FACE DRAWING: How To Get Started

[@Senyaphine]

Direct to the point, no unnecessary speech nor music! Very good video again Carolin!

[@CarolinPeters]

Aww, thanks so much for your kind words. That means a lot, Eliza!

[@nahidchowdhury463]

this tutorial is amazing .......... you saved me

[@CarolinPeters]

So glad it helped. If you want a visual step by step I have a free pdf tutorial that I linked in the description 😊

[@glenda7921]

One of the best videos I have watched that CLEARLY explains the step by step process. SO happy I found this channel!

[@CarolinPeters]

Yay Glenda! So happy you're here!!!

[@darranthompson8202]

Excellent tutorial: I am a beginner and was struggling with eye sockets the shelf underneath looks alot better thanks great work😊

[@CarolinPeters]

Love that it helped you out!

[@huynhtuyet99]

Thank you 🥰

[@CarolinPeters]

You're so welcome! Happy drawing to you

[@chadourso9438]

Thank you for sharing your talent and your knowledge. It is greatly appreciated

[@CarolinPeters]

So glad this was helpful for you! Happy drawing!

[@changelling]

OMG!!! I've been watching youtube art videos for about 4 years now and never came across your channel! You are an amazing teacher! Will def look at your class more closely! The first time I felt enthusiastic watching videos on how to draw faces. Not sure what it was, if you've had some vocal training or smtg similar, but your voice doesn't make me fall asleep and your analogies for explaining the things are awesome!

[@CarolinPeters]

Oh that is such a nice thing to hear. I'm happy these videos are keeping you awake and drawing ;) What are your drawing goals for yourself?

[@changelling]

@@CarolinPeters well, at the moment mainly a hobby, but hopefully I want to get good enough at it to work on commissions after I retire from my current job. Still far far away from happening, but would love to get really good at drawing! And still investigating mediums such as coloured pencils, panpastels, watercolours, pen & ink, etc. Anything really. I need to take a good course. I am a good student, but I feel like developing my art skills might require some tutoring... I had a look at the website and there are no spots available. I entered the waitlist, so let's see! Tks for the content!

[@CarolinPeters]

@@changelling Gotcha. I'll be sure to reach out soon :)

[@ManojKumar-pb2jp]

Mind blowing knowledge thanks for information 👌👌👌👌👌👌👍😁

[@CarolinPeters]

So glad it was helpful for you!

[@ManojKumar-pb2jp]

@@CarolinPeters hello...... 🙏Yes this is very helpfull...... 😊

[@dkatz7430]

This and the previous video have enabled me to draw with more or less likeness which was my big problem before. Thank you so much.

[@CarolinPeters]

Glad it's been helpful!

[@timtim-ik7ol]

tnx

[@CarolinPeters]

You're so welcome. Let me know if you have any drawing questions for me.

[@mrchristian8782]

thank you for this, very informative again!

[@CarolinPeters]

You're so welcome! Glad it's useful.

[@nihaljoseph1479]

So good

[@CarolinPeters]

Aww, thanks. I'm glad you liked it :)

[@neil9896]

Thanks again Carolinfor another very useful video.

[@CarolinPeters]

You're so welcome, Neil!!!

[@nopewmv3377]

Ah, pretty helpful

[@nopewmv3377]

Not a single tutorial on KZbin teaches about the eye socket, but this one!

[@CarolinPeters]

Cool! Glad you think so :)

[@rebeccalilienfeld4519]

Thanks, Carolin! This was quite helpful. I always have trouble placing the eyes.

[@CarolinPeters]

Oh great! I'm glad it was useful. In the previous video I talked about proportions a little bit, which may help you with the eyes, too.

[@coldartstudio4461]

Thank you so much! This was soo helpfull! 😄💙 By the way.. should I practice this method drawing from photos or real life (self portraits etc.). In January 2022 I will be doing entrance art exams in art school. There will be a portrait from a life model and figure composition painting from imagination..

[@CarolinPeters]

Hey there, I'm so happy this was useful for you! It really doesn't matter too much if you draw from life or photo for the structural practice drawings. The important part is that you use good reference images, though. Don't use images with weak/indirect lighting, don't use selfie-style images (because the way we usually hold the phone for selfies makes the camera distort the face), don't use images of people smiling/laughing/etc. A neutral face with a nice 3/4 direct light source is perfect. If you have someone willing to sit for you, that's great, too. But often they expect to see the drawing and that opens a whole other can of worms, especially if you're still just practicing. Let me know if you have any more questions about this :) Good luck with your entrance exams!!!

[@richardhamilton9053]

Great video, Thank you so much. You made the difficult (for me) into something fairly stright forward. Now to practice.

[@CarolinPeters]

Excellent Richard! That's music to my ears. Tag me in your practice pictures if you every post them on Instagram, so I can give you a virtual high five

[@billgallagher8182]

Thanks for this, Carolin. This portrait series has been so helpful. I look forward to the next video!

[@CarolinPeters]

That's so great to hear!

[@blockwrecker3457]

What pencil you're using?

[@CarolinPeters]

Whoops, sorry, just seeing this now. Materials I used in this video: -smooth Newsprint paper -Wolff's Carbon pencil 2B (carbon pencils are a bit less powdery than charcoal. I love their buttery feeling against the smooth newsprint)

[@CaptMenek]

another banger

[@CarolinPeters]

Lol, I hope that's a good thing ;)

[@neil9896]

Carolinfor? Sorry about that.