how to draw the face in 3/4 angle plus eyes, nose & mouth | step by step tutorial

In this video I will show you a step by step process of how to draw different faces in a 3/4 angle view using only basic shapes, easy to understand guidelines and the helpful tool that is a make-up sponge. I also included how to draw the eyes, nose, mouth and other facial features. I also walk you through simple changes you can make to these shapes and lines to customise of each portrait drawing you create. For example, big round eyes, almond shaped eyes, downturned eyes, monolid and much more. With simple shapes and lines, you can create your very own portrait drawings.
This video is a stand alone video, but you can watch it along with my other video "how to draw faces, eyes, nose, mouth" to get a better understanding of the tutorial. You can watch it here • • how to draw faces, eye...
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0:00 Intro
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1:55 Foundations
5:10 Head shape
7:26 Eyes
8:33 Eyebrows
8:52 Nose
9:11 Mouth
10:39 Ears
12:16 Hairline
13:06 Drawing tips
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[@polastankova]

Can I just say that you're underrated as hell?! Like wow, this is the only video that made it clear for me. 💖

[@arifzaman5300]

i also feel the same

[@disguisedgoose2468]

romanoff yup

[@uniriah24]

exactly

[@sugarsketches4626]

IKR

[@iifa5833]

Agree, she's very good at explaining, amazin artist which deserves more folllowers

[@pockysmoky3246]

The makeup sponge was a great idea!!!

[@ziedbejar6193]

Foundation... 1:55 Head... 5:10 Eyes... 7:26 Eyebrows... 8:33 Nose... 8:52 Mouth... 9:11 Ears... 10:39 Hairline... 12:16 Drawing tips... 13:06 ☺️🙏

[@slien732]

Thx

[@brooklyn5755]

Thanks, but we didn’t ask for that.

[@melodiclove]

Mouth is actually 10:15 I think

[@nisrinemouas321]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@user-yp1ff5yj1u]

@@brooklyn5755 bro he didn't do that for u , it for who may don't have a time , like me/:

[@weirdiy9469]

i just want to draw like da vinci after quarantine.

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Hifi

[@angryduck1067]

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Lol

[@snow-piper570]

Same

[@sugarsketches4626]

Lmao

[@kachweena]

Seeing your process with the circle and triangle is so eye-opening. I never really did anything to indicate the bottom half of the face (triangle in your case). Usually I'd just draw more circles where the cheeks are and for the chin and then draw the outline of the face with all those circles as guides. But the triangle!!! Is so much more helpful! It's a much better guideline especially in imagining the shape/angles of the face. It honestly blew my mind when you drew the triangle for the quarter turn with the left side being shorter than the right side, because I immediately visualized a perfectly drawn face shape along the lines of the circle and triangle. Sorry for the wall of text, but I am just in awe with how this magical triangle will have simplified my drawing process in the future. Thank you!! :D

Thank you so much! I learnt this trick from learning how to draw manga. Unfortunately it's not commonly used to draw realistic faces, but I've been so used to it, that I can't draw without it 😆 I'm really glad it helped :)

[@marthamariemaralli1055]

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[@_zaack_foster63]

This help me mentally, cuz I know I'm not good at drawing but I want to....cuz it makes me calm

I'm glad it was helpful! And best of luck with your drawing! 🙌

[@Native-Kitty]

Your method for 3/4 face drawing is easy to understand. I will definitely try this. Thank you for sharing. I love this!

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you found it easy to understand!

[@CaCtus362]

This is such a good tutorial!!

thank you so much! :D

[@slug182]

Great tutorial, you have a great way of simplification for the proportions, thank you, helped me a lot

thank you so much! :D

[@anjanireddy753]

6:40 can u please post that kind of tutorial too!!! I would be really helpful

No worries! I'm definitely thinking of posting that video up :)

[@bellita230]

Yes it would be so cool!! 😍

[@Toruk_Makto17]

I LITERALLY CRIED BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER MADE A GOOD 3/4 FACE FOR MY CHARACTER TYSMMMM

[@jebapriyajohn]

Your such a good teacher thank you for explaining everything sooo nicely.

[@akolangto2927]

The last time i was drawing was when i was still a young school girl. I am working now, working as a montessori teacher and I'm goong back to what I super love 🥰

[@nothingiseverperfect]

8:04 Omg having the digital version makes this soooo much easier to understand and visualize, thank you SO MUCH

[@niamin793]

Holy mother of.. GURL!! Please, please, please for the LOVE OF GOD make more of these tutorials- 3/4 left looking up and down, as well as 3/4 right looking up and down. I have been struggling with the Loomis method, crying for the past 3 months ;( and then I found you

[@daemienengelbrecht3880]

I'm so glad that there is a different method than the Loomis method, and it's so relieving!

