👧 How to Draw the Head (3 HOURS!)

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In this exciting in-depth drawing series, instructor Steve Huston shows you a step-by-step construction of the human head. He covers the basic forms and more detailed intermediate constructs of the head as well as the eyes, nose, mouth and ears.
In this lesson, you will learn how to use basic shapes (boxes, cylinders, spheres) to form the basic structure of the head. This lesson is a fundamental step in learning how to create a solid foundation to place the features of the face on. He will also show you how to construct the basic head in different perspectives. Following Steve's lecture, he will illustrate how the Old Masters constructed the human head.
You will then be given a timed assignment from Steve to utilize what you have learned and practice your skills. Finally, Steve will share with you how he goes about the assignment through his own techniques.

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[@K.L.-]

I expected this from my anatomy class in art school. Instead they gave us pictures and told us to copy what we saw, no information whatsoever other than "read these handouts". Not to mention the instructors didn't even show up from time to time and rescheduled lessons to be work periods. Worst waste of money ever. I really should have listened when people said no matter what you do, stay away from art school. Amazing video; informative and refreshing. Steve is a great teacher. Definitely looking into the website and the subscription library.

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Can confirm. Went to art school and drawing classes. Quick Demonstration followed by follow these 'hand-outs.'

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I went to a precollege program and it was like that, it was awful to me. Not to mention everything was very digital based so they never went through using actual tools like graphite and charcoal. :/ I also know what you mean about teachers not showing up, I went to a small art school where I waited hours at times for my instructor, his excuse was "You can work without me here you know"

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me too! I can't wait to start! I am not going to finish this video tonight but however I will prob watch a couple more times. Steve is a really good teacher. Very informative

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That's because talented people will cement their own techniques. If you look at the world's best artists, they didn't learn technique from others as much as they learned from their own mind. Instead, this class here is to teach those who lack talent and need to learn technique

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That's really important. Nowadays people say that "all is art" and forget to improve their techniques. The true and beautiful form of drawing is fading. But whatever is your drawing style, you need to know many drawing techniques ans styles and develop your own. Otherwise you can't be called "master". Thank you, mr. Huston. That's a great video.

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I think more people are trying to "master" art now then ever before beacuse of the internet. Most folks who want to learn to draw want to draw realistic humans or atleast learn it so they can draw in other artsyle (like manga).

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[@keggerous]

I'm 29 and I just decided to start seriously drawing for the first time really in my life.

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+keggerous I'm almost 27 and doing the same thing!

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I am not alone haha that's great to hear

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Cool !!! I am 26 and I also decided to start seriously drawing :)

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i just started 2 weeks ago, im 51.

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Eduardo Gomes I'm 17. It's never too late and it's never too early to start (or resume, in my case.), I just wish I took drawing more seriously at your age. Time is on your side, make sure it doesn't go to waste. Thank yourself later.

[@TXFDA]

I like that he's actually using himself as examples. A lot of teaching videos explain and show everything but never give you real examples. Me personally, I learn by seeing. I'm horrible at learning from just explaining or just drawing. I need to see a real world equivilent of what's being tought to really understand. Also, "We are our own best models." only works if you're not overweight. At least as far as drawing bones and muscles goes.

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@@rosethebunny8020 Being overweight, health-wise, isn't normal. Every doctor specializing in nutrition would tell you that. And I'm not implying everyone needs to have a beach body or whatever. Art-wise, overweight characteristics give more diversity in character creation.

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Actually being taught by someone who knows what they’re talking about gives me a good feeling. My art teacher is very clueless💀

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Everyone: watching to improve their art skills Me: watching the whole video at 3am in the impossible goal of remembering everything only to create a stickman the next morning

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I woke up and this is what was playing on my phone,,, still an artist even in my sleep

[@ViktorEnns]

I had about 14 tabs open with videos on the same topic and closed all the others after about the 15 minute mark ;). Even after that short a time into the video I notice a dramatic improvement of my understanding of how to draw a face and I feel like we haven't even started yet :D Thank you for this!

[@ViktorEnns]

yeah, I know what you mean. I am more of a TAB skimmer, though. I close tabs all the time and use the procrastination to weed out less important topics. when something is really important it will come back at some other point, even if I already closed the tab and forgotten all about it. my history will help me find it again. there is more of a system to my madness than just waiting to waste time :D in this instance I closed all the other tabs once this video turned out to be what I was looking for.

