Use whichever method feels right for you. This method is a good helpful way to draw a face and understand its proportions.

There’s a bit of a learning curve when drawing faces and figures, but with regular practice, it will get easier and more fun. Soon, it will feel natural and you won’t have to think about the measurements or "maths" at all.

 

I've been practicing the Loomis method for sketching faces, which I highly recommend because it lets you draw a proportionally correct head at any angle.

 

I've been practicing the Loomis method for sketching faces, which I highly recommend because it lets you draw a proportionally correct head at any angle.

Thanks, Rizen. I will check it out, tomorrow

Today I tried a couple more face proportion tutorials. The one I liked the best today was

but the chin looks wrong.

 

I came up with my own method because my eyes never came out right with the other methods. The five eyes or five and a half eyes wide thing always had everything weird. I call it the Top Gun method because I developed it by drawing over Tom Cruises face. It starts with a perfect square that gets divided and added to. After doing it a few times it’s easy to just free hand it now.

 

I came up with my own method because my eyes never came out right with the other methods. The five eyes or five and a half eyes wide thing always had everything weird.

Hi Jonnyray, thanks for sharing your method. The square principle is interesting. I have not come across the five eyes method. That does seem weird

I have been playing with the Loomis method over the last couple of days and I'm gradually beginning to crack it. It looks similar to yours with the square but like you I think I will gradually adapt and see what comes most naturally to me.

For anyone who is interested this guy explains Loomis

I have made a few attempts over the last couple of days. Let's just say: they can only get better