How to draw a portrait using Loomis method

A portrait artist explanation some basics

[@santinoespinoza7471]

Very good drawing! I think its important to note to viewers that while the Loomis method is indeed more accurate and proportional to the model being drawn (most of the time), it often takes longer than free hand methods which require good intuition and understanding of 3 dimensional structure(s) of the model, in this case, head. In conclusion the Loomis method is very suitable for beginner to advanced artists whom struggle with accuracy and proportions. remember artists, its the subtle imperfections that give life and beauty to drawings. Experiment with your own interpretations and you shall see your unique art style bloom, and flourish!

[@ManWithoutThePants]

I would like to add that this is the average head of the Loomis method and Loomis also describes in his books how you can change proportions and use it to draw all kinds of abominations. It is a good method for understanding the basic structure of the head, but in time you can let go of it or keep just parts of it. Whatever suits you, but just try to not just force all your faces in the average model if you are drawing from reference or doing a live portrait of someone.

[@dpelpal]

Loomis was a great artist, and he said, very specifically, that anybody who tries to draw the head and place the features without some sort of system is doomed to fail 9 times out of 10. You can't freehand a portrait. Well, you *can,* but more often than not it will be incorrect.

[@tsdobbi]

@@dpelpal "You can't freehand a portrait. Well, you can, but more often than not it will be incorrect." Drawing with the right side of the Brain, ventures to teach you exactly that. If you want your specialty to be portraits that book is a good book to study and work through and can warrant rather astonishingly rapid results if you dedicate yourself to it.

[@AskhatBardynov]

Hi! This is photo of my wife :) I took it in Budapest few years ago. Nice portrait! Love her

[@yeseniadelacruz5639]

That’s awesome! Lovely photo

[@manasuniyal2897]

Your name is of Indian Hindu .

[@dragomegaman3711]

​@@manasuniyal2897so? He married a foreigner then

[@jeanhanson8744]

I love to watch you draw. I’m actually able to follow along because the video isn’t sped up. You make it look so easy and the music is so relaxing. I think I’m getting better because of your videos. Thank you so much for posting these🤗

[@bluengrey1]

You can control the playback speed of any KZbin video in the settings (icon looks like a gear). The range is from one quarter speed to 2X speed.

[@EJ61097]

Creating a own style from references is totally unique, Thank you for your sharing this wonderful art of yours 😊

[@RA-pu9jo]

This is crazy, if you go cross eyed when looking at the video thumbnail all the line perfectly overlap the photo. Its phenomenal

[@SilviaM63]

The BEST tutorial! You’re amazing. Thank you for your effort 🤗

[@hamedelshal]

🔥❤️

[@DMills-rw3os]

Really good video, I've wanted to draw my whole life and did a little as a teenager but now I'm retired and wanting a hobby. I have a Loomis book coming in and this really helped me to grasp some of what I am in far. Thanks

[@0to100Art]

Wow! How beautifully you have done this! Amazing work as always! Loved the technique!

[@hamedelshal]

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[@chanthorndrawing]

How beautifully you by your drawing😍

[@philkilcommon5554]

My only disappointment was that I was really looking forward to seeing the finished article, fully shaded, but I guess shading is another topic all together, and this is a free tutorial for which I'm grateful for, and it's certainly interesting to watch. I know you said in answer to another question asking what paper you used, you said A4, but what's your preferred thickness for pencil drawing, as in GSM? I know the tooth can still vary, and it can be a case of trial and error.

[@vishnuks6252]

How you are identifying the location of the oval shape in the circle with respect to the head position.Can you please explain that in a video with respect different head position.🙏

[@hamedelshal]

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[@kiddoslearnhub1]

I have Same doubt

[@LilyAmongThorns]

Where the ear attached at the top of the ear looks to be the center of the oval which is in line with the brow line and reaches to the outer edge of the eyebrow…and the bottom is just below the bottom of the ear, so when the head rotates you can use the eyebrow and ear to adjust the widening or foreshortening of that oval plane.

[@plan4life]

@@LilyAmongThornsWow! I was wondering the same, you have cleared this up for me nicely! Thank you so much for your detailed explanation 😊

[@DennisCNolasco]

The Loomis method doesn’t cover every feature in detail. In order to get good at proportions, practice drawing lots of basic Loomis head while referring to head references at different angles. Eventually, it’ll be ingrained into your visual library.

[@karenrichardson6767]

Thank you! Finally a relaxing well done lesson that is easily followed.

[@mr__vkr]

Great Tutorial ❤️⚡ Keep Growing 🙌

[@rafaelatakami8019]

This looks beautiful, thank you for the tutorial!

[@hamedelshal]

🔥🔥

[@nunuallen4327]

Thank you, not a word, just music and demonstration. Step by step, I stopped went back a few times, but I didn't mind because the music was equally satisfying to listen to.