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Thomas & Marlene Whalen, I totally get this. I even mix OCD with it. once a while something goes wrong and even history does not help, I feel serenity, just like when my hair are cut.

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[@ggraverobber]

This comment is already five years old. Did you improve? Did you reach the level you intended?

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11 minutes in and my self taught mistakes are mostly corrected lol this is a great video

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Ryan McGale yeah this man is an art god. He's so helpful, I want him to be my art teacher.

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I love this! I love how easily it is explained. It's like Steve mentioned at the end of the video, it's a lot of information to remember and should be re-watched and practiced. Exactly what I needed!

[@halima.m]

I've been making so many mistakes, I've always use to put the eye not in the centre but one the 1/3 mark and I've always used circles to represent the skull instead or an egg shape so the it's always to low, this video really helped me alot. Thank you.

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Skadoosh Meh you weren't teaching yourself well enough...

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You do NOT know how much this helped me. 20 minutes in and all my rookie/self-taught mistakes are corrected.

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Wow this video is super good I like 2 mins in made me realise the egg shape and how he used the guidelines.

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[@chrisc.4144]

Nobody references the old masters more than Steve does. He has such a great respect for them. For a guy with his amount of experience, he sounds like a kid in a candy shop when he speaks of the old masters lol.

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That sail boat shape and ear magic felt like art cheating, loved it. Glad I found your video, helped me so much. Keep the good work.

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You have one video out of hundreds that they have in their collection, if you want access to all their videos you have to pay the same amount as average tuition costs for an art institute. So no, you don't have the internet to tell you the same core art praxes as an online school or actual school does. The internet is GREAT for some things, you can get by without going to school very easily, but to get an edge you'll likely need to pay for the real deal.

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I’ve been drawing basically my whole life, and have always self taught myself and I consider myself a very good artist in terms of creativity, but my human forms have always been lacking and I’ve finally put aside my pride and have been trying to get more serious about studying drawing and learning how to draw things with correct proportions and proper depth. This man has taught me more in half an hour than I ever thought possible, and it’s already made a significant change in my understanding of how to draw the human head.I’ll be finishing this course as well as checking out all his other videos. Thanks for taking the time to make this and being so thorough!

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I'd never noticed the egg shape of the skull. That probably explains why, when I draw heads and faces from my imagination, I often have to readjust the skull shape. thanks.

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I took me 2 years to genuinely watch this video, on and off , practice and actually take down notes for this. Finally finished it, hope I don't take two more years to actually go through the main lessons.

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consulting this in 2023 and I just wanted to say thank you for uploading such WONDERFUL and USEFUL advice! i fell out of good practice with my portrait drawing after dropping out of college and its been a real struggle getting back into it. this video gave me tools that opened a well of potential in my artwork and i cannot express my gratitude enough.

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Ive always put drawing off because i had the thought i wasnt gonna be good, afraid of making mistakes, and that it was too late. But i realised it's only late if one is dead. I cant wait to start practicing, this video was super helpful thank you.

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"it's only late if one is dead" Words to live by.

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The growth after just the video was massive. Thanks for uploading some parts for free! Really appreciate it!

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steve is very easy to listen to, with a very smooth voice and has a very straight forward way of explaining everything, excellent lesson

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I am only 1hr in so far, the speed of which you go through things along with how you don't seem to over complicate the way you explain things makes it perfect for me draw along, take notes all while keeping up with important points you make. I don't feel like I am being left behind, I think I will definitely be looking into the full course once I have finished this awesome free sample.

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This is pure gold. I actually took notes with diagrams, and did all of the drawing exercises. A master class from someone like Steve Huston would be costly and hard to find at a local university, yet it's on here for free. I can only assume that the folks who gave it a thumbs down are either living masters who are sure they could give a better lesson (sarcasm here), or are more impatient than they are serious about their own drawing skills.

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Surely they just accidentally hit the wrong button!

