Facial Grid Drawing Supplies

Series Summary

Drawing and sketching refers to two-dimensional pieces of art made by marking on a surface with a variety of mediums. Drawing tools can include graphite pencils, pen and ink, colored pencils, charcoals and chalk and pastels. It is the most foundational skill an artist possesses. The practice of drawing and sketching as an art form became widely popular in fifteenth century Europe when paper became generally available. The famous journal of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci contains hundreds of sketches, brainstorms and observations that inspire draftsmen today. Almost every form of imaginable art involves some level of drawing or sketching. Drawing the human face with realistic proportion can be difficult to master. In this free instructional drawing video series, an art teacher demonstrates how to draw a human face using a grid technique. Understanding proportion and placement is the first step in rendering a lifelike human resemblance. Learn how to create a curved grid to help determine facial feature placement and discover small details about facial anatomy that are accurate for every face. With this guide anyone can draw the human face with confidence.

Video Transcript

"Right now I would like to show you how to draw a three quarter view of a face from a grid system. Now a three quarter view you are probably asking what is that? Well this is a front view and this is a profile view so a three quarter view is somewhere in between at maybe 45 degrees. So normally I use a .5 millimeter pencil which is the thinnest pencil available and I want to make the lightest line possible because I may need to erase and use a white plastic eraser and an 8X10 or 9X12 sheet of paper. You want to start with an upside down egg and that means that the most blunt end is going to be at the top and I am using a sharpie because it is better for demonstration purposes. So I am going to draw an egg, sort of an elongated egg."