drawing face - how to draw face

[skyrimOMFG]

awesome!!!

[Birthmatic]

Can you post more with instructions?

[MrGroogly]

thanks for this :)

[FORMETOKNOWONLY]

Drawing videos like this would be more helpful and instructive if they showed the source they were working from.

[isad1012]

is this u? man ur a good i dont understand why nio ranking you would have a lot of likes and no dis likes :)

[emmazedbend]

Very inspiring.

[H3Y0o]

I've always want to question something about drawing faces; Why is it always that we have to draw the horizontal and vertical line across the face? Is it to use it as a guide or grid? Tell me more about it please..

[cattusOK]

@H3Y0o these are construction lines, they help you measure and place the elements in the right place and keep the right proportions, they are there just to help you. You don't have to use them, you can use many of them or just a few. Study the proportions of the face and you will know where they come from.

[Potterq8]

That's incredible! Very beautiful

[savagejournalist]

Wonderful - you might be doing so much more good than you realize. Bless you dude.

[psybera1987]

cool

[Hannibalscousin]

Clean technique. is this from a photo?

[cattusOK]

@Hannibalscousin No, this one is from a plaster copy.

[vampirepunk24]

@cattusOK hahah that's why it had more of a sculpted look .

[Br3akTh3W1nd]

WHOOOA, I am in art school and I gotta say.. YOU ARE AMAZING!! I am 10th grade and we draw stuff like that for like 12 hours :OO

[paulandlesson]

I watch your vids all many speeds. From slow to fast they are impressive. A work of art.

[Oshrib]

thank u very much ! great tutorial !

[virgoeyes]

do you think someone like me, who can barely draw a circle, at the end of the day draw like you (or almost)? I have always been interested in drawing but never got the courage to start but now....I'm doing it!

[cattusOK]

@virgoeyes with enough dedication you could, just don't expect quick results :)

[Serdaroth]

Your reference is sculpture of Alexander the Great right? :)

Great drawing. :)

[cattusOK]

@Serdaroth no, it's "venus de milo"

[Mpafiaris88]

@cattusOK ... a big lol to the chat above :-) good job with Aphrodite , guess she would be proud of this :P

[reiminisance]

What did you use to make the shadows?

[cattusOK]

@reiminisance everything is done with charcoal. maybe a cotton pad with charcoal on it was used to smudge the background.

[Durfyouindaface]

Wow, you are an amazing artist!

[eggface246]

Make a slower vedio please, as soon as possible, saying this because I don't know how someone is supposed to learn how to draw it when it's in speed mode, so please consider, this is vital.

[steresum1912]

@eggface246 yes yes yes yes !pleaaaaaase

[CommentatedTutorials]

@eggface246 Some important aspects are proportions, because without knowing the proportions to use the art work will not look good. This is also why it's important to have a reference picture.

[mrsupermega]

awesome!

[danslatente]

I use a 2B pencil and a kneaded eraser to draw portraits. I've been practicing for about 2 years now and I've improved by a lot, but now I've gotten to this stage where I try to use chiaroscuro and shade the face in such a way as to define shapes but my shading is ALWAYS really really rough and I can't make it smooth. The tortillon makes it look really messy. Do you know what I can do???

Any answers are greatly appreciated.

[drawfd]

this is amazing.... I love seeing the way diff ppl draw. It's interesting how this drawing starts with just basic outlines and marks of areas, and ends up looking so good!

[namora14]

I got one of those copys of statues in my artist school ^^

I draw it so many times :D

I realy love your interpretation

[mware80]

Great Video!

[RedSoxKal]

Very nice. You have good command of the pencil and your approach is amazing. I've subscribed to your videos based on this one. I wish that you would include some text that explains your approach. For example text on the proportions of the face and where to place the mouth, nose, etc. :)

[misterkwon208]

What is your pencil's soft level?

[cattusOK]

It's a charcoal pencil.

[TheNoEvilMan777]

@cattusOK I'm bad at handling charcoal pencils ... tip for a noob at charcoals? :D

[jazzmunky]

damn that's really good!!

[Buraion]

interesting :O

i always freehand my drawings, i should take classes

[mydoggylives]

Just curious... are you using a reference or did you do this from memory? I'm a beginning "artist" and I, personally, have to have something to look at to be able to draw it. I am terrible at visualization when it comes to drawing something! (Trust me... I think it would be SO much easier if I could "see" the image in my head. Then all I'd have to do would be to "see" it on the paper and BINGO! It would be like tracing an invisible picture! :-)

[cattusOK]

In this case it is done by looking at the actual head (clay copy of the sculptures head). With time you can improve the skill of visualization but I don't think that you can develop a skill when you will be able to "see" the picture and then just trace the lines.. That's why it is important to learn to structure the objects that you are drawing. Also the type of drawing that is just tracing the lines or trying to make and exact copy of photo etc. is less artistic drawing I think.

[MultiAwesome101]

wat i wouldn't give to draw like that all the time

[isreneshao]

he erased a lot of times. lol

[mydiclovesu2]

wow, he didnt erase once

[1enchantedverdha]

its really awesome!!! i love the shading!!!

[chihabgoku]

it's the Venus's portrait.waaaaaaw amazing,awesome,great,...

[varfordogjesus]

Great skills, this learns me alot about how to think about shadows and highlights. Keep up your work!!!

[firataydineyup]

wow! sculpture-like

[Ninjerina]

Nice technique. I apologize if you addressed this in the video (there are no speakers on this computer), but what kind of charcoal pencil/paper are you using?

[cattusOK]

it's a charcoal pencil and printer paper.

[comyandradis]

i like you're style, you're amazing :)