How do you learn to draw human faces?

Answer 1

Drawing a face isn’t as hard as it looks. To draw a realistic human face, it takes mapping out the face correctly before you fill in the finer detail. If you would like to get the most out of this article, I recommend sitting down with a pad and paper and drawing each step as you read it.

To begin, start with an egg shaped oval. Draw a line down the center of this egg. This line will give you a midpoint for measuring eye separation, nose width, etc.

Next, separate the egg shape into 3 equal portions (horizontal lines) with 2 lines. The top of the egg will be be the top of the hairline and the bottom of that segment will be the eyebrows. The second segment goes from the eyebrows to the bottom of the nose. The third segment goes from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the chin.

Two of these segments turned sideways will give you the measurement sideways from cheek to cheek.

The measurement of one eye should be equal to the distance between the two eyes. The corner of each eye should line up with the wings of the nose.

If you divide the third segment (under the nose) in half, with a horizontal line, you have the line for the bottom of the bottom lip. The corners of the mouth should line up with the middle of the pupil of the eye.

The ears should be visible from a front view as they do not sit flat on the side of your head. These points can be found by finding the middle segment from the eyebrow to the bottom of the nose. The ears should only stick out about as far as from the center line of the head to the wing of the nose.

The hair can be drawn by drawing the hair from the edge of the ear up. The top of the hair is ¾ of one of the segment lengths up from the hair line..

Answer 2

Practice practice practice. I once picked up a pencil and started to draw faces from magazine pictures. I was good at it. It takes a lot of patience and a lot of practice though. And if you're a perfectionist, be prepared to be disappointed if the nose or eyes don't look right. I always had a hard time drawing mouths, but that's what erasers are for. =)

Good luck. There's a link below to the stuff I drew. I did all that when I was 13 or 14. (almost 26 now)

Answer 3

Take a mirror. Draw yourself : it will not be good. Try again until it is good. Then you can start with other people's faces.
(This is the advice I got from my teacher, and it worked quite well. But try, and try again, until you succeed drawing or painting yourself)
Another method is to ask yourself : what is it that makes this face unique ? Start with the shape of the head, then the eyes etc. Resemblance is often a question of minor details, like the expression in the eyes.

Answer 4

Start with a picture of the person's face. Use the picture to draw the shape of the person's head. Next, add the eyebrows and then the eyes. Finish the rest of the facial features and your end product will be a drawing of the person's face in the picture. If you want to draw a face that is no one in particular, picture a face in your mind and do the steps I described.

Answer 5

Just see few picture keep them in front of u just try to copy it and u will well know how to draw.
Its a very easy job.
start by making a circle and then transform it according to the picture u saw, and ur drawing will be very well.

Answer 6

buy a book or just practice or get a trainer

Answer 7

it is something that should come naturally if not then find someone who can and ask them to teach you>