Transcripts
1. Introduction: Other people give up the IDE to run how to draw because they think they have no talent or the art classes are too
complicated for them. The classical method to learn how to draw is to first learn realism by copying what
we see in the real-world. Only then when really
they're misunderstood, we can on how to
stylize our drawings. I think that if that approach can be great for
a lot of people, it can also discourage
rather this. First because realism is very
long and complex to them, but also because it doesn't
match everyone's grieving. Hi everyone. I'm painting in Russia. I spend my three first
years of studies in different schools and I have a certificate as a nice
tradeoff organics. After break into weighing
up three more years, I have started to do again
to sleep for four years now. My answer this way, although
lot focused on doing learning and I've never
been a natural genius. When I started again
on my journey, I was far from having
great wearing sleeves. But what has always motivated me was to be able to
express on paper everything that I have in
mind without waiting for years to be trained enough to paint everything
realistically. When starting over, I
made myself begin with a very simplistic drawing
style and complexified it little by little as a community knowledge to go towards the summit
realistic style that I practiced today. This made me able to have
a functional style through my learning journey and made
me able without frustration. This course is the very first of a series of courses that aims to teach you the basics of drawing and make your skills
the book this way. Plenty that you
first learned to do everything that you could
possibly want to draw, meaning characters
on the course. But first in a very simple way, then you will learn to
complexify your style. Denote by little, the
goalie that you can do. Everything that you have in
mind no matter whatever. This first class
will be focused on drawing the face
on overall head. It's coli that you can already do a different characters in different situations and that you can make them
express themselves. Now if you're
ready, let's begin.
2. Class project: During this course, we'll
go through a series of fundamental principle and
tips to start your journey on your project for
this class will be to put your new knowledge into practice with exercises
at the end of each class. The principle that will
cover the following. The simplified proportion
of the head and the face, the head in different angles, how to draw hair and facial
expressions of emotions. Each lesson will cover
only one specific subject. Like this, the course will
be easier to approach. You'll be able to take a break and come back when you want. You can also find guides to download in the
resources section. So you'll have all the
necessary information now by when you practice. Also that I thought of discourse is head drawing made easy? Not a more accurate title
would be Hadrian made easier? Because nothing in drawing
is never truly easy. So don't be discouraged
if you struggled. It's very normal. Learning how to
draw is more like a marathon than a speed race. The key to keep added to time is to get the maximum
of pleasure from it. It's not more important than learning with the right method. That's why I have
created this course, is because I see a lot of people who can't
follow along with more conventional methods have the need to put twice
the way on paper, but they have in mind. And you also need to know that with a method that fits you, practice and perseverance,
everyone can know. It's not a matter
of innate talent. Now if you're ready, I
wish you a happy person.
3. Tools You'll Need: In this lesson, we'll see
what tools you will need. As you're just beginning. We will reduce the tools
to the strict minimum. Actually some printing paper, a pencil, and an eraser,
I will that you need. Now if you want a
bit more comfort, I have a few
suggestions to make. I tend to prefer
mechanical pencils to regular pencils because we don't have to worry about
the size of the lead. For line out, it's
more convenient. A pencil eraser is a willingness to evade
the small details. You can find them in our
stores or on Amazon. If you don't like the
texture of printing paper, you can answer by
your sketchbook where you keep all your drawings
at the same place. The only thing that
I recommend is that you don't spend
a fortune on it. You will need a lot of paper to train on your first drawing
is wouldn't be the best. However, just an invoice here. Don't do like I didn't
throw everything away. Even if you ate them. You'll be happy to be able to evaluate your
progress with time. You can also get a
reclining drawing board. Your hand would be freer
to draw on your back. We thank you. If you have a graphic
tablet or an iPad Pro and enjoying a software,
you can use them. But you need to know
that digital art is the hardest
impeded in itself. So you should don't already
know how to use it. It will be better
to start off with traditional tools so as not
to complicate your task. To sign up, you
will need a pencil, cheap white paper,
and then the laser, the red is epsilon donor. Gather the tools of
your choosing and eventually make a shopping
list for later doing it. The next lesson,
we will talk about the structure of the head and his proportions
from a form of you. I will teach you to
draw from nothing. But despite that having a muy nearby or your phone
on front or gamma one would be a great hub for better understanding
of the anatomy. See you in the next video.
