Tips!

Tips for Human Head Drawing
•    loosely gesture out drawing
•    figure out perspective
•    create structure either box or sphere to establish the basic shapes
•    build basic head shape, remember ears are in the middle of the head
•    establish center line which split the head/face in two
•    establish the basic planes of the face, front, side etc. use temple, cheekbone and     edge of chin as guides
•    establish eye line( halfway between top of head and bottom of chin.)
•    mark place where nose sits( halfway between eyeline and bottom of chin
•    mark place for mouth ( halfway between bottom of nose and chin
•    eyes are approximately the same width as the nose
•    establish ears ( ears start at the top of the brow end at the tip of the nose.)
•    remember the structure of the skull will dictate the shadow shapes of the head,     eye sockets, cheekbones, nose and muzzle around mouth(under nose over teeth     and above the chin)
•    begin to place in shadow shapes lightly to help establish positions and     placement.

•    connect shadow shapes. all shadows on one side of the head should at some     point meld together.

•    The important shadow shapes are: The eye sockets, under the nose, the cheek     bones, the upper lip shadow,the shadow under the lower lip(forming the chin)     and the shadow under the chin which forms the shape of the face.

  now start drawing features.If you have established the important shadow shapes    well enough, the head will look like the person
•    The nose acts like a sundial, whichever side the nose is shaded on the entire     face will also be shaded similarly.