Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a loose fist, step by step
One loose fist measured from the palm side and the back: how the finger tops arc, how the nails step down, where the thumb stands and how wide the wrist is.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a hand from the side: thickness, the wrist and the thumb
One open hand measured from the little-finger side and the thumb side: how thick it is, where the thumb tip lands and where the fingertips sit.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a hand holding something, step by step
One hand measured around a round handle: how thick the handle is against the fingers, how the grip slants, where the fingertips end and where the thumb lies.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a skull from the front, step by step
One skull measured from the front: how big the eye sockets are, the bone between them, where the nose opening and the teeth sit, and how much jaw is left.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a skull from the side, step by step
One skull measured in profile: the eye socket behind the brow, the cheekbone bar, the ear hole under the top of the skull, the teeth and the drop to the chin.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a skull in 3/4 view, step by step
One skull measured at 45 degrees: the near eye socket keeps its width, the far one shrinks, the middle line of the face, the cheekbone bar and the ear hole.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
How to draw a smile: where the corners go and why the eyes change
One head at rest and smiling, lips closed: the mouth grows about a quarter wider, the corners move out past the pupils and up, and the eyes narrow.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a surprised face: where the brows, eyes and jaw go
One head at rest and surprised: the brows rise and arch, the mouth drops into an open oval, and the eyes open about as wide as at rest.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw an angry face: where the brows, eyes and mouth go
One head at rest and angry: the brows drop and pinch onto the lids, the eyes lose about a fifth of their height and the lips part over the teeth.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw an open mouth: lips parted and jaw dropped
One head drawn at rest and with two open mouths: the lips don't get thinner, and the opening comes from the upper lip lifting or from the jaw coming down.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
How to draw an oval face: the round curve in a taller box
An oval face and a round one measured from the front: the jaw curves match, but the oval chin drops about half the face's width below the ears.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw eyebrows: where they start, peak and end
One realistic head from the front, measured in iris widths: where each brow starts, how high it peaks, where the tail stops and how thick it is along the way.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw feet from the back: the heel, the tendon and the ankle
One standing foot measured from behind: where the tendon narrows, how high and wide the heel is, the ankle lines and how far the foot shows past the heel.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw feet from the front: the width, the ankle and the toes
One standing foot measured from the front: how wide it spreads, where the ankle bumps sit, how big each toe is and how the toes step down.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw feet from the side: the length, the arch and the toes
One standing foot measured from the inside and the outside: how long it is, where the leg stands, how high the arch rises and how the toes step back.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw feet in three-quarter view: the shorter foot, the toes and the heel
One standing foot measured halfway between front and side: how much shorter it gets, how the small toes show past the big toe, the heel and the underside.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw fingers: where the tips land and how each finger splits
One open hand measured from the back and the palm: where each fingertip lands, how each finger splits and where the knuckles sit.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the back of a hand: its shape, the knuckles and the tendons
One open hand measured from the back: its length against its width, the knuckle arc, where the thumb splits off and the tendons down to the wrist.