4. Simplified Proportions of the Head and the Face: In this lesson, we will
see the proportions of the head and the face
in a simplified way. The method of unused to learn the progression of the
head is the Loomis method, which gives very
detailed instruction about its structure. Many people will find
the Loomis method very useful if you're interested
in learning more about it. I highly encourage
you to check it in. However, I let that
beginners find it too complicated to
apprehend me because of the density of information. This is why in this
course I want you to teach with a much
simpler approach, which is actually close
to the way that I taught myself because it looks a lot more accessible
when I started. This approach consists in
learning only a minimum of information about the
structure on the proportions. So again, draw a simple, stylized or nice-looking heads. These proportions will be
relevant for any drawing side, which means that once you wrap
your head around it well, you will be able to enrich your knowledge and
complexify your style at your own view them without having to update
those fundamentals. Then one thing that can help, we mentioned in the last lesson is to work in front of moire. Now at the very start
of your journey, you're very likely to be unable to interpret the 3D reality, to translate it into
a 2D sheet of paper. They think it's a
good idea to get familiar with
reality observation. But from the start
anyway, again, you always more verification that you can already
do on your own. So you can get generally
familiar with it. As far as the viewer,
whether you like the most is to use a
makeup mirror because it allows me to see more angles and it doesn't take
up too much space. If you don't have a mirror, as I said before, you can
use the front alchemy. Well, if your phone, it's
even more convenient that you can take a picture of your face at the
younger of your choice. Don't worry. The goal is not to make your prettier selfie metal have a reference photo to
understand reality better. Okay, now that this instead, we can start studying. First, let's take your
head mindful instance, and let's try to
analyze its structure. The first thing that
you can notice that the top part of the head
is relative Rwanda. Not completely though. We've had an iterator on the sides. Then you can try to
cross at the center, left and right, of course
with asymmetric card. But what we can
highlight here is that I wrote in the middle on
the horizontal axis, the lower part of
the face can be simplified into two equal ax plus the chin that
you need to round up as for measuring the
placement of the eyes. Just remember that there is
an edge between the two eyes. Concerning the worst,
the inner paths begin until level of the
inner corner of the eye. And that being diagonal relatively to the outer
corner of the eyes. The ears begin at the end
in the middle of the jaw. The tip of the nose is
a little lower than the middle of the
face and the head. Just a precision here. We measure the face puncture wounds of the hair to the chin. However, when we talk about
the overall head proportions, he's from the chin to
the top of this corn. From this angle, you'll
see that the part in between the words of
the hair on the top of this quarter are taking only a small part of a
tree can see are the head. So to come back to
the proportions, the mouth is between one-third and two-third between
the nose and the mouth. Okay, now you might
wonder how to put this into practice on a
blank sheet of paper. It's really as simple as
repeating the same steps. But without the picture here, the first step in
your learning process will be to assimilate
the proportions when we simplify that face
vitro to the maximum, to focus our energy on
one thing at a time. We will see how to
complexify that stay in future courses so far. Now, let's define some
basic visual vocabulary. This is nine. This is the nose. This is a mouth and ear. And enable easy, isn't it? We can already go very
far with other elements. So to draw the
head from nothing, We start by drawing a circle. Rather, beginners are
desperate because they can't work perfect
circle freehand. But don't worry about that. It's just a guide. You can induce
puberty it and adjust it afterwards with your eraser. If it's easier for you, then midway across, don't forget to flatten your
C code on the sides. Measure with your
index finger and then the distance
between the top of the head and the eyes line. And refer it to determine
whether chins steps, drawers to color icon inside
to represent the jaw line. And chin. Help yourself with the
center line to make your lines geometric corner of the eyes are here
in the middle line. And remember to measure
the space between them. There is a in-between the eyes. Then we played the eye works. So we measure, we start from
the inner corner of the eye. Then we measure the diagonal. Then we play the years. We start from the liver. We stop at the end of the jaw. Try to be as symmetric code
as you can or not agitate to correct your sketch when you see a mistake, just be warned. You will struggle with
symmetry at the beginning. But it's perfectly normal and every artist has been
there at some point. If you're trying to do
it free hand again and again to get the overtime. So the tip of the
nose is over here. The mouth is at one-third, two-thirds between the tip
of the nose and the chin. You can make your character
smile like I did here. But I will collect him and give him a neutral
expression afterward. Once you've placed
your proportions, It's always good to verify if your measurements are correct
and to adjust your sketch, eventually, Just a tip in case you're not sure about
the placement of your nose? The middle of the
nose with me at the dead center of the face. When you're happy
with your drawing, you can erase your
construction lights. Okay, congratulations. You draw your first
head from a form. You, you may feel overwhelmed with the
overload of information, but don't worry, we don't
need a bit of practice. Let's simulate everything. Although what you need
to remember to start off your drawing is to begin
by tracing a circle, then across, and then place the other element we actively
or to the proportions. You can download the guide
available to help you. I recommend that you print it
and keep it nearby when you drop until we remember
everything. Now it's your turn. Before heading towards
the next lesson. Two or three or four heads by following the steps
mentioned in the lessons. And at the same time, change those proportions on your
own head in them you are, this might look like to you that you will see
that you won't need that much training to make meaningful progress
and you'll save time, the total input, the future. During the next lesson, we'll see how to draw the
head under different angles. You'd only need a new sheet of paper and you'll use tools. See you in the next lesson.
