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1. 100 Faces Doodle Challenge: In a world filled with
polished AI generated images, one of the most valuable
skills an artist can have is confidence
in their own ideas. Hi, my name is Tammy, and I'm an artist
here on Skillshare. You may have seen me on
Instagram or YouTube, and I'm here today
to tell you about a challenge that I took
on myself recently. I want to share with you one
of the fastest ways to build confidence and how it's through simple,
playful repetition. In this class, I'm
going to show you how I challenged myself to draw 100 doodle faces in
just one week and how that challenge
completely changed the way that I
approach creativity, speed, and developing
my personal style. This is a beginner
friendly class where you will learn how to use reference images for
inspiration without copying, how to break faces down into simple approachable
shapes and how to create endless variations
with hairstyles and accessories, necklines
and expressions. Instead of focusing on
making one perfect drawing, we're going to focus on
building your idea library, so drawing starts
to feel easier, faster and more natural. This class is especially
helpful if you've ever gotten stuck
staring at a blank page. If you want to develop
your own doodling style, or if you're looking for fun and a practical sketchbook practice, one that you can actually
stick with, this is it. By the end of this class, you'll have a collection of
your own doodling face ideas, a repeatable system for generating new characters
and more confidence, drawing quickly and creatively. You'll also build
a sketchbook habit that you can continue long
after this class is finished. Class is not about drawing
that one perfect face. It's about discovering
how drawing many simple faces can
unlock your creativity, your style, and
artistic confidence. I'm excited to draw with you, grab your sketchbook,
and let's get started.
2. Supplies: In today's class, I use
very basic materials. I have found that if
you use a hard pencil, that's with the H here, these erase really well. If you want to draw your people, this will erase really well. The drawing pen I'm using
is a master's touch. It's a 0.5, so it gives me
a nice thick broad line. This is mixed media paper. I chose it because
it's very stiff. It is 154 pounds, but it's also very smooth. Drawing and writing
on it is great, and then you can cut your dolls out if that's
something you're looking to do. It is a great paper
to do that with.
3. Project: If you've ever felt stuck
drawing faces, well, this class will show
you how repetition, it can really unlock
your confidence. It'll help your creativity
and your personal style will grow faster than going for
perfection ever could. If you're going
to work at trying 100 simple doodling faces, it'll really fill
in your sketchbook. That will be an endless
source of ideas for you. So if your goal is to
gain more confidence, if it's to build your idea book, then this class is
perfect for you. Your project then is to
draw a bunch of faces, a bunch of faces,
and experiment. Get your inspiration off of
images off the Internet. I'll show you how to look up illustrations and what to look for while you're
looking for them. For your project, draw, draw and have fun with it. Come back and show
me your projects. Your drawings will be
inspirations for others. It will be a source that you
can use for a long time. So far, I've used mine on cards. I've colored them in. I've used watercolor. I have cut them out
and put them on cards. I have made dresses for
them out of scrap papers and it's really an
endless way to learn. I hope that you
show me your work. I can't wait to see how you've taken on doodling and images, and I keep practicing your
U shape and your neckline, and let's give her a neckline. Speaking of necklines and have fun with hair and don't
worry about eyes or mouth. We're just getting
an image on paper. It's a quick win and it'll really help fill
in your sketchbook. M
4. My Challenge: When I came up with this class, it's because I had challenged
myself to draw 100 faces. I will show you
exactly how this came about by using some
images online. But also, I just wanted to inspire you that yes,
you can do this. It might turn out ugly,
might turn out great. But what this is to
me is an idea book. When I want to go
and draw something, I want to be able to remember what I did in the past and remember what I liked, what I didn't like, what
I want to try again. That's why you are looking
in my sketchbook of ideas. Some of these pictures
are just fun. I really went through
Google images and said, I want to look at
ladies from the 40s, ladies from the 50s and that's
where some of the ideas, these concepts came from. I mean, this was definitely a model of some type
showing in the 50s. But then what happens if I went with some wild free form hair? Actually, I think this cape actually came up as a mistake. I just kept going and drew a cape instead of
a real garment. This tiny oval, this tiny U shape became a very skinny and
long type of model. This one was meant from
a very old lady image, trying different necklines,
collars, like I said, capes. What could I do with sunglasses
or hair that's pulled up? I hope you're getting a
giggle out of some of these. Some of these are pretty funny. I mean, some of these
were experiments. What if I doodled
in some highlights? What would happen?
