12-11
Drawing faces
CHILD
You can practice drawing heads by
first putting a circle for the skull. Then
add the line of the jaw.
skull Notice that in both drawings shown
here, the nose lies on the circle. And
eye
to
the distance from eyes to nose is
about equal to that from the nose to
nose the chin. So the lower you put the
face
nose
to
line of the eyes, the smaller the jaw
should be—and the younger the child
chin you draw will look.
The child has a smaller face and jaw.
In the adult, the face is relatively big.
Note: The skull of a child is big
compared to the face and body
because a baby’s brain normally
grows very fast in the first months
and years of life. This is why
good nutrition in early life is so
important for the development of a
child’s mind.
ADULT
skull
face
Face features: Try to make them like those of people in your area. Pay special
attention to the shapes of the forehead, nose, and lips.
Face expressions: To change expressions, change the shapes of the eyebrows and
mouth.