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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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