[@deashamitchell5757]

I just tried this for an hour and cried because I couldn’t do it 😂 being a beginner artist is HARD! My drawing always comes out lookin like pin head Larry 😂

[@Juliana-Bub]

Practice makes progress (because nobody's perfect). The more you do, the more confident you'll get. Also, your art sounds awesome.

[@deashamitchell5757]

JulianaBub Thank You 😊, I have wanted to give up like 7 times now but I just keep on push with the uneven circles 😂😂😂. Thank you tho lol

[@syedkahar4679]

Lol!!! 😂

[@heatherd5609]

Practised please keep going

[@moyasworldofart]

😂😂😂

[@jonbryant2495]

This has been so helpful to me. Thank you. I hope you do one for a straight on view

Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful! I have a tutorial on my KZbin channel on how to draw a face from the front view :) You can watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJfPaYFrpbV0jLc

[@micpena3583]

This was so helpful! I've been drawing since I was a kid but faces had always been my weakness because I could never get the proportions right. This was 100% very insightful and I feel like I had unlocked a new skill

[@shellydraws]

Thanks for the video. This is what I need to make my drawing values better. You are a big inspiration to me. You motivate me so much to continue running my art channel. Thank you so much for inspiring millions of people around the world. You mean a lot to us💕🌸

Aw thank you so much! 🙈😭That means a lot!! Also, just subscribed! 🥳

[@shellydraws]

@ O my God! What?! You are so sweet😭😭😭😭

[@jasmin9702]

This is the beat tutorial i’ve ever seen omg. My drawing looks actually good

[@nothingiseverperfect]

6:09 GIRLLL WHEN U PULLED THIS OUT OMG THIS WAS SO GOOD AHH YESS THANK YOU

[@alexra9967]

thank you sooooo much for this! i’ve always had a hard time drawing faces in 3/4 view. all the love~

[@lekirie]

binge watching your videos because they are so helpful. 🥺

[@robertseifert8943]

Great video. I especially liked the use of the oval to get the cheeks in the right place. You have a different strategy than the Loomis method, but it looked just as effective.

[@zuzannamikolajec8387]

I've struggled so much with making the proportions and everything right when drawing 3/4 view, to a point where I just stopped drawing faces, left them blank, and called it abstract - lol- but this was so helpful, just the thing I was looking for, thank you so, so much!! 💙

[@barbaramattei4747]

Your drawings tutorials are the best I’ve watched so far. So detailed and I love the visualisation guides you’ve added

[@sarahshaikh9916]

I m not good at drawing. I am still learning and I am glad that I found out ur channel you explain everything so simple. it's so easy to understand ❤️

[@gangsterboy3664]

Greatest 3/4 face tutorial Period!

[@thenicoleodom]

These tutorials are great! My drawings have DRASTICALLY IMPROVED. Thank you for these!!! 😆

[@dannapatoni8667]

Super helpful! Loved that you used the pink head to explain the general info first, it made it so much easier to understand

[@AA-rv8ok]

I love doing sketch and I learn a lot from your videos

[@phodilus2141]

you managed to explain both effectively and without over-complicating. very very helpful. thank youu

[@numpty_one9243]

This is the only video that I’ve seen that is actually helpful so props to you! 💖

[@applepi5100]

i have come across countless tutorials for drawing the head in different angles, but this one is the best so far, because it's short and simple, and really easy to understand. thank you so much for this!!!

thank you so much! I'm glad it was easy t understand :D

[@fizzasajid2455]

Most elaborated tutorial on 3/4 view I've ever seen. Thanks a lot!

[@deltafour1212]

What a GREAT idea using the triangle as a guide for the chin and jaw line! That little trick was game a changer for me. I can now draw my faces with consistently . THANK YOU! Subscribed!

[@uniriah24]

This tutorial is very helpful. I'm drawing fan art and I needed one of the charecters in a 3/4 veiw. This was very easy to follow. Thank you!

[@thomasblack-slytherin2886]

WOAH! I've avoided drawing in 3/4 perspective because I always mess up the proportions, but I followed along with the tutorial and got it to look decent first try. Oh my god. Thank you so much. :D

[@erickalevy8523]

I’ve been drawing for years and this is the first time that I was able to successfully create a 3/4 face view. Thank you so much!

