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5 Tips To Draw A Great Face- Beginner Friendly

Happy Spring everyone! In today's post, I will be sharing five tips to help you draw an awesome face. When I started learning how to draw some years ago, I started with faces. My husband had a drawing book for comicbook art and superheroes. One day, I picked it up and started practice drawing female faces. I did it everyday for a while. It was so exciting to see my progress and fun, too. 

I am a self-taught artist that started art in my 40's. So, if I can do it, so can you, with practice. Click HERE to see my first drawings in this 2012 blog post.

Here are two examples of faces from my latest art collection, "Sparkling Florals, Figures and Faces." They were a joy to draw and paint. Check out the whole collection and video, HERE.

"Violet" 2025
"Daisy" 2025

Ok, now on to the five tips! 

Tip #1 Look At Your Face
Notice the proportions of your face, the shadows, the highlights and other features.

Tip #2 Use Books, Magazines or Online Sources to Observe Faces
Notice angles, shapes, hairstyles, expressions and moods.
Tip #3 Trace A Face
Use some tracing paper and a reference picture. Slowly, trace the face to get a feel it.

Tip #4 Practice Features
In your sketchbook or on paper, pick one feature to practice. Like today, just draw eyes, Tomorrow, focus on noses. On Pinterest I have seen pictures of a page of eye in different shapes and feelings. This might be helpful.

Tip #5 Be Patience and Gentle With Yourself
Learning a new skill is great adventure and difficult. It has taken me years to make great portraits and I still struggle with the eyes. LOL! So I encourage you to embrace the process more than the outcome. 

Examples- Here are some before and after portraits that I have created. The first one is watercolor and the second and third ones are acrylic.
If you need more art resources, check out my arts & crafts directory, Inspired Me 411, HERE.I hope these five tips empower you to give portraits a try or help you improve your current skill. Thanks for stopping by and have a nice day.

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