5. The Head in Different Angles: Now that we covered
the basic proportion of the head from the front view, Let's see what it looks
like from different angles. Do you remember that circle
we do doing the first lesson. Now let's say the circle is not a 2D shape with a
3D sphere likeable. This one is a very
convenient object that would serve us as a guide for
the base of the head. That if you've got bad, would be that the different elements of the face onto the same depending on what angle
you look at them from. For this reason, I
recommend that at first you only draw
the angle that filter easiest to you and
to move towards more complex ones once
you more at ease. So to start off, we'll
see as examples what happens when we draw the head
with a three-quarter view, profile view on the
top and bottom views. This will give you
an idea of what you should look at on
a reference image. So first let's see what happens with a three-quarter view. First of all, was
to be like this. And the three-line that come across age we presented Center. You can check on the photo where on how the sphere is located. If you remember the last lesson, the eyes where that lingered
on the bottom of the sphere. If you need one more guideline, the middle of the sphere. Here, we presented the Heberlein laying before we
need to determine where the center
of the feces that is in the continuation of
the middle of the sphere. So now we have a guideline for the middle of the anterior head. Remember the tender
stage of this corner. Trace a circle on the side which determines what
part would be the flat on the quiz that is flat
this time and not curved. That will be useful
for placing the year. Don't hesitate to correct your drawing when
you see mistakes. Now we can begin
to draw the face. Try to understand
which elements you have to take from
the reference photo. The goal here is not
that you understand all the complex structure of
each element of the face, but that you understand
the overall flow and the placement of
the key elements. Here you can see that
the ICER gets from the curve inwards just
underneath the eyebrow. To simplify the shape at first, we can draw that bad like
an S shape like this. The outward curve representing the cheek and going
towards the chin. Then run the chin after that, the job begins from the year. Link the chin to the job with
the line curved outwards. Look at how the shape
of the ice changes. The girl that are the
closest to us look elongated while you do that are the furthest seem
to be shortened. The same thing for the
eyeballs and antibody. They are projected forward due to the fact
that they add fonts on the forehead while the eyes are back
in the eye sockets, the tip of the nose
is projected forward. The mouth has the same behavior as the curve that
is the closest to us seems longer and the one that is furthest seem shorter. This is due to the
perspective effect, the pseudoscience
that consists in spotting the key element
that we just did. The one that will make you
able to understand how to draw a face from
any angle no matter how much stylized
always stick you are studies that will help you grasp the concept
a bit better. Let's see a few more examples. So let's jump into
the second example, which is a profile view. In our reference picture. Distantly man is at 100 per
cent in a profile view. Otherwise we wouldn't
see the beginning of the eyeball here and not the
other sheets put it in here. But for this class
we will simplify and pretend that he is completely
from a profile view. So to make it simple,
what it would change it, That's how vision was
strictly stopped at everything that is on the
right side of the face. So in the left eye bone
eyelashes here the building of our sketch-based will be rather close from
the front view, indeed in perfect profile and
everything would be flat. We won't see the center line. Just so you can understand, in reality on this picture, the model, slightly
his head like this. But the difference
is subtle enough so we can ignore these
for this class. So the center line of the phase follows the
shape of this recording. The show starts from the
year and joined the chin. Then the topography of the
face is quite complex. So you need to understand what's happening on an anatomic level. There's a GP in the junction between the forehead
and the nose. Then the node is
projected forward. The eye, however, is located
deeper in the eye socket. The shape of the eye, so
get won't be visible here. But it allows us to
estimate the basement of the eye deeper than the
bowing of the nose. Further bottom of the face. We can simplify this way. Measure the place of the tip of the nose properly to
get a proper form. If you observed when
you've seen that no line of the face he is
ever completely straight, but always more or less skirt. It's the same thing for
the whole human body. The placement of
the neck depends on the direction and the
tilt of the head. So you'd have to check it from your reference picture and
yummy OR now to wrap it up, we'll quickly see
two more examples that other bird's eye
view, on the bottom view, those angles are more difficult, so I recommend that
