Drawing the Head – Drawing Head Proportions

Many people make mistakes when drawing faces because they don’t fully understand facial proportions.  Proportion refers to the relationship in size and placement between one object and another. 

There are many formulas that one can adapt to draw the facial features in the correct location. There’s a simple approach – one that I first learned and is great for beginners. Then there is the more complex approach using illustrator, Andrew Loomis’ guidelines.