Oct 19, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the palm of a hand: its shape, the thumb and the lines
One open hand measured straight on from the palm side: the palm against its width and the fingers, where the thumb splits off, where the three lines run.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a face looking down: what moves and by how much
A face looking down, measured on paired drawings: the ears stay under the top of the skull while the eyes, nose and chin slide down and the lower face shortens.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a face looking up: what moves and by how much
A face looking up, measured on one head: the ears stay where they were while the eyes, nose and chin slide up and the nose gets shorter.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a face step by step, with measured numbers
A face from the front in seven steps, from the outline to the tone, with the sizes measured on ten drawn heads and a link to the guide behind each one.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a jawline from the side: where the corner goes
The jaw corner measured on ten drawn heads in profile: level with the hollow under the lower lip, just in front of the earlobe, and what sets its angle.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a nose from the front: length, wings and bridge
A nose from the front measured on ten drawn heads: how long it is against its width, how high the wings reach and how far apart the bridge lines run.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a nose from the side: bridge, tip and wing
A nose in profile measured on ten drawn heads: the slope of the bridge, how far the tip stands out, where the wing sits and the angle underneath.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a nose in three-quarter view: where it meets the cheek
The nose against the far cheek measured on ten drawn heads at 22.5, 45 and 67.5 degrees: when it sits inside the outline, touches it and forms it.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw an eye from the side: the wedge, the lids and the iris
An eye in profile measured on ten drawn heads: how long it is, how far it sits behind the bridge, how wide the lids open and how narrow the iris gets.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw different eye shapes
Upturned, level, open, narrow, close-set and wide-set eyes measured on ten drawn heads, and how downturned, hooded, round and deep-set eyes fall outside them.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw different lip shapes
Full, thin, wide, narrow, bottom-heavy and downturned lips measured on ten drawn heads, and the lip shapes these plates don't show.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw different nose shapes
Long, broad, upturned and projecting noses measured on ten drawn heads, and where Roman, concave, bulbous and down-pointing noses fall outside them.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw ears from the front: height, flare and rim
Ears from the front measured on ten drawn heads: where the top and lobe sit, how far the ear stands out from the skull and how wide the rim shows.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw ears from the side: width, lean and placement
Ears from the side measured on ten drawn heads: how wide the ear is against its height, how far it leans back and where it sits in the depth of the head.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw ears in three-quarter view: width and placement
Ears measured on ten drawn heads at 22.5 and 45 degrees: why the ear looks wider in three-quarter view than in profile, and how far it sits from the eye.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw eye bags: the lines under the lower lid
The line under the lower lid measured on ten drawn heads: how far below the lid it sits, where it dips, and when a second curve appears.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw eyelids: the lid line and the crease
The upper lid and its crease measured on ten drawn heads: how much of the iris the lid hides, how far above it the crease sits, and when the two merge.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw eyes from the front, step by step
Eyes from the front in six steps, measured on ten drawn heads: spacing, outer corners a touch high, a high upper lid over a shallow lower one, opening and iris.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw eyes in three-quarter view: the far eye
The far eye measured on ten drawn heads: how much narrower it is at 22.5 degrees, and the gap it fits between the nose and the far edge at 45.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw lips from the front, step by step
Lips from the front in six steps, measured on ten drawn heads: where the mouth line sits, its shape, and how much taller the lower lip is.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw lips from the side: where the corner goes
Lips in profile measured on ten drawn heads: how far back the corner sits, how the mouth line drops, and where the lips sit against the nose and chin.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw lips in three-quarter view: the two halves
Lips measured on ten drawn heads at 22.5 and 45 degrees: how short the far half of the mouth gets, and why the near half grows longer than from the front.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw nostrils: size, spacing and shape
Nostrils measured on ten drawn heads: how wide each one is against the nose, the gap between them, which end thins and how dark to make them.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
How to draw the head in three-quarter view from below
A head turned 45 degrees, seen from 20 degrees below, measured on two drawn heads: the ear stays near the eye line, the crown shortens, the jaw shows a band.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the iris
The iris measured on ten drawn heads: how big it is in the eye, where the lids cut it, and how much it narrows as the head turns.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the philtrum and cupid's bow
The groove under the nose and the bow of the upper lip, measured on ten drawn heads: how long, how wide, and where the two peaks of the bow sit.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the same face from different angles, measured on ten heads
When a face turns, its heights stay put and its widths change. Measured on ten heads at the front, 45 degrees and profile, with how far each line moved.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to hatch a face: which way the strokes run
Stroke directions measured on twenty hatched head drawings: mirrored from the front, a new direction for temple, cheek and jaw at a turn.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
Side profile proportions for drawing, measured on ten heads
Side profile proportions measured on ten drawn heads: where the eyes, nose, mouth and ear fall, and how the brow, nose tip and chin line up.