you get familiar with the rest first before
trying them out. Let's compare those two
views side-by-side. What we can notice compared to the views at eye level
is the eccentricity, the effect that the perspective
will give to the face. Either appearance,
everything that is closest to us
will seem bigger. And what is further,
we'll look thinner. The feces feature will also
look like this equation saves together as I get
further from the viewer. The bigger the angle, the more accentuated
the distortion will be. To draw those points of view. It's the same process as before. It was fear on algorithms
to measure our proportions. It's more complicated because they will be disrupted
because of the perspective. So to get a convincing results, you will need to
refer to a model, especially if you
are a beginner. I know that live
model can be a lot harder to read and
drawings at the beginning, I've uploaded a file with
some of my old in drawings that you can use to
help yourself to draw the head in
different postures. And here it is, you know, everything that you need
to start drawing head in different angles
to send me that. The main thing to remember is to use that sphere is guys to build a good basic structure and to measure your
proportions from here. Then use a reference model
to see how our perception of the faces features changes depending on the point of view. By simply analyzing the overall
movement of each shape. Now it's your turn. Your head from a
three-quarter view. On one, from a profile view. The face is very
difficult to apprehend. So don't get discouraged. If you don't succeed right away. With practice, it
will come then. But your sketches, if you
want to get feedback, don't hesitate to ask questions
in the command section. I'd be happy to answer. In the next lesson, we will
learn how to draw hair. To do so, we will
need the sketches you already did so we can
finish your characters. See you in the next video.
6. The Hair How to Place and Represent It: In this lesson, we
will see how to play. Some represent the hair. As beginners, it wouldn't
be normal that you feel completely Atlas when
it comes to doing hair. It's a complexity man that
can take multiple shapes. The goal of this class
will be to give you a simple solutions of representation to build
some basic knowledge. So you can find inspiration
for different types and styles by yourself
right away, of course, at those basics Herman, to be enriched in the
future so you can draw it the more interesting style
once you've improved. Okay, Now we can take your head sketches
from the last lesson, as well as a new sheet
of paper to try and be heard weighing on your
sketches if you prefer. First, let's talk
about her basement. Let's start by
studying the old line up the hood of the hair. No matter their hairstyle, I'll type that you want to drop. You need to keep its
basement in mind. It's outline is wide open
so they will come from and we indicate the structure of the hair if and when
it's not visible. From the front view, you can see that the outline of the word follow the forehead, goes around the
temples and moved on was before the
year. On the side. It comes from the
top of the forehead. For those it's outlined
in a circle arc, goes down along the tampers
and goes behind the year. Look at how the
perspective applies in the forehead in
three-quarter view, the path closer to us seems longer and the furthest
path seems a shortened. The back we can see
the shape that the line texts around the year then goes down following
the roundness of the head and stepped
on the neck area. Then you need to see in which
direction the hair flows. For long hair, straight,
wavy, or curly. The flowing down to go down in different
directions depending on how their habits for
short and frizzy hair, or depending on how their
hair is styled or texture. The difference is
that the part of the hair will tend to go up. There are exceptions, of course. Once again, the best is to have a reference photo to help. The last thing to figure out the overall shape of the hair. One thing to keep in
mind is that we will never draw completely
straight lines. The hair always have
some movements. Day the length into
consideration obviously, but also the volume and texture, as well as their
states particularities of those elements will
determine how you represent it. Okay, now let's talk about practical solutions to do hair. Let's start with
long straight hair. Let's say that they have flow is simply falling down
without complication. In that case, the
only visible part of the world would be here. So we draw our first line here, give some light movement to your line to make
it more dynamic. Then we'll separate the hair
into different strands. Just a few wants
to keep it simple. We'll start the second line
of this trend from the year because the Harrington's to
support naturally a one here. So same thing. Give it some love men to
join the first-line. Then let's go to this train on the other side of the face. Here again, don't forget to apply perspective
when needed. This space, there's
a little type we won't carry on with