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@@b00gi3 5.4 people. that's insanely too much. like wth, is it gonna hurt someone to teach this way? self centered idiots

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I am a beginner and I learned so much within the two to three days I spent on this video alone when I have time. I feel so much more confident and I just want to say thank you. I am two hours and fifteen minutes in and I haven't gotten bored once. Thank you again! 😊🤗😚🖌️🎨🙌🤝

[@b-money]

Beautiful. Watching the modern day masters draw and create inspire me even further and help me realize how much more I need to do, from how gently he holds his material to breaking everything down step-by-step and not rushing

[@artisticassassin7320]

Holy shit, i came into this thinking this was just another tutorial but this is actually HELPFUL???!!!! 100/10 WOULD RECOMMEND, DID RECOMMEND, AND CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND

[@artbutbarely7536]

this was SO helpful, even as a person who's drawn for an upwards amount of 10 years, give or take, I still feel like I've taken little things, little tidbits of information, that I haven't thought about previously from this video.

[@ilikemyballbag123]

New Masters Academy, thank you so much! I have only just finished the 14 time poses and feel I have genuinely jumped massively with progress with this video alone, notes from it and the practice time allotted. Just flicking back through initial heads from the start of the video to this last time pose, I can see a huge difference. Again, thank you!

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We love to hear this!

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This man makes this look so easy, he is an awesome mentor would love to take a class from him. Could watch this over and over as the I would have loved to have had these in depth insructions before my last portrait painting.

[@robertgraves302]

I've been drawing and painting for 20 years and this is the best method for drawing the head I have ever encountered. If you're just starting out (hell, if you've been drawing all your life) take the time to really study this video.

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We need more of these long-form free videos. This is so good!

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+Brian Platz, thanks! We don't currently have plans for a new release at this time but so far we've put out one or two free lessons per year and we've also got a lot of other free content on our channel.

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bruno cost , this is supposed to be a sample of what you can find at www.newmastersacademy.org. We're not planning more releases on KZbin for awhile.

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How incredibly generous to share this video! Such a great, calm and structured way to explain the intimidating subject of drawing!

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This was such a great lesson, and I really thank you with all my heart!!! It really shows what an excellent teacher you are! Thank you so much for your generosity, and it's just makes me so happy to know that there are still people like you in this world! - Patrizia

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20 minutes into this video and it taught me so much than all the art videos in youtube combined.

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I'm currently attending college for a studio art degree and this is so much more informative and comprehensive than any of the classes I've taken to date -thank you Sir so much, your students sure are lucky to have you!

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for the love of it all thank you for saying so. Have you been to our website yet?

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[@badposture4968]

I’ve been drawing my whole life but I’m 14 and starting to get pretty serious about it and I have even start painting so I want to make my work the best I can in my life.

[@abigailtotus5061]

I struggle with heads in different angles, so I’m going to sit, take notes, listen and respect your teachings. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world. ❤️

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Is he using a sharpie??? O-O hardcore

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Lol

[@aii5748]

I *wasn't interested in fine art until I saw this video.* You make it so simple and so interesting! I'm now interested in looking at fine art pieces by myself. 😁 Other than that, I have nothing new to say. I can only repeat the well-deserved praises others are giving to this video. Amazing lesson. Possibly the best on KZbin. ✨👍

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[@michawojciak1837]

35:10 "Somewhere around this thickness." I love how efortlessly you draw a perfect elipse.

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Steve Huston makes masters look like amateurs. What an amazing artist. Thank you so much for posting!

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I need to try your subscription service. I have to get my art skills on a professional level and this seems like a great way to do that.

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Thanks for the upload! It's the most detailed and understandable art lesson I've found online so far. Each section of this tutorial was well timed, traceable and fully explained. I scoured your website. If all the learning content is so comprehensive and tangible, it's a treasure chest for all artists. Unfortunately I can not afford that despite good price-performance ratio. Keep up the good work!

[@TA-dl1qh]

I recently subscribed to NMA, I have been going through the teachings of Steve Huston and Bill Perkins, both of them are amazing, the composition classes by bill Perkins are like really good, and Steve Huston explains everything not to quote him but in a "simple yet characteristic" manner that you actually remember it, but more importantly you understand it. People generally think art is a god given talent, partially it can be true but the bigger part of art is to understand it, knowing where you go wrong and how to correct it, is a bigger much better part of art. I have learned a lot from these two instructors, and I am hoping that I will learn much much more in the future. Thank you!