[@jubankharkongor9756]

I have been drawing for years...but I'm still benefitted from your tutorial.... great video

[@cycy.christian]

After more than 24h of research... YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE...that explain everything and not just say... and then you add details 😒 TY TY TY

thank you so much! I hope it helped :)

[@strongerthanthatable]

This video made all the difference! I have watched a ton tutorials on how to draw the head at different angles. I understand the concept but I have not been able to translate it on paper. I was getting so frustrated because I really do understand what you're supposed to do with the lines and I understand 3D yet I could not make it work and none of the tutorials were helping. When I saw your video I hit gold. Seeing you use the makeup sponge with the tape lines and turning it, helped so much! I made my own 3D model of it and use it as a "mannequin" to help me practice! I am already getting better and don't have to look at my model and it's only been a couple of hours. I can't thank you enough. I really don't think I would have ever gotten it if I didn't stumble across your video.

I’m glad both the video and the makeup sponge was helpful! 🤣 and to think that the sponge was only a spontaneous add-on cause I don’t own a wooden mannequin but needed a visual aid 😅

[@trishavaleriano4365]

love your tutorials so much ! you go above & beyond when explaining things (im a visual learner so some of the lessons on youtube are hard to learn from) you just earned a new subscriber! 💞

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YOU'RE. SO. GOOD. AT. EXPLAINING. THINGS. WTF. ILYSM

[@astheticz849]

TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR WHY IS ART SO FREAKING HARD UP ABOVE THE SO HIGH I CAN'T DRAW THE OTHER EYE!!!

[@CKArts6]

I can't even express how helpful this video is! Great strategies for shapes- especially shapes of sketching features. I watch a lot of videos and no one talks about the general shapes they use for an initial sketch- they just sketch it. Calling it a leaf shape and using all of the angles that you use really helps. I feel mote confident that I can do a nice sketch without following a video.

[@angelinadubois4842]

Wow the makeup sponge trick is just amazing

[@dream.5708]

Ugh am so grateful for her!! Thank you so much

[@ashwikabiju1762]

how can i sayy thank youu, IM SOOO HAPPY THAT I FINALLY LEARNED TO DRAW POTRAITS, it was reallyy realllyy well explained, and THANK YOUU SOO MUCH:)))))))

[@littleblackcatcreations]

Thank you for explaining this the way you did I cannot state how much my drawings anatomy improved after this

[@janepollard4097]

I just started sketching and have such a hard time understanding angles. This made SENSE. Now to practicing!

[@starrb1938]

I love how detail your instructions are. You are very helpful and easy to follow.

[@mantiss143]

This tutorial is so good, I've tried following other 3/4 face tutorials with little success but with this one I was able to draw a pretty face on my first try ♡

I’m glad this method helped! 😃❤️ thank you so much!

[@kiriakiantoniadou7751]

the way that you demonstrated it on the paper, but also i guess... digitally? Very easy to understand, only video that made things clear for me.

[@Hanna-tl2ew]

Hey 🤗 Usually I am a really quite watcher on KZbin and don't commend much. But I really really loved your tutorial on how to draw faces and this one is even better!! I will 100% try this out too. I found your canal just a week ago and it is sooo helpful. I watched many KZbin videos the past years for learning how to draw faces, but every time it was just not working for me and I gave up. But this one is so great and it really works very well for me, although I have to practice more and it is not perfekt, but I am so glad I found you 😊 Thank you so so so so much and I am really locking forward to learn more like the hair and so on with you ☺️ Love from Germany 🤗❤️

Thank you so much!!! I'm glad you found it helpful! Definitely practice a lot 🙌 that's how we all get better :D And let me know if you have any questions about this method in the future :)

[@detectiveduck6180]

Your my savior Lad!

[@jaygeo8661]

That was so clever using the sponge it was a perfect shape

thank you :D

[@CyaneInkArt]

This was so eye opening! Make-up sponge was brilliant idea and you explained it so well. I have been drawing faces a lot, but struggled with mouth and drawing "the other eye". And these tips really hit home and solved both of the problems. I'm so thankful

[@shankarividyasagar3731]

I used to find drawing such faces very difficult but u have made it so easy for me

[@rokhnroll]

This tutorial is great its the first time I have been able to draw a face without it looking like a Police photo fit ! Thank you for posting.

[@jazzymagical4733]

This is such a good tutorial! The make up sponge is so smart, thank you! ❤️

[@stoneycosmonaut3553]

Your head and face tutorials are THE BEST. Easy to follow and really showed me that I can actually draw faces and heads!! Had such a hard time before I found your videos! Instantly subscribed

[@irasl.roback3897]

Great teaching style, easy instructions, especially for a beginner, like myself! You are very talented, both as an artist and a teacher, something to make you proud! Looking forward to following more of your lessons on painting! Best wishes!

