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People Skills | Part 1: How to Draw Faces

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  • 47 Lessons

This is the first course in the People Skills series about how to draw humans and develop your people-drawing style. You will learn to observe facial features, break them down into their basic elements, and use them to draw stylized eyes, noses, mouths, ears, and hair. We'll also discuss facial proportion rules (and how to break them!) before putting everything together to draw a complete face in our own style!

Contents

Introduction

People Skills is a series of lessons, tutorials, and assignments that will get you familiar with the basics of drawing humans and help you develop your own people-drawing style. 
Welcome to People Skills!
    Watch: Introduction
    • 3 mins
    • 125 MB
    Supplies
      Learning to Draw Faces

        Eyes

        In this section, you'll get to know the People Skills process by learning how to draw and stylize eyes, then practice by sketching a page filled with different eyes.
        About this Lesson
          Watch: How to Draw Eyes
          • 11 mins
          • 341 MB
          Minimal Depiction & Basic Elements
            Exercise: Draw an Eye
              Homework: Draw 50 Eyes
                How to Draw Eyes: Pinterest Board

                  Nose

                  In this section, you'll learn about the olfactory facial feature, the nose.  Practice by drawing many different noses in all shapes and sizes.

                  About this Lesson
                    Watch: How to Draw Noses
                    • 16 mins
                    • 283 MB
                    Minimal Depiction & Basic Elements
                      Exercise: Draw a Nose
                        Homework: Draw 30 Noses
                          How to Draw Noses: Pinterest Board

                            Mouth

                            Learn the ins and outs of lips and mouths! You'll be drawing a page full of mouths: open, closed, and more.
                            About this Lesson
                              Watch: How to Draw a Mouth
                              • 18 mins
                              • 400 MB
                              Minimal Depiction & Basic Elements
                                Exercise: Draw a Mouth
                                  Homework: Draw Many Mouths!
                                    How to Draw Mouths: Pinterest Board

                                      Ears

                                      Did you hear? We’re learning about drawing Ears! You'll practice by filling a page with as many styles of ears as you can.
                                      About this Lesson
                                        Watch: How to Draw Ears
                                        • 11 mins
                                        • 262 MB
                                        Minimal Depiction & Basic Elements
                                          Exercise: Draw an Ear
                                            Homework: Draw a Page of Ears
                                              How to Draw Ears: Pinterest Board

                                                Facial Proportions

                                                In this section, you’ll learn about proper facial proportion rules and how to break them.
                                                About this Lesson
                                                  Watch: Learn about Facial Proportions
                                                  • 10 mins
                                                  • 240 MB
                                                  Basic Guidelines for Facial Proportions
                                                    Exercise: Draw the Facial Proportions Guides
                                                      Homework: Practice your Facial Proportions
                                                        Facial Proportions: Pinterest Board

                                                          Hair

                                                          Don’t brush off this section - time to learn about drawing hair. Then practice by drawing a handful of hairstyles.
                                                          About this Lesson
                                                            Watch: How to Draw Hair
                                                            • 8 mins
                                                            • 236 MB
                                                            Basic Elements of Hair
                                                              Different Hair Textures & Styles
                                                                Exercise: Draw Different Hair Textures
                                                                  Homework: Sketch some Hairstyles
                                                                    How to Draw Hair: Pinterest Board

                                                                      Putting it Together: the Full Head

                                                                      Mix and match some different styles you’ve developed! In the final section of this People Skills course, you'll apply what you've learned by drawing a full, stylized face.

                                                                      About this Lesson
                                                                        Sketching Faces: Round One
                                                                          Sketching Faces: Round Two
                                                                            Color your Face!
                                                                              Let's See Your Face!
                                                                                Next Steps