Just ask yourself, what would happen if I
did this, I did that? This is a cool neckline. I thought that was fun to try. And that was just
all experiments. I'm so glad I did this. I'm so glad I gave myself permission to draw,
to experiment. Some of them, I went
with a sketchy look. Some of them are very
straight doodle look. You can experiment with
all of those concepts. You know, what happens if
you're doing some big 80s hair, 70s hair? I mean, look at this. I mean, I think I remember
wearing something like that. These exaggerated eyes, that was an idea
that I saw online. It was really fun
to see what I could do when I gave myself permission to figure it
out, just figure it out. I mean, this is pretty scary. I definitely am not a fan, but this is really fun. What a fun look. Those crazy flower earrings. This image was adding
flowers in the hair. What would happen if this is when I started
doing choppy hair. I really liked that effect. I wanted to just keep doing
more and more of that. It morphed, it exploded. Practicing something
that looked like braids, but obviously it didn't come
out looking like braids. But I had such a great
time practicing. I got in my 100 images
and just a week, it went so quickly. A few minutes a
day and I was able to experiment just by
working with Google images. I hope you take the
challenge up yourself.
5. Image Search: When I am ready to
try to create a face, and my mind just goes blank, one of the things I
like to do is search. Internet for faces. I tick that. I also click Images, and this is what's popping up. Now, I want to really cover
what I'm looking for. One, the type of faces that
I do is facing forward. So here's a perfect
illustration. It's a drawing, so this
makes it easier for me, and immediately I see the. Do you see that? So
this is a nice long. Another thing I'm
looking for is, how do I do the top? How do I make bangs or curls. This is a great idea. It swoops up, it swoops down, and it meets the other side
of the U. Do you see that? Now, you come up and whatever
this space is for you, come out and make your
curve down to the neck. See the neck here, right the two lines down and the
curve out for the shoulders. And on the other
side, draw swoopy, swoopy and it comes down, meets behind the neck line. That's just one example
that I might use when I am creating an illustration.
Here's another one. Generally, I don't use ears. So immediately I see the
Look for that U shape, neck, two lines two
lines out for shoulders, two lines down for the arms. Look at the neck
line that they drew. It's not directly in
front of the neck lines, but it came out a little bit. Now, after my I'm
looking for the bangs, the beginning of the hairline. This one has a swoop
more towards the left, and it meets the top of the U. Then you come up and you can draw straight straight
straight hair. And it's so so simple. And look, the closed eyes, two crescents here about
the middle of the face. And there's a simple
illustration oh, look at this one
of Jane Goodall. Way more detailed, but
immediately you see the U shape. There's more definition of the chin straight
down for the neck, out for the shoulders. But what is the hairline doing? Very high forehead. So you could draw
that line very high, step out a bit and
draw the above. This one I like the look of
a pony tail to one side. Just things that
I'm looking for, when I'm ready to
draw. Let's see. What else can we find here? Really, a lot of cool choices. I like magazines. I like following
the illustrations you might find in a magazine. Photographs. You can use
them for inspiration. But I find as a beginner, I'm really looking for the face. I'm looking for an illustration of the face. Here's a good one. And if you click your screen and two finger drag
closer, look at this. Look at her. She's facing
a little bit sideways. And then her hairline and
then how to add a hat. I love following these
curves for the hat. It's always just above that
hairline, generally, right? This little girl over here, the hat is tipped down. Here's her. There's
the two lines for her neck, her shoulders. Wow. I love these. These are so adorable. Maybe you want to add
a bow under the chin. Very cute, very cute. So I hope this was helpful in
looking for illustrations. This is how I do
it to get started.
6. Doodling from Reference: Taking this first face
with that nice wide U. I'm just going to
go ahead and add our neck line and a
bit of shoulders. Remember, we looked
at that curvy, curly hairline with that swoopy style
of the forehead. Then we're going to come up and just put in some rounded waves. We'll add in maybe we'll
do some happy eyes. But that was it. That was how
I used that as a reference. Is it an exact copy?
Absolutely not. For someone who's learning how
to draw and how to doodle, this is a great way to start taking an inspiration
from an online image. This next face,
it was a bit of a shorter because they had
their ears in there. But her bang line went very low It just meets that
top of the U and up here. Well, let's do her neck. Because she had that
straight straight hair. That straight straight hair. Now, obviously, this
is nothing like the original except where
the hair was parted, the straightness of her hair, remember, her neck line
was wide on the shoulders. So let's do one more. This last one, we're going to
try the Jane Goodall look. I'm going to start with a very long and more narrow,
more defined chin. But she also had probably a whiter neck compared to
the chin and her hairline, it was really tall, wasn't it? Because she wore her hair back. Let's go ahead. I'm going to add in that ponytail she had. Then around her head was that high hair that you can add the details of which direction
her hair was going, correct? Do you see that? Now, we are practicing doodling. I am not about making the most
realistic face that I can. That's why I'm
trying to stay away from the details of the eyes, a detail of the mouth. We're not looking
for that right now. We are practicing how to doodle a face shape and getting our inspiration
on images online.
