4/30 Blog #5 For Real This Time

    Hey everyone, I hope this post finds you in a good spot. For the past week or two, I’ve been practicing the methods for outlining a human face’s basic construction. I’ve gotten to a point where I can safely say that I am confident with my ability to outline a human face from a front view and somewhat confident with my ability to do the same from a side view. Since I’m now pretty good at constructing the outlines, it’s about time to use this skill to actually draw a face. No rudimentary outline. A real drawing.

    If you’ve seen my third blog post, you should be kind of familiar with the technicalities behind outlining a human face front view. However, there was a thing or two I left out of that post since they were more difficult details I wasn’t ready for yet. I didn’t mention drawing in the hair or actually transitioning the outline into a real drawing. The hair is drawn by creating a wavy line on the inside of the circle in the middle of the paper. An arch is drawn above the circle, connecting the tops of both ears. The arch and wavy line meet around the ear and this creates an image of hair. I haven’t learned about drawing more complex hairstyles yet as that is a bit out of reach for now. However, I can draw a fairly alright generic male haircut so that’s something, I guess. As for transitioning the outline to a drawing, the process essentially consists of furiously erasing all the outline indicators and re-drawing any facial features that might’ve got caught up in the incessant erasing.

    I’ve certainly improved in drawing a human face, but there are still some things I can work on. I’ve gotten better at drawing hair (albeit very generic and detail-less hair) and ears. However, my placement of the eyes and eyebrows can still use some work. This is the big thing I’ve been challenged with and I’m still trying to exactly get the placement of those features down. Despite having improved with hair, I can still do better and try to add some variety with other hairstyles. I think the big thing I should work on in addition to improving these things is adding the very fine details such as crevices or wrinkles in the skin. I’ll give those things a shot over the next week. My drawing is attached below. Thanks for reading, have a good day, and stay safe.