How to Draw a Face from any Angle | Part 1 - Front & Side View

Loomis method explained in FULL DETAIL! Learn how to draw the front and side view of the human head and face, step by step using the Loomis method, plus I added some of my own techniques here and there!
The Andrew Loomis head drawing method is AMAZING, but it took me an extremely long time to fully grasp in order to craft this tutorial. There were some details missing from his book that I couldn't wrap my head around until I started practicing the method every day for about a month. I'm a slow learner and not as bright as the average Joe, but I finally started to piece it all together. This tutorial is meant to fill in all those blanks that I struggled with when I was learning the Loomis method so that I can help other artists learn it more easily and grasp the concepts quickly.
I hope this tutorial was able to clear up any questions or difficulties you have regarding the Loomis method.
Please excuse my raspy voice. I'm still getting over a cold :)
PART 2 (the 3/4 head): • How to Draw a Face fro...
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- Blue Crayola pencil crayon
- Mechanical pencil: amzn.to/2JUD83y
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- Styrofoam ball
- Fine Tip Sharpie Marker: amzn.to/2YG46jv
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- Random sketching paper
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⏰ SKIP TO TIMESTAMP ⏰
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Tools
01:09 - Loomis Front facing head CONSTRUCTION
04:33 - Drawing each FACIAL FEATURE
04:37 - Ears
07:25 - Eyebrows
08:18 - Nose
09:06 - Eyes
10:39 - Lips
12:45 - Head shape
14:33 - Hair
16:23 - Loomis Side facing head CONSTRUCTION
19:05 - Drawing each FACIAL FEATURE
19:05 - Ear
20:30 - Nose
21:30 - Mouth
21:45 - Chin
22:14 - Eyebrow
22:28 - Eye
23:16 - Head shape
23:28 - Hair
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[@RapidFireArt]

⏰ SKIP TO TIMESTAMP ⏰ Tools - 0:28 Loomis Front facing head CONSTRUCTION - 1:09 Drawing each FACIAL FEATURE - 4:33 Ears - 4:37 Eyebrows - 7:25 Nose - 8:18 Eyes - 9:06 Lips - 10:39 Head shape - 12:45 Hair - 14:33 Loomis Side facing head CONSTRUCTION - 16:23 Drawing each FACIAL FEATURE - 19:05 Ear - 19:05 Nose - 20:30 Mouth - 21:30 Chin - 21:45 Eyebrow - 22:14 Eye - 22:28 Head shape - 23:16 Hair - 23:28

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Actually I can draw face and I will draw for others but but I used grid method and I'm tired of drawing the grids and it not feels real for me so I wanted to know about lumis method so now I'm here and the video was very good and from now I'm going use lumis method thank you very much ❤️

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Once u learn loomis method you will not go back..... Use the extended pencil grip as well.... Both this techniques helped me immensely

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Looks like I’m the only non- artist

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Yes, she did a fantastic job explaining this so plainly. Prolly one of the best explanation I’ve had quite frankly. Cleared up a lot of mystery. I feel like she armed with a special secret weapon for successful portraits now. Lol. I could draw them pretty good for just winging it but it’s really nice to to know how to do it quickly and accurately the FIRST time instead of wasting hours of time drawing and erasing over and over again until it looks right. My only artistic ability is the patience to keep erasing my efforts and trying it again over and over until it looks accurate. That’s it! Lol! That’s my secret. Lol! That’s how I knew I could NEVER do this for a living. I’d bankrupt the company at the rate I produce stuff. I couldn’t be that cruel to any business. Or arrogant. Lol. I did a back portrait that my daughter said was really good. I said it SHOULD, collectively speaking it only took me about a month to do it! If I worked in animation I’d be fired within a week at my rate. Lol

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Veryy helpfull, i hope you can make draw tutorials for gesture, thankyouu!

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Wow. I watched multiple videos on this and they helped a lot, but the heads I drew never came out quite as good as they should have. Now watching yours I see they left out some super vital parts: where to chop the sides off on the head, where to find the eye lines, how to draw the actual facial features, how to do the profile face shape so it’s not too round, how to do basic lips etc. it’s things as someone who’s done thousands are next to trivial, but other who are just starting are must know facts. Thank you!

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watches first like 30 seconds. Alright that was simple!

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you are really good teacher. Loved your tutorial and your voice put me in a relaxed mode, guess I can learn better this way. Thanks ❤

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Thank you so much for this concise and informative tutorial. I have been reading the Loomis text and was very frustrated with where exactly to put guidelines...no more, you cleared it up!

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Me

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Me I am learning to draw realistic pictures ❤

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I've been drawing ears wrong my entire life

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Wow! This is an amazing lesson! So detailed! Thank you very much, I really like my result.

[@ilaisalatu5804]

You are an amazing teacher.....I always struggling to get the face proportion right but Im learning from you something that seems easier for me to to get it right.Thankyou so much.Keep up the good work.God bless!