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How to Draw Heads - Step by Step - From Any Angle

Name: How to Draw Heads - Step by Step - From Any Angle
Price: 109.99 USD
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Structured head-drawing from fundamentals to freedom

Whether you're building characters for comics, animation, or illustration, drawing heads confidently transforms your entire practice. This course walks you through the architecture of the face—from foundational construction using the Andrew Loomis method to the freedom of caricature and expression. You'll master how features align and proportions work, then learn when and how to bend those rules for inventive character design.

The curriculum covers the mechanics systematically: individual facial areas (eyes, mouths, noses, hair, shapes), then combines them into full-head construction from any angle. A dedicated section on facial expressions teaches you to convey emotion and narrative through your characters. The included PDF booklet with practice activities helps you apply these techniques across different perspectives, levels, and gender presentations.

Ideal for artists starting fresh or those seeking a less rigid approach to character construction.

About this course

Drawing Heads confidently is an extremely important skillset for any Artist!

In this course, you will learn how to draw a variety of heads and faces from any angle. You will learn popular techniques such as the Andrew Loomis method. Breaking down the face into thirds. How to align features of the face and establish proportions. You will also learn how to draw individual areas of the face. We will cover eyes, mouths, noses, hair, and face shapes. These individual sections will give you more confidence when constructing the entire head of your character.

This How to Draw Heads from Any Angle Course is currently at 18.5 Hours of Content. It includes the PDF/JPEG Art Files to work along with as well.

You will also learn how to distort or caricature the head and facial features. This allows you to come up with all sorts of inventive concepts. Not being too strict with the creation of your characters proportions can also be a lot more fun. By the end of this course you will have a firm understanding of the rules when drawing the human head as well as how to bend them for your creative needs!

This course is great for students that want to learn the basic construction techniques for drawing the human head or for more advanced artists that want to use a less structured approach. These lectures cover male and female character types with a variety of hair, expressions, face shapes, and view points.

I have also included a new section on Facial Expressions. Here you will learn how to draw various expressions to your characters that allow you to tell a better story with your illustrations.

Updated on 9-13-2022 - I added new lessons covering how to draw the head turned or looking away from our view.

Updated on 4-11-2023 - I included a PDF booklet with some practice activities that will help you apply some of the major techniques to drawing heads from different angles. I will also add more to this book over time. ( attached to Section 3 )

Updated on 3-22-2024 I added a section on drawing the planes of the head. You will learn the Andrew Loomis method as well as some other techniques to consider. We will draw these at various angles to help you better understand the structure of the head.

Updated on 10-25-2025 I added a part 2 on Drawing Facial Expressions with an Evil Grin Project for you to complete and have fun with!

I hope you find this course to be extremely valuable and I am here to answer any questions as well as update lectures to make this a better learning experience for everyone. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Robert A. Marzullo

Ram Studios Comics