Oct 18, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
Three-quarter face proportions for drawing, measured on ten heads
Three-quarter face proportions measured on ten drawn heads: the heights carry across from the front, and the eye line splits into about seven eye widths.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
Face proportions for drawing, checked on four measured heads
The usual face proportions checked against four measured heads: where the eyes, brow, nose and mouth fall, which rules hold and which ones bend.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
Face width proportions: the eyes, nose and mouth measured on ten heads
Four width rules checked on ten drawn heads: the gap between the eyes, five eyes across, how wide the nose is and where the corners of the mouth fall.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
How to draw a bald head: the outline from the front and the side
With no hair, the outline of the skull is the drawing. Five checks place its depth, its back, its crown and its sides, read off two heads.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
How to draw a chin: front, three-quarter and profile
Two checks place the chin against the lower lip and the nose, and the shape under the lip shows whether a chin reads firm or soft. Read off three heads.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a forehead: the slope, the brow step and where it turns
The forehead in profile, measured on ten drawn heads: how far it leans back, how far the brow steps out, and where it turns into the top of the head.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a heart-shaped face: a narrow jaw under a full skull
Two drawn heads with the same skull measured from the ear to the chin: the heart-shaped one is narrower all the way down, most of all just above the chin.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a long face: raise the features, keep the jaw
Ten drawn heads measured for face length: on the long ones the eyes and nose sit higher, the stretch to the chin is longer and the jaw is no narrower.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a round face: one curve from the ear to the chin
A round face and a lean one measured from the front and in profile: the width at the mouth, a jaw drawn as one curve, and tone that hugs the outline.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a square face: hold the width, then turn the corner
Two drawn heads measured from the ear lobe to the chin: on the square one the sides hold their width down to a corner below the mouth, then turn.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
How to draw a symmetrical face, and when it should look uneven
How even a front view is on ten drawn heads, how to check yours, and what a small turn does to the far eye and the far half of the mouth.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
How to draw a thin face: the shading inside the outline
A gaunt head and a smoother one share the outline at the cheeks and jaw. The thin look is a band of tone down the outer cheek and a light patch below it.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw an angular face: where the tone turns a corner
An angular face and a smoother one compared at three angles: the tone edge on the cheek, the straight runs of the jaw, and the step from forehead to brow.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw eye sockets: the hollow the eye sits in
The eye sits in a hollow wider than itself, under the brow and beside the nose. Where its dark values go, read on two heads at three angles.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw full lips: front, three-quarter and profile
Full lips are taller, not wider. How much of the space from nose to chin they take, how the upper lip matches the lower, and how far they stand forward.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw nasolabial folds: where the smile lines start and stop
The fold from the nose to the mouth measured on ten drawn heads: where it leaves the nose, how far down it runs and where it passes the mouth.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the head with the box method, measured on ten heads
The box method puts the head in a box before any features. Here is the size of that box, measured on ten heads, and how to turn it.
Oct 17, 2026•Tutorial•5 min
Loomis, box or planes: which head construction to use
The Loomis ball, the box and the planes, fitted to one measured head: what each one settles, what it leaves to you, and which to start with.
Oct 15, 2026•Tutorial•5 min
How to draw a brow ridge: front, three-quarter and profile
Where the brow ridge sits from the front, at three-quarter and in profile, and how the shadow under it, more than its outline, makes a brow look heavy.
Oct 15, 2026•Tutorial•5 min
How to draw a hairline: front, three-quarter and profile
Find the hairline with one measurement, run it across the forehead and down the side planes, and follow it as the head turns to three-quarter and profile.
Oct 15, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
The Loomis method for drawing the head, step by step
The Loomis head as Loomis wrote it: a ball with the sides sliced off, a cross for the brow and middle line, three equal spaces, then checked on our plates.
Oct 15, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw cheekbones: front, three-quarter and profile
Where the cheekbone, its arch and the hollow under it sit from the front, at three-quarter and in profile, on a lean, older head and a younger, fuller one.
Oct 14, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw a skull at different angles
Draw the cranium as a ball with flat sides, hang the face under its front and hinge the jaw in front of the ear hole. Then turn it all the way around.
Oct 14, 2026•Tutorial•5 min
How to draw a tilted head
A head tilted toward one shoulder is the same head drawn on a leaning cross. In profile, the same lean turns into a head looking up or down.
Oct 14, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
How to draw facial expressions
Build the head at rest, then move three things: the brows against the eye line, the lower lids when the cheeks rise, and the jaw. The nose base stays put.
Oct 14, 2026•Tutorial•4 min
How to draw feet at different angles
Draw the foot as a wedge, high at the ankle and low at the toes, with the heel as a block behind it. Then turn it from the inside to the front to the back.
Oct 14, 2026•Tutorial•5 min
How to draw the head from a steep angle
From far above or below, the feature lines curve almost twice as much as at a gentle angle, the ears slide past the features and one end of the head takes over.