[@nemily33]

Omg thank you I’ve been looking for a 3/4 tutorial

[@circeee1367]

Thank you ♥️. I love how detailed you are at your tutorials, I do hope you will post more tutorials since I will probably be relying on it to improve my drawing this quarantine ☺️

[@noraalbatch5845]

More tutorials from you would be a God send

[@hannahmiller4625]

All I can say is that YOU are so good at explaining! I did not regret watching this. The Best tutorial for me ever

[@lizbenns8768]

Wow clear instructions and able to keep up most videos are fast and overwhelming thank you

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you're videos help me so much with my progress, thank you so much:)

[@PRINCESS-qi6vs]

The best tutorial I've ever watched on youtube 👏 thank you 💜

[@judhiel4086]

wow, this is the first time I actually managed to follow the steps on how to draw a faceee... thank you so much, I am in tears T_T

[@sophiaa6319]

ur so underrated, i have seen so many tutorials but urs has made the most sense. thank youuuu!

[@rbasalely]

This was amazing! I've watched many many videos, some of them for a fee, and this is the best one yet! Wow, a light bulb went on!

[@nandanair8975]

I can't believe how well this drawing came out, I'm actually shocked. It's so beautiful and I already know I'll be back here anytime I want to draw a face :).

[@missjelisa]

You’re a great teacher! Thank you! 🙌🏾

Aw thank you so much 🙈💕

[@I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it]

I just followed your tutorial, and my sketch turned out, awesome! Thank you.

[@CKArts.studio6]

You've really helped me to visualize where the face features would go. I think 1/2 the battle is visualizing foreshortened angles and the make-up sponge helps so much!

Visualising gets easier with practice. I’m glad the sponge was a helpful tool! Wishing you all the best 🙌✨

[@janneke2315]

I would love if you make a video about 3/4 faces in combination with up and down :)

[@Dottycatz]

Thank you so much this is the first video that makes sense to me!! and thank you for your cheat sheets plus the additional skillshare resources

[@Grace-mb8tb]

AMAZING! now i need a hair tutorial x

[@pei-shanwu3858]

Thank you! Such a great tutorial!

[@arianagamble901]

this was so helpful, i was really struggling before, thank you! i'd love to see your tips on how to use this method when trying to draw a specific individual, i.e. a celebrity

[@julia27391]

I really appreciate the constant repetition of your "smaller" rule! Even though I thought I understood it the first time, by the end of the video I realized it only really clicked with me when you were drawing the hairline which was after many repetitions lol. Thank you so much, your videos are helping me out greatly!!

[@GabrieleCazzulini]

first time ever I really managed to sketch my first 3/4 basic face drawing! Grateful to you Zyra

[@LK-mv5xh]

You’re such a great artist and teacher.

[@imaginante101]

Always I have struggled about drawing. Everytime that I started some draw I just give up at short time and I saw many tutorials about it but it never worked it out till this day with this video. And I can't be more grateful with you and your explication. You give me hope and strength. Finally I have the motivation to learn, draw and create. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.

[@bre6651]

Wow. You're so pure. Not only are you teaching, but you have no problem telling others to go learn from others if your method is difficult for them. Not sure what to suggest really, anything you're willing to teach I'd be happy to watch 😍

[@earIgrav]

You explained everything so well, it helped me a lot. Thank you! I really like your style by the way

[@silva2982]

The triangle tho!!!! Thank you so much for your explanation, I’ve come across so many tutorials that used a circle and a half box for a head but I never was able to grasp that. The way that the triangle immediately helped me see the direction the head was facing was also mind-blowing. And may I also commend you on your proportion guide! I can EASILY remember that, 7 lines each denoting a landmark of the face: it’s so much better for me than having to remember multiple proportion cheat sheets so thank you so much!!!

[@DG-mv6zw]

Great clear, methodical and really well presented tutorial. Deserves many more likes. Thanks.

[@hahdbdsjsjaksjs7366]

Bro, I tried watching other vids but still end up to your channel and understand it more clearly. THANKS

[@wilihey1425]

Proper proportion base and knowledge about fore shortening was what i needed and found in this vid, the most useful one about this topic

[@minujitani1337]

Please upload more videos for different anglessss pleaseee😭😭😭ur videos are so amazing

[@traceyhenry472]

Your tutorials are all tremendous!! This was great! Thanks!!

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I'm a fan of these series!!!

[@mika-kv6tz]

Your tutorials are the best!! Please keep uploading them, i find them very useful

[@NissyBrown]

So helpful thank you so much. I will definitely be applying these tips when sketching.

yay! I'm glad it was helpful :)

[@Jeremaezing]

This is so helpful, everything is simplified but well detailed! ♥️ New subbie here!

[@hapiiarts7099]

Omg, I really like the animations hihi. Thank you for this!!! You deserve million subs!