this line like this, but will signify the thickness
of the hair like this. This trend goes down towards the bottom of the
face like this. Here we will make
the rest of the hair go behind over the shoulder, then make your hair
go around this call to add the thickness
of the hair to the base structure of the head. In the front, we end our hair
by drawing the last trend. Okay, now for the alternatives, if you wanted the bank, you'll just have to
do it like this. This trends come
from the middle of the cranium and spread
over the forehead. If you want curly hair, you can represent them with
water waves like this. The principle of the overall
structure is the same. Also, don't expect to get an harmonious result
from the first try. To get a satisfying design, you will need to
experiment with shapes. Let's see a second
example and short hair. Here we will draw
the overall outline of the root of the hair. Because if the hair short
enough and all its surface, it will be visible everywhere. Then you'll just have to
outline the volume of the hair. We can then make a few strands, for instance, all edited. It is depending on their style. Here again, not how the
day-to-day experiment. One last example. If you want crazy hair, you'll just have to make
very tight waves like this. You'll see with only a
little basic knowledge, you already have a lot of possibilities to help you
play the hair properly, depending on the angle
of vision of the head, you can download the
guide actual disposal. With that said, best
inspirations was for creating your own composition would be with friends photos. To sum it up, the first thing you need to keep in
line either shape of the outline of the Howard's to get a better understanding
of the searcher. Then to draw a specific
karyotype study. It's about shape and
texture. Now it's your turn. Take your head sketches and draw two or three different
hairstyles on top, you can share your drawings as well if you want some feedback. During next lesson, we will see how do we present the emotions. You will only need a
new sheet of paper. Because you will notice again, everything that you've learned
since the beginning to draw your characters with
different expressions. See you in the next lesson.
7. Emotions and Facial Expressions: In this lesson, you are going to see how do we present emotions. It's the last lesson of
this course, so keep going. You're doing very well. He took on me leave to
the thing that facial expression unnecessarily a
very complicated to represent. Latinas simplify style. It's really not the case. You will see that with only a very small nuances him
very simple lines to draw. You'll be able to represent
a lot of different emotions. I had other thing that we are going to see during this lesson, we probably feel very
familiar to you. You probably already scribble
those elements naturally. Because usually
when children can reproduce those
codes intuitively, you will see that without learning a lot more
about this topic. Another way to be able to
evolve your drawing style a lot without studying
emotions further. So instead of taking this
class as a big study, take it as a basic
lexicon to explore. And keep in mind that you'd have to apply the proportion and perspective to this thing that
I already natural to you. However, we might not have all acquired the same
notions naturally. So if you wish Not
every day to draw at the same time as I do to wrap your mind around
those concepts. Now with that said,
let's dive into it. First. Let's explore the
potential of the neighbors. The neighbors are probably
the picture that we realize we expect the more
different expressions. In my opinion, at least the other features will
be able to follow along. But in my opinion,
is the eyeballs that have the more potential. Let's begin with a
neutral expression. Look how easy it is to
quantify expression. If we simply grab
the eyeballs iPod, the character looks
surprised coming from here. If we go one of the neighbors in what the character
looks in tweaked. Both eyeballs are
curved in what? The character looks sad. Now if we bend both
eyeballs towards disorder, this way, the character
looks hungry. You see how magical smooth changes modify
the facial expression. And yet we only play the
one with the eyeballs. Now let's add the eyes. If the airways don't
touch the eyelid, we get a sort of
shocked expression. For closed eyelids. If we kept the lines downwards, we get to rest
toward expression. If we gave them, a pod, will be able to express joy, our Laughter,
awesome contortion. Just a short equation. If you draw straight lines
on the eyes and the mouth, you'll get that
blessing expression that we mainly seen mangoes. But as far as I know, is not
a code using other generals. Finally, the last element is, of course the mouth. Of course, align like this
will make the character smile. What we can notice is
that we can regulate the expression
intensity by playing around with the width
of the mouth lying. They say small smile
and a frantic, a big smile on convey
the same atmosphere. Also what we can precise
compared to a child's throwing. Look at how my curves day, whether light, when I
