Facial Proportions

Step 1. Head Shape

To begin drawing a portrait you will first need to draw an egg shape. Remember that the narrow part of the egg points down as this will be the chin.


Step 2. Eye Line

Draw a horizontal and vertical line HALFWAY down your head. This will be our “eye line”


Step 3. Nose Line

Half way between the eye line and the chin, draw a second horizontal line. This is where the bottom of the nose and bottom of the ears will go


Step 4. Mouth / Lip Line

1/3 of the way down from the nose line, draw another horizontal line. This line divides the upper and lower lips


Step 5. Eye Spacing

Draw in the eyes. To ensure the eyes are the correct size, you should be able to fit 1 eye in the center between them and eyes on either side


STEP 6: DRAW NOSE

Draw in the nose. Nostrils should hit the bottom of the nose line


STEP 7: DRAW MOUTH/LIPS

Draw the lips. The mouth line divides the upper and lower lip. The lip length of the lips are the same length from pupil to pupil


STEP 8: EYEBROWS AND EARS

Draw in the eyebrows. The Eyebrows are slightly above your eyes. Then, Draw the ears making them level with the eyebrows at the top and they end at the nose line.


STEP 9: DRAW HAIR

Draw in the hair - Any hair style


STEP 10: DRAW NECK

The thickness of a neck measures the same measurement from the outer edges of both eyes