Oct 14, 2026•Tutorial•5 min
How to draw the head from above
Looking down at a face, the construction lines curve the other way, the ears rise against the features, the skull grows and the face under the nose shortens.
Oct 14, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the neck
Draw the neck as a cylinder that leans forward out of the shoulders, then add the two muscles every neck shows and the collarbones under them.
Oct 13, 2026•Tutorial•5 min
How to draw hands at different angles
Draw the palm as a flat box, hang the fingers from an arc of knuckles and give the thumb its own side. Then turn the box from the palm to the edge to the back.
Oct 11, 2026•Tutorial•4 min
How to draw a jawline: front, three-quarter and profile
The jaw has a back edge, a corner and a chin. Where the corner sits against the earlobe and lower lip from the front, at three-quarter and in profile.
Oct 11, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw an older face: folds that sit on the planes
Where the nose-to-mouth fold, the lines under the eyes, the forehead lines, the jowl and the neck sit on an older head, built on a younger head's construction.
Oct 11, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the head from below
Looking up at a face, the construction lines arch, the ears move against the features, the jaw's underside becomes a shadow plane and the nostrils open.
Oct 11, 2026•Tutorial•5 min
How to shade a head, one light at a time
Shade a head in four passes: pick one light, find where light turns to shadow, fill the shadow side as one tone, then add the cast shadows.
Oct 11, 2026•Tutorial•4 min
Parts of the head for drawing: the landmarks to place first
The head's parts an artist places first: cranium, brow ridge, eye sockets, cheekbone, jaw corner, chin, ear, back of the skull and where the neck attaches.
Oct 11, 2026•Tutorial•5 min
The planes of the head and how light falls on them
The head as a few flat planes: front, side, top and underside. Where they meet, and how one lit head shows each of them change from light to shadow.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•4 min
Drawing different face shapes from one construction
Square jaws, high cheekbones and heavy brows are changes to a few landmarks on the same head. Here is where each one sits.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•4 min
How to draw ears at every angle of the head
The ear keeps its height as the head turns while its shape goes from a narrow edge to a full C and back to a cup. Where it sits at each angle.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•4 min
How to draw eyes at different angles
Eyes are balls set into sockets with lids wrapped around them. Draw them that way and the far eye shortens, the iris turns and the profile comes out on its own.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the head at any angle, step by step
The method in five steps, then eighty-one guides in order: parts of the head, the turn from front to profile and back, features, shading and drills.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the head from the front
The front view on ten heads: eyes about halfway, ears near the eye and nose lines, a skull seven tenths as wide as the head is tall, wider than the face.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•4 min
How to draw the head in near profile
At 67.5 degrees the far eye shrinks to a sliver, the nose breaks the outline and the side of the head becomes the biggest plane in the drawing.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•5 min
How to draw the head in profile
Build the side view from the depth of the skull, place the ear behind the middle, and let the face hang off the front of the cranium.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•3 min
How to draw the head in slight three-quarter view
At 22.5 degrees the center line curves, the far ear disappears and the far eye shortens, even though the head has barely turned.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•7 min
How to draw the head in three-quarter view
The head at 45 degrees, measured on ten drawn heads: where the brow, the top of the ear, the nose tip and the jaw corner fall as it turns.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•4 min
How to draw the mouth and lips at different angles
The mouth wraps around a curved row of teeth, so it shortens on the far side as the head turns, and in profile the upper lip sits forward of the lower.
Oct 8, 2026•Tutorial•4 min
How to draw the nose from different angles
Draw the nose as a wedge on the face. As the head turns, one side plane opens, the far nostril hides first and by near profile it breaks the outline.
Aug 22, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
How to draw the head from the back
The back of the head, measured on ten drawn heads: how wide the skull is, where the ears sit and stand out, and how wide the neck comes out under them.
Aug 22, 2026•Tutorial•6 min
Three-quarter back: the angle every reference skips
How to organize the cranium, ear, jaw, and small remaining facial wedge at three-quarter back.
Aug 22, 2026•Tutorial•3 min
A 20-minute rotation drill with sixteen angles
A timed drill that treats sixteen views as one turning form instead of sixteen separate portraits.
Aug 22, 2026•Tutorial•3 min
Why construction lines drift when you turn the head, and what fixes it
Construction lines drift when they are redrawn as symbols instead of carried around one form. These checks keep them attached.