7. Fill the Sketchbook: Now, this next set of faces, you're going to try to make as many as you can on one page. This is one tip that
really helped me. I decided what my shape
was going to be first. And I'm practicing drawing
it over and over again. Do I want a short neck, a wide neck, a very
long model neck. All of these are different
choices that you can make, but it was basically the same
U shape, in your shoulders. I've got different types
of shoulders going on. See how the different
rounding is going on. Now for hair, you could go back to the
straight look, a straight bang. Let's practice some
of these things. One thing that I
thought was really fun is I really
like a swoopy bang. I would draw that
to the outside of the U and then your hair line starting about where
that part would be. This is one of the
most simple ways is to just end it right there
at the shoulder line. Then decide what kind of eyes. I think maybe all
of these will be the closed eye look
let's just keep going. Maybe I want to add an earring. We're adding some accessories, changing this look up a bit. Maybe her bangs are low, and we could make her
part towards the center. Again, let's maybe just
do the closed eye. Look. I've been adding a little flare, a flick for lashes, and I think adding a neckline always makes
the biggest difference. I think that is such a great
way to finish off a face. How about sunglasses? Just slightly on the outside of the face Don't be afraid
of making ugly art. We are practicing,
we're just doodling. We're working towards 100 faces. Let's see. Maybe she's got
bangs that look like that. Maybe a bob. A little flare
out onto the side there, how about just another
scoop neck right there. What do you think?
We'll try this. We'll do a swoopy
swoopy bang here. But I'm going to just
about where my use starts, come out just a little bit
and make a band that touches her part right there and
maybe a longer ball. That's just one of
the most simple hair styles you can make. How about we'll
even embellish it with a flower perhaps and then we'll just add
the crown of the hat. Do you see that? Simple. Love this. So many simple ways. Let's try the second line. We did very short wide oval. What if we had a
longer oval, narrow, something more
narrow and just say, we're going to keep going. We're just going
to keep imagining, keep finding how many
ideas we can come up with. Let's try choppy hair. This has been something
I've been working on. I almost feel like they're
leaf shapes. Do you see that? These ovish shapes, they can come out and
be pointy and choppy. Maybe one more up
here that's not as long and just keep going. What if we have
long choppy pieces? I'm just experimenting. We're imagining different
hairstyles for fun. Let's see. I don't know. Maybe something even out here. Something to the back. Now, one thing I want you
to think about too is, what are you going
to do with these? Are they going to be colored? Are you going to cut
them out at all? These are things
you might want to consider while you're drawing, but that's really fun. That's a fun, fun look. That's really fun. All right, what can we do over here?
8. Fill the Sketchbook Part 2: In fact, let's try the Jane
Goodall look on this one. Her fun ponytail was out here. She had a very high forehead and her hair came up
and lots of sweeps. So you knew her hair
was pulled back. And we'll give her a
happy look as well. From our practice
sketch to this sketch, do you see how we're
not even replicating. You would never known that was Jane Goodall from this doodle. But it was an
inspiration that we grabbed off the Internet. I think she had a
tailored shirt on in that one scene, one image. I've just made a tank top
with these two little lines. Isn't that how simple of
accessories are we adding? Maybe this look but
only was short hair. I had drawn a curve and a curve. Remember, I worked
towards that top of the U and that one
got away from me. I don't know. What do you think? Maybe more earrings
and new happy face, a different swerve
of our neckline. Let's try one more.
Maybe another hat or maybe headband of sorts. Let's try that. I'm going to do strap things, but she's going to have a
headband that's coming across. I did 0.1 end. I don't know. I was just trying something
new. I don't know. Does that look like
a 80s hair band going on here? I don't know. That's fun. Maybe some
big hoop earrings. Let's make her happy. I don't know, maybe she's
got a tube top going on. I'm not sure. And maybe
she's got beads on. Now we're really getting into
some fun wild looks here. You said that was our head band, so we could decorate it. I don't know you feeling
rackish yet? I don't know. Maybe that didn't
turn out right, but we definitely tried
something new, didn't we? Take this last row and go
ahead and make something else. Maybe you want a
more square jaw. Maybe you want a very short jaw. Go ahead and let's
fill these in. Pause this video and go to town. I can't wait to see what
you're going to make.
9. Wrap Up: I am so glad you
joined me today, and I hope this class was
an inspiration to you. Maybe you have your own 100 face challenge that
you would like to do. Fill that sketchbook. And if you do, I would love
to see a sample of your work, please share that project in
the project section with me. I would love to see your
progress on doodling faces, and I'm going to continue
this series and coloring them and dressing them and
using them in different ways. So stay tuned for more of that. And in this world of
AI generated stuff, isn't it great to actually
have something handmade? You know, human made
is so important, and I really believe
making matters. I want you to be sharing
your gifts with others. And I thank you again
for joining me today. Show me your work Whether. You're on Instagram. You could tag me.
I would love to see those things
and share it here, especially because whatever you make actually inspires
others as well. Would you review this class? It means so much to me. If you would take a minute and review what you
liked best about this class and maybe
something that I could do to improve my
next one for you. I read all of them, and I appreciate
you all so much. Thanks for hanging with me. Have a great day.
Tammy Prara, Making Matters