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Tanisha Aggarwal we are glad you’re getting something out of our program. Please keep up the hard work! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@deebonash1495]

Him explaining how different your drawing can look based on the skill construction lines or even body. Like egg shape vs chizzled looks. Is soo clear and gives different results. This man is so clear in his teaching 🤯

[@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA]

Deebo Nash thanks for saying so. As you said there is no one or even a best way to draw the head. It depends on your requirements and skill level. We have hundreds hours of content on draw drawing and painting on our website. Https://nma.art

[@scar8o284]

Thank you so much! I’m 14 and trying to learn art, I didn’t know where to start and you have no idea how much this helps, when I was younger I had no idea where to start or what to do! I was always following the wrong sources and I gave up so many times, and felt discouraged, I was at the verge of giving up art completely because anatomy annoyed me, I was thinking of starting to get serious again and failed to find the right recourses! This explains so much! I fully understand and I’m very grateful! This is so helpful years of not understanding and this helped god bless

[@aluciagg]

Maravilhoso! Adorei a aula, obrigada! Wonderful! I love this lesson, thank you!

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Steve Huston is my new hero. This type of clear and simple instruction is exactly what I've been looking for! I'm definitely signing up for his remaining courses after I finish this one.

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One of the best art videos on KZbin! I love how you incorporated the old masters and the sketching exercise is awesome. I also like how serious and analytical it is, which makes the video deliver a lot of value. I gonna stick around on your channel for longer.

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I have just discovered Steve Hustons 3hr long treasure, I love his stlye of teaching it ticks all the boxes for the way my brain works. haha. Thanks very much for giving us this opertunity, I shall definately be looking into taking out some form of membership. Can't wait to put his exercises into practice then go to the next stage. 👍👍😊😊

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I'm hooked! I keeping back to the beginning, and disappearing for hours. Thank you.

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You've changed the course of my artistic journey for the better. Thank you.

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They don't teach drawing fundamentals in Irish art schools. The knowledge I've just obtained is priceless and so liberating for my artistic ideas, that have been constantly stunted by my lack of solid skill set. Thank you so much!

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Viv Arts, based on what people have been telling us for the last several years, your experience is Ireland is mirrored by the rest of the world. Art fundamentals are very rarely taught in schools anymore.

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​@@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA I know for a fact that they still teach proper art fundamentals in Russian art schools. I sometimes come across simply phenomenal contemporary Russian draftsmen and painters on Instagram. As well as Chinese by the way.

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Do you mean in primary, secondary, university art programs or in specialty schools like the Repin Academy?

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Speaking of Russian, have you seen this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/op3Im36wicasqc0

[@va8003]

​@@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA I mean specialty schools, but they also teach solid fundamentals at children's art schools... One of the Russian art teachers I follow on instagram - lizalegina, sometimes posts studies made by her 10-13-year-old pupils and oh boy those are art gallery level works in terms of technical excellence and artistic vision. The following link demonstrates analysis of drawings (both successful and those with common mistakes) produced at the entrance examinations to places like the Repin Academ, the Stieglitz Academy, etc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGWkintvdrdqZtE

[@lettucemaster6832]

I'm an artist and I'm really good at art but this taught me a lot of good techniques. Very useful.

[@lanayashina]

AMAZING! Totally didn't expect the timed assignment in the end, freaked out a little bit :) :) But i was actually amazed at my own sketches. This lesson is beyond helpful! Going over to NMA to subscribe right now!! Thank you!!

[@ArtsiRosi]

This man is an absolute genius! This is making absolute sense to me. He explains it so simply!

[@Gxie]

❤️❤️ I had to sub! THANK YOU!!! I am 40 years old and am just now trying to do something with my art. I cannot afford Art school, so I am gathering what I can from videos and I work along with them. This video is perfect! Thank you for taking the time to do this for us. You don’t know how appreciated it is! ❤️❤️

[@sweetu001]

This is what I was looking for.. thank you so much! God bless!

[@adanrodriguez2124]

Proko brought me here ❤️ If you guys haven’t seen the interview with Mr. Huston, do yourself a favor!

[@joegavin7483]

Seriously! Great interview

[@Linaiz]

I can't thank you enough, that's a thoughtful gesture of you to share entire 3 hours of one of your courses. It helped me a lot. Also, NMA looks great, with a lot of interesting courses. Will keep that in mind for the time when I'll be looking to invest in myself.

[@korraisawsome]

thank you so much for this video!! I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your work. May the universe bless you immensely

[@mormorib]

This is amazing. Thank you for all this knowledge for free.

