How to Easily Draw the Head | A Guide for Beginners

Hey guys!
Well, here we are again, another hard-fought week and another video out to you all. This one is all about the Loomis Method, I'm sure you have at least heard about this drawing approach. In this video, I am taking you through and drawing (6) different angeled heads. On paper, the Loomis method sounds complex but after you've drawn a handful you will start to appreciate its simplicity. Here are some links to helpful tools if you want to give this approach a try. Stay happy, stay healthy, and remember #neverstopdrawing
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[@englishfive6985]

Million thanks for your videos!!! The best explanation of drawing heads

[@MesserCreations]

Absolutely my friend 😊🙌🏻I’m glad it was helpful for you.

[@oliviateston4240]

Always crystal clear, as usual !!!! These are the best I've ever seen !! You're the greatest teacher on KZbin. Thank you SO much for your sharing for it's a great help for beginners like me.

[@MesserCreations]

Aw, thank you Olivia. I appreciate that. I hope the videos help you on your art journey. 😊🙏🏻

[@johnhensley220]

Excellent, breakdown and insight..

[@MesserCreations]

So glad it was helpful for you John. 😊🙌🏻

[@redlady120]

Hey! My problem area class - Thank you so much. And this IS my waterloo. Heads. More power to your channel

[@MesserCreations]

My pleasure Red. Heads, specifically portraits are the focus for this year. Hope you and your son are well. Take care 😊🙌🏻

[@lindatannock]

That was really helpful! Thank you 👏🏻💖🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MesserCreations]

You’re welcome 😊

[@parvinderpankaj8466]

Really very helpful and great video I have ever seen to guide how to draw the right angles of every photo before sketch tones of thanks for your guide lines 👍👍❤️🙏🏻

[@MesserCreations]

My pleasure friend. I’m glad it helped you 😊🙏🏻

[@mikecloud3174]

Nice one Mr. Messer! Really appreciate your laid back instruction. Enjoying this and the mannequin videos 👍 Thanks.

[@MesserCreations]

Thank you Mike! I’m glad you are enjoying the vids. Take care :)

[@johnstein230]

Besides the colored pencil and paint kids you're the first youngster I've learned anything from especially the last one 🤣😂 I have to try that !! 👍👍💯💯 you're an outstanding teacher

[@MesserCreations]

Thank you so much 😀I appreciate that. I'm just glad the video was helpful for you.

[@AkoeLiaPardede]

Thank you very much!

[@MesserCreations]

My pleasure 😊🙌🏻

[@vijithasenadeera7576]

very understandable 👍

[@MesserCreations]

Glad it was helpful for you 😊🙌🏻

[@SpeedCuber2016]

Do you ever change/alter the proportions depending on the subject? This is a very good starting guide, and I’m curious if it would apply to any face?

[@MesserCreations]

I do change the proportions slightly depending on the angle 📐 of the subject.

[@tinaburgess8466]

Thank you. Just bought a book set of the Loomis Method.

[@MesserCreations]

I hope it helps you. I will have a book 📚 available in the spring of 2024 on portrait drawing where I explain in detail and step by step how to draw portraits using the Loomis and Asaro methods.

[@amoscookie1336]

@@MesserCreations Is it out already on amazon or something ?

[@MesserCreations]

@@amoscookie1336 The books official publication date is June 11th, 2024 but here is a link where you can order it off Amazon links.messer-creations.com/amazon/o_uXm

[@mehmetalioz6041]

What is the ratio of smaller circle to bigger circle ? From front view , it looks bigger but at side view ite like 1/3

[@MesserCreations]

That’s because there is no exact ratio. Every head will be slightly different which is why your oval will vary in its size in relation to the initial circle. Multiple factors will determine your ovals size but a general rule is that when you’re drawing your side oval think to yourself that the top of it needs to fall roughly in line with where you will be placing the subjects hairline. The bottom of it will be roughly where the bottom of the subjects’ nose is.

[@evas7250]

please can you explain the angle of the cheek at 12:12

[@MesserCreations]

Sure thing, the cheek plane comes from the center of the horizontal and vertical axis on the side plane of the head. In that specific angle you cannot see the side plane but you can use the brow line as the beginning of the cheek plane because the brow line starts along the same axis. Does that explanation help?

[@evas7250]

🙏🙏🙏🙏I thank you very much!!!!! You do sooooooooo great paintings and explanation!!!!!!

[@MesserCreations]

You are very welcome, I appreciate you 😊🙏🏻

[@Eclipcore7]

Can you please recommend me video on how to draw facial features like eyes , nose , ear and lips ? By the way this video helped me so much 💜

[@MesserCreations]

Absolutely my friend :) I have a whole bunch of videos on my Skillshare where I teach how to properly place the features on the Loomis head based off of reference photos. I will give you the referral link, its free for the first month, after that if you want to pay for Skillshare you can. I will say that there are a whole bunch of great Art teachers on there so it would be a good investment to make. Here is the link, I hope it helps you on your journey skl.sh/3TTQMWs

[@williammclean6594]

But like what if you need to draw fast like say you want to become an animator they can draw like thousands of heads without doing any guidelines will you eventually remember where everything goes without having to draw construction lines?

[@MesserCreations]

Absolutely, these guidelines are for basic understanding and practice. Think of them like training wheels, eventually they come off, and you ride on without them just fine. 😊

[@williammclean6594]

@@MesserCreations yeah I've been doing the Loomis method a lot lately drawing lots of heads and everything probably like 60 a day I'm getting a bit faster and I guess I can start to like imagine the guidelines in my head without actually drawing them I just want to keep improving

[@MesserCreations]

That’s me too, I’m always drawing them so I can improve. For me it’s more about building the muscle memory for knowing the basic structure of the head.

[@Truthmatters02]

Why is the compass originally set at 2 or even 1 ?

[@MesserCreations]

Just my personal preference. You can set yours to whatever setting you like. 😊

[@Truthmatters02]

@@MesserCreations thank you ..I have never drawn a head yet :)

[@MesserCreations]

@Present-reign no better time than the present 😊

[@madmaster3d]

good video i tried draw before u & compare my result with u & i did sux :|

[@MesserCreations]

It's okay, do it again, and again, and again. Don't compare yourself to others, compare yourself to your last try. :)

[@madmaster3d]

@@MesserCreations i mean before u draw i drawed & my angels was different with urs my lines too ty anyway

[@kjhgfdsd76654]

What if Loomis Heads are illegal where I live?

[@MesserCreations]

Why are they illegal?

[@user-gh6ts2vw8k]

😂😂😂 come on

[@pinkloda]

i just went through your channel ... you ve been struggling alot ... i dont know whether you ll listen to me or not ... you should try making videos on teaching people how to draw human anatomy and anime anatomy ... like hairs seperately , hand seperately , how to draw poses and so on ... theres a channel i follow its name is SHIDZILLA you can take it as a example ... hope you ll think about it

[@MesserCreations]

That is a really good idea. I will see what I can come up with. Thanks for the suggestion :)

[@whatabouthat6026]

Helpful Video🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 You remind me of Mackey from South Park. Mhkay

[@MesserCreations]

Glad it helped you my friend :) OMG that's funny