense or complicated
depending on the angle however we're going to try and keep this video as
simple as possible so I won't go into so much detail about foreshortening it's
just a good thing to note that when an object is further away from the viewer
it appears smaller and an object that's closer to the viewer appears larger in
comparison so that's just a general rule of perspective
number three symmetry the head is relatively symmetrical and so are most
of the facial features such as the eyes the nose and the mouth especially when
looking at these from the front view and what this means is if you divide the
object in half we have a left side a centerline and the right side which is a
mirror of the left side but is also the same width as the left side in a 3/4
view however we're going to have an asymmetrical shape because the
centerline has either shifted to the left or
to the right however we still have a left side we have the new center line
and then we have a right side and the width of the left side will be different
to the width of the right so these are just a few things to consider because I
like to follow a simple rule when drawing the face in a 3/4 view and this
rule is the direction that the object is turned to is the side of the object that
appears smaller and what that all means hopefully in a much simpler term is if
the head is turned to the left the left side appears smaller and if the head is
turned to the right the right side appears smaller and the same thing
applies when you tilt the head up or down now let's actually start using this
rule to draw the face starting with the head shape I like to break it down in
two basic shapes which is the circle and the upside-down triangle and the size of
the circle that you draw defines how big or small the head will be so the bigger
the circle the bigger the head the smaller the circle the smaller the head
then the upside-down triangle helps create the bottom half of the face and
by changing the height of the triangle and the distance of this to the circle
we can actually create different face shapes such as a round shape a heart
face and triangle face shape for our demonstration I am drawing a face that
has turned to the left therefore the upside-down triangle I am
drawing is asymmetrical where the left side is smaller than the right side and
this is following the rule that I mentioned before then going back to the
sponge head we will draw a center line of the face which connects from the top
of the head to the chin and we're going to make this curved to show the heads
curved form and for this demonstration to keep it as simple as possible the
head is turned only one direction though it's turned to the left it's not looking
up it's not looking down therefore our horizontal guide lines will remain
straight now I can have a separate video tutorial
drawing a face looking up or down and or a combination of looking to the left and
looking up or looking to the right and looking down but for the purpose of this
video and keeping it simple the head is only turned to the left so let's divide
the face into six equal parts which gives us seven horizontal guidelines
this will help us play certain features of the face so line one is the top of
the head line two is the hairline line three is the eyebrows line four is for
the eyes line five is the nose line six is for the mouth and lastly line seven
is for the chin now for the eyes in a three-quarter view I like to draw a leaf
shape where the left side is smaller than the right side because the head is
turned to the left so we're following the rule I mentioned before once again
and you can adjust the height of this shape to make small eyes or big eyes you
can also adjust the width of the eyes to make round eyes or wide eyes you can
also adjust the tilt of the eyes to make upturned eyes or downturned eyes and the
distance between both eyes is usually the width of another eye however by
changing the distance you can create close-set eyes or wide-set eyes then I
draw a circle for the pupil and then changing the placement of this indicates
the direction of the person's gaze I also draw arches for the eyelids which
has a similar rule where the left is smaller than the right and you can
change the tilt of this to also create upturned or downturned eyes and changing
the distance of the eyelids to the eyes can create either deep-set eyes or
monolids for eyebrows I also start by drawing an arch then I make it thicker
on one end the same rule applies where I will make the left side smaller than the
right and you can change the degree of the arches curve to create straight
brows or arched brows for the nose I start with a circle on the center line
of our three-quarter face you can adjust the
size of the circle to create a narrow nose tip or a wide nose tip you can also
adjust the distance of the circle to the center line so the further away it is
from the center line the pointy err the nose then I draw two arches on each side
of the circle for the nostrils same rule applies where the left side is smaller
than the right you can adjust the curve of the arch to show more prominent
nostrils you can also adjust the tilt of the arch and the width of the arch to
create diversity next I draw two lines that look like the letter C on each
nostril same rule applies once again the left side is smaller than the right and
for my demonstration you can barely see the left side as it's hidden in view by
the rest of the nose and lastly I like to connect the nose to the eyebrows
using a curved line that touches the center line and it goes back out to the
eyebrows and you can adjust this curve to create either a straight nose or a
hooked nose I usually only draw one of these curved lines in a 3/4 view because
this is the bridge of the nose so I feel like the other one isn't really that
important when drawing a mouth I also like to start with a leaf shape with a V
cut out on top this follows once again the same rule where the left
side is smaller than the right side I also draw a horizontal line to separate
the upper lip to the lower lip and you can adjust the height and the width of
this shape to create different kinds of lips for the ears I draw a line that
looks like a letter C in Reverse I draw this from line four to line five and I
draw this just on the edge of our head I also like to draw this simple line which
is a very simplified detail of the ear but if you're really interested in how
to draw ears I highly recommend watching a tutorial on it as well as studying the
anatomy of it next I also draw ovals for the cheeks on both sides
the head this is my stylistic choice so it's definitely optional you don't have
to draw this if you don't like it same rule applies as well where the left oval
is smaller than the right and I also draw circles for the chin and the
forehead and for me these help soften the face when creating the outline and
in order to create the outline to the face in a 3/4 view we first start with
the forehead just following the curve of our initial circle down to the tip of
the eyebrow then it dips to the eyes and comes back out for the cheeks and this
is where the ovals are very helpful so I follow the curve of the oval and connect
it to the chin which has a circle that also help soften at that point so the
chin isn't as pointy and then I round off the upside-down triangle that we
created before to draw the jaw line and then I connect that to the ear now for
the hair line for the demonstration I've decided on a round hair line but there
are a variety that I also like to use that help create different face shapes
so for example we have a square face shape a heart face shape and oval face
shape and triangle face shape and for a round hairline I basically just draw an
arch and the same rule applies where the left side is smaller and hopefully by
this time you would have remembered the rule I've set out in the beginning where
the direction that the object is turned to is the side of the object that is
smaller and pretty much this concludes how I draw a face so I'm just going to
finish this drawing off by adding some hair and accessories as well as the neck
which come down from the ear and I know I only tackled one angle of drawing the
face in this video but the rule does also apply to all angles so I highly
suggest playing around with the guidelines that I've mentioned in the
video there are so many ways to adjust the facial features that
you can have some fun creating different looking faces I would also recommend
looking at reference photos to understand the concept of foreshortening
and perspective I feel like hearing this rule and the idea behind it for the
first time can be very tricky so if you need more time to take it all in
definitely feel free to do so the more you expose yourself to three-quarter
view the more you'll come to understand it and you might actually fall in love
with it that that's the only face that you draw your entire life there are also
other video tutorials from Skillshare down in the description box which i
highly highly recommend watching I really liked master during the face and
angles by sensei which offers a different method of drawing the face at
a 3/4 view because the method that I've showed you in this video is definitely
not the only one out there there are so many and you might find this complicated
and you might find another method easy so I highly recommend learning from
different resources and I think that skill share is there to help you with
that I also really liked learn how to draw features of the face by Melissa
De Nobreg I think that this would be really helpful as an in-depth look at
how to draw different facial features such as the eyes the nose the mouth I
touched about it in this video a little bit but I feel like this video will be
more in depth I also really enjoyed cartooning drawing faces and expressions
by Ira Marcks and lastly fashion illustration how to paint a watercolor
fashion face with stylish accessories by Nina Edwards I think that these two are
great videos to follow up my video especially in terms of applying and
these techniques in two different styles and hopefully into your own unique style
as well so once again I will link these and more tutorials in the description
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