modify my expressions. If I exert due date, it will get a character
to an effect, which can be a
choice by the way. Then if we slightly open
the mouth like this, we can leave something like
a surprise expression. You can also draw a big 0 shape to make your character young. Well, of course
here it looks a bit weird because we should also modifies highs and neighbors. However, if you want
to make him scream, you'll need to stretch the
corner of his mouth like this. Just a little precision here. When the mouth is wide open, the face elongates on
the chin goes down. But for now you can ignore this because the modification needs
whether how to apprehend. They tried to remember
it for the day. You want to complexify
your style. We've been through all the
most important modifications. After that, of course, you will have to add
the expression of the different features to get the facial expression you want. Now you need to know
that until now, I've exaggerated each curve to make the principal clearer. But most of our
expressions as adult on our face often
doesn't change that much when we interact
with each other. We have the ability
to read people subtle expressions that don't show up that much on our faces. And it's important to translate this aspect in our
drawings as well. It can sound a bit complicated, but really it's not that much to express that
two expressions. Instead of exaggerating
the curves that I did, just go over your
lines slightly. To sum it up, we can say that the more exaggerated
the modification, the stronger their emotion is. Let's take an example. If I want to express surprise, I will arc the eyeballs
that's on here little bit. The irises will be
slightly smaller. That without separating it completely from the lashes line, the mouth will be
only slightly open. So if I want a strong
expression of shock instead, I really exaggerated
the arc of the rows, take up the irises and
open the mouth more. For instance, here
you are congrats, you made it to the end
of the last lesson. To recap, you only have to
slightly modify the eyebrows, the eyes, and the mouth
to represent the motions. Remember that most of
our expression asymptote as soon as the changes in our lines compared to
a neutral expression. Now it's your turn. Draw three characters with different emotions and
different angles and with different hairstyles to put together all that you have
learned during this course. Once again, you can use the
guides to help you then post your drawing so I can give you personalized feedback. And don't hesitate to ask
questions if you have some
8. Conclusion: Congratulations, You made
it to the end of the class. Doing this class, you firsthand simplified proportions of
the head and the face. Then you'll learn how
to draw the head in different angles from the
sphere that we present, all types of hair on hairstyles. And finally, to represent emotions with very simple lines. When I say it was already a very intense course
if you never do before. So if you feel overwhelmed, it's very normal to
overcome this splitting. The only thing you
need to do is to practice what you've
just done regularly. Now you will hear a lot
of artists say that we need to do everyday to progress. Here we are talking
about folks that have troubles with the
traditional method. So I would like to say that
this is not the only way. This is certainly not
how I progressed. And STF has been storing some drawing
practice when I can. But in the end, all the, all these
little efforts add up. But here what we need is to find within that fits
you and your needs. And it can be
really, really slow. I promise the most important, I think that you cultivate your motivation so we can
let him tiny new efforts. And cultivating your
motivation can really mean taking works and doing other activities
that can inspire you like watching movies
or reading books or things like this that
will actually nurture your art and your ideas
and your personality. Another thing I'd like to
add is that this style that we just learned is
perfectly functional. At least it will be
when you have also learned how to draw the
bodies and the backgrounds. The parties that choose to start at this level
of complexity, especially in
comics, I would say. And that can really go a long way and it's perfectly valid. And especially if
you're just tell Hobbes than there is
really no good for you. But yeah, if you want to develop your style a simplistic
way on such inspiration, you can go for France and
Belgium comic artist, or you can look into children's books or
even sometimes longer. You can also find a lot of inspiration to develop
your visual vocabulary, your visual vocabulary and hit. Okay, now to wrap it up, I would really appreciate
if you could let a review from my
class that would really help me if you
told me what you found helpful on what
you appreciate it. So I could put this in my
other classes as well, and I could help you
whether it could also help the other students to decide if my class he's
made for them on it. In the meantime, I wish you a happy during while practicing your drawing skills and
I wish to see you soon.
Fanny Richard, Illustrator