[@christianconstance7940]

Excellent..!! Bravo..!!! 👀

[@DONNYART66]

Woww...great portrait drawing,your skills are extraordinary... 90% similarity of the techniques you teach are very accurate and easy to understand.. you are a master in this field, make me your student

[@zaalmeem5253]

Excellent. May you have more success. best wshes

[@dr.valoriemoore1159]

The best tutorial 🎉

[@NATUREDRAWINGS]

Wow, awesome . The content is presented in a captivating manner and keeps the interest throughout the video.!😀💚💚

[@hamedelshal]

Thanks 😊

[@katharinawichmann8284]

For everyone searching the song: Wanderlust from AK. Love that you share your drawings!

[@monicareginahorvath8193]

Uhuuuu ótimo👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰

[@tyroneperry5008]

Thanks. This is just what I needed; to learn how to break the method down a little more.

[@tsdobbi]

Loomis's book can seen rather daunting at first. Seems almost like learning an algebra equation. Because initially the point is to really drive home the understanding of the shapes and how they flow. When you see a master using Loomis, what they do is much "simpler" than what you will find in Loomis's book. Because they already have an understanding of shape and form. In my opinion just understanding the form of simple shapes is the biggest key to drawing. Once you have that down like 80% of the battle is won, because ANYTHING can be constructed out of simple shapes and broken down into simple shapes. Then things like anatomy, texture, shading will be the focus, but the thing is from that point on you just have to focus on honing your skills on the detail. When you are drawing from reference actually study it, deconstruct it. Load the source image into a program and deconstruct it. Say you are doing a portrait of a face. Do the loomis method on the image of the face itself. This will all lead to a better understanding of the simple shapes that make up complex shapes.

[@DynamodevilGaming]

Than k u for your effort bro

[@justinjaked.rivera8317]

Very helpful tutorial

[@MrJonathansb]

Video number 1 gazillion On this

[@raincolor]

very beautiful drawing sketch 🙏👍

[@hamedelshal]

Thanks

[@hestergreen2031]

I’m following your method. It’s very helpful. Thanks

[@hamedelshal]

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[@Lana22.5]

wonderful details ❤

[@hamedelshal]

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[@srinjoydasilpi436]

best tutorial without even talking man you are bestt

[@hamedelshal]

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[@ammikkifcanori]

“The girls forehead is slightly larger” had me offended cuz i got a football for a forehead 😭

[@saraganjiyan80s]

Nice drawing! I liked it a lot!

[@hamedelshal]

Thanks 🔥

[@rosebenson8676]

Thankyou for this technique. It will help me a lot. So much easier this way.👏👏👏

[@hamedelshal]

🔥🤝

[@tylersrevenge]

Step one: be really fucking good

[@robertalexander2478]

I’m guessing the forehand, don’t get thrown off by the eyes, they could be looking any direction

[@cheguerra28]

I love your real time videos.... Very talented artist ....💯💯🎨🎨🎨🎨🖌️🖌️🖌️🖌️.

[@hamedelshal]

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[@benjaminspann1892]

Excellent!!! Thanks!!! ❤

[@hamedelshal]

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[@ahhthatsjustgrand6502]

Never knew Jeff was a painter AND a guitarist

[@arekkaltara6952]

Keren lukisanya

[@taaqshop]

Looks easy but the way pencil is flowing comes after years & years of practice & understanding your own artistic skills..

[@Brownie2102]

What song is that? It's an absolute banger Great video

[@suresh2654]

Very nice

[@hamedelshal]

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[@K.ART_vlog]

amazing

[@hamedelshal]

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[@angelamusiemangela]

Quanto e di più bello dipinto che di una persona , quanto è più vera la realtà della stessa vita e quanto e più reale la verità del vero crederci.

[@Oaz_Oliver_proof]

I always drew the eye lock line above the eye shape I will try to do It inside the shape like you and maybe it will look better

[@reynanrizalde3846]

Why some hate this method its very helpfull you need imagination on this method and no need to hurry i can do this method need more practice

[@nirvana_looy]

Gamed

[@rosalopes8232]

Woh ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💌💋👍😘

[@florangedepaz]

thank you for this great content.Learning & watching by doing the same too...getting there! Don't stop dreaming start creating like them!Sketch Artist fanatic here!

[@hamedelshal]

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[@jenne3594]

Whose music is this? Love it

[@trueog8252]

So we draw a loomis circle blocks on the reference first?

[@drawTN2]

really admirable

[@hamedelshal]

❤️

[@a5teroth]

They make it look so easy but it's very difficult in practice. Also the Loomis method is difficult with real people because the foundation he uses to build faces on is very rigid and real faces differ in proportion and not all are alike meaning they often wont fit with the ball method he uses.

[@hongwu1030]

真棒👍

[@music.2886]

Sehr schön gemacht 👌👌👌

[@hamedelshal]

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[@vladimirortaabril7795]

Muy bien

[@mominsart]

Great sketching, seems like all the organic shapes and forms evolve from lines and circles, nice work, keep it up!

[@jenskreibach9424]

Overall a decent similarity, but the mouth is different. But great as a tutorial video.

[@WhiteFyre]

Not to nitpick, but doesn’t it seem that her left eye is meant to be slightly higher than her right one?