[@artsideoflife]

so much value!!! love it

[@lisamarie1820]

Wow! I went to college for this and it’s a shame you have more in your video than those professors who taught me 4 yrs! Thank you 🙏🏼 god bless

[@AnimeLover-sl6gz]

watched many videos they didn't work but this works perfectly for me

[@kolibrirose7679]

I am seriously glad i found this. I have been struggling with badass anatomy that mostly hardly makes sense. I have tried photos, but it is soo time consuming. I have tried to find animation how to step-by -step ones, but i find them a bit unrealistic. This is what i was searching for. Simple but versatile. Thank you very much Steve Huston, thank you Master Academy. My progress is much better now.

[@paulcollins5200]

You have help me see different shapes a lot easier. Thanks

[@zeroorbit4027]

This was incredibly helpful, Thanks

[@AL-bh4pm]

This helped me a lot with extreme angles of the head and face. I had really been underestimating the importance of the ear in the placement of the head and facial features. Thanks!

[@jcepri]

Thank you for posting! This teacher is absolutely phenominal. I'm taking a class now. When I finish, I'd love to sign up for one of his classes.

[@Gunnplay]

Steve, you're awesome, sir. Love your theory. 👍👌

[@randomperson9886]

Hello im from the future and your amazing! 1:58:45 (this is to help me later when i will keep watching)

[@neptune8645]

been painting all my life, never learned traditional methods. I’m just good at screwing up in a good way .but I like to have more control over the outcome now. this is some extremely useful stuff ,thankyou :)

[@makalu877]

A very relaxing video, Steve takes the time necessary to illustrate difficult ideas and concepts and doesn't rush through it. Very well done and thank you for your generosity.

[@MrJimzovich]

This is just wonderful. I'm currently working with Steve's book on anatomy, and it's the best thing I've found on the subject, much more intuitive than Loomis for me. Steve's art is beautiful; you should check it out if you haven't seen it.

[@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA]

MrJimzovich awesome to hear. Are you a member at NMA.art? Many of the images and examples in that book were pulled from our subscription library videos

[@MrJimzovich]

Not a member yet, but I'll certainly think about it when I'm better off.

[@steph1751]

i have been drawing for 11 years so far i am trying to learn how to draw realistic and so far i have been drawing realistic flowers to understand shading

[@joshjarvis8235]

great video and his ability to teach complicated things like perspective and proportion with such simplicity is amazing. .his style literally changed my skill level drastically overnight

[@christianoesterle4421]

Thanks Mr Huston. You're a great teacher! This has been one of the best lessons for faces if had so far!

[@moreand2699]

One of the best teaching.

[@pinkfen7458]

The first 40min are already more helpfull than my 4 years of art school

[@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA]

NCTea thanks for saying so. Our website is full of thousands of hours of training like this. During the crisis our drawing fundamentals course is free

[@Anastasiabruno]

Jaemin I can see you

[@blackpoppymagazine]

Thank u so much for bringing together so many of the methods of drawing heads together in one long and helpful session! I finally realised we are allowed to pull various bits from different methods in order to make your own, by following a few basic rules - and the rest is practice practice, practice! Thank u so much, look forward to binging' your other content! Many many thanks!!❤

[@victoriasnow7192]

I’m very late but I just got deep into drawing and I found this video bc i was struggling with drawing bodies/faces and after only 1 hour of this video I feel so informed and so much more confident in my drawing! Excellent teaching and explaining

[@user-gd6rr2ju2z]

My dad told me to come and watch this because i like to draw- I'd like to say. I have no regrets

[@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA]

Smart dad! Share your progress with us in our free community forums: www.nma.art/forums/

[@KAT-yp5fb]

This class actually made me realize a lot of mistakes i was doing

[@chibimoon1432]

I'm in an Arts high school and i'm signed up for Orchestra. My school offers visual arts as well as other arts and i was a bit bummed out when i realized i couldn't do both music and art. I love drawing the human body. This video has gave me a way to continue learning and bettering my art away from school thank you so much. I plan on taking Visual Arts either my sophomore or junior year.

[@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA]

Chibimoon143 that’s great to hear! Visually arts are a very rewarding career or even hobby! Have you been to our website yet?

[@chibimoon1432]

@@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA I'm on it right now!

[@sherrierichard2848]

Instruction was top notch. Invaluable look at how to approach a difficult subject by deconstructing the dIfficult into something manageable! Thank you so much for freely sharing.

[@leonl32]

Wow didnt expect that. Thank you!

[@NewMastersAcademyorgNMA]

+Leon Lesmana, we have to keep you on your toes!