[@AO17585]

Scary portret

[@RD-jr8nv]

Really nice finish. One thing, I see you using the eraser a lot, you’re committing to hard lines quite early in the process without drawing lighter ones first, you shouldn’t really require an eraser if your preliminary lines were softer

[@rajkumarpandey3376]

I make portraits using Lumos method, but if someone came in front of me, I would get confused as to how to use Lumos method

[@R.F.01333]

❤

[@user-ku5zg6qk7o]

Ap konsi pepar use korte ho😊

[@NeKa..]

I tried this and many other methods... Ultimately what works for me is starting with an eye and everything else is relative to it... even when drawing myself... We are only 'relatively' proportional and never strictly following some proportions so why so much hullabaloo around what is not.

[@Mizter_izy]

Exactly, I also start with the eyes then work from there. I do feel it was absurd though cos the loomis thing wasn't working for when drawing from pictures. I only use it when drawing imaginary characters. Now that I have seen that your style is similar to mine am so happy.☺️☺️

[@subhadeepsaha7355]

I have a little problem while drawing a face anatomy... I would be happy if anyone gives me a right direction... Actually after drawing a circle I am having a problem in the inner circle where we draw ear and eye line area... How to properly draw the inner circle and the direction line of eyes with forehead?

[@hamedelshal]

Okay

[@FuchsiaRosa]

I wanna draw the original photo it’s nice I see why you would practice it

[@ishwarchand5275]

Can you please tell where are you from

[@krystalannawilliams2653]

13:36 this is good

[@KingDrawing]

Great

[@hamedelshal]

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[@user-gi7pz9ce2m]

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[@hamedelshal]

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[@mg-ThisHandleIsSoStupid]

Very accurate but finished product is extremely stiff and mechanical.

[@azra__4246]

we have the same pen but I can't draw like you😂 lol

[@jasonw6688]

Great drawing but why didn't you finish?

[@cheemsuh4952]

but jawline in ref is little more wider or it's just me

[@hamedelshal]

The most important thing is to understand the method

[@tahataha2245]

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[@hamedelshal]

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[@waywardrhythm]

When you first drew the nostril why did you draw the line above it angling down to the bottom left of the nose? It didn’t resemble the nose from the picture to me… not judging just a beginner and it’d help to understand. Thanks!

[@Ruhi60444]

❤❤❤🙏

[@hamedelshal]

❤️🔥

[@rehanfakhir3385]

can you please make a video on how to place the centre line i am having difficulty with it.

[@hamedelshal]

Okay

[@eduardopessoa641]

Pentel P205, the best!!!!

[@hamedelshal]

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[@domingacasas4167]

I would like to show my drawing because I would like to know where my mistakes are. Thank you so much for your help 😂❤

[@hamedelshal]

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[@plan4life]

If I might be critical, your drawing is great but the angle of eyes is off because the initial middle slice of the circle was not at the right angle. The eye on the left of your drawing should be a bit lower down. I was never taught to draw by any method so I just draw by observation so I see straight away when angles etc are off. What I would be inclined to do if I could be arsed to draw is with a copy of the original picture plot these points actually on the picture itself just to be sure you are getting the angles the same.

[@myabu527]

I will try again

[@DynamodevilGaming]

Where you find this type of pictures bro plz tell

[@hamedelshal]

Pinterest

[@DynamodevilGaming]

@@hamedelshal ok bro

[@Retrohollywoodrecap]

Excellent. But try to draw others things also you only make videos on portrait drawing

[@godutea]

What paper do u use?

[@hamedelshal]

A4

[@wizard_lizard7500]

Nice ,but it should be more accurate..wider face, bigger eyes..ect

[@janata5496]

what do you use as a pen pls ?

[@hamedelshal]

Micro pencil 5 ml or 2b with paper A4

[@sachinpahalwar697]

Old man or babys Loomis method lao

[@sushimunch6459]

my person looks like a whole ass fucking buff dude 🤣🤣

[@hatims256]

nice.. may i know the background music name n artist?

[@hamedelshal]

Wonderful

[@Anikanoteven]

So beautifully done, but felt robbed when finishing the eyes and shading weren't done. Why didn't you just finish?

[@user-rw4oc6ht8b]

music?

[@AmandaRose-zd5we]

Can you tell me the name of this music/song pls😊😊😊

[@hamedelshal]

Wonderful

[@Titan52berg]

Grid method

[@battlestar8879]

My technique is to measure everything. The shading is a problem for me😂

[@nataliazorinliu]

Loomis would correct the photo distortion and he would reduce the size of the nose, as it doesn’t benefit the sitter. He was a very beauty and harmony oriented artist. I own all his books I could find, and he always instructed to improve the photo as the eye of a camera has its limitations. His books were written over 60 years ago, but nowadays the photo distortions have become an unattractive norm :enlarged noses and elongated or deformed faces. Next time before you mention Loomis method fix the photo or your interpretation of it. Good luck!

[@iroshawickramasingha4181]

👇

[@darshanarvind258]

What's this music name ?

[@hamedelshal]

Wonderful

[@hazaelsilaban709]

barang redy gan?