Concern #2 – How to Draw the Features of the Face

You probably never heard someone say to you that you’re making life hard on yourself with the way that you’re drawing, but there is actually a lot of truth in that statement and it applies to so many people that are struggling with drawing the face. So what can you do about that?

The answer is that you can do things smarter and take the easy way by simplifying the features that you want to draw. This applies to absolutely everything involved with the face: eyes, nose, ears, hair, mouth it’s all the same — there is an easier way to draw all of these.

This way of thinking is not really unique as it applies to all aspects of life matter what you would like to do. There’s really an easy and the hard way with everything, unfortunately most of us are led to believe that the only way to become successful at anything is through a time of hard work and putting in time, but to me that doesn’t sound very smart at all and am always looking for a way to simplify everything in my life.

You can also take the easy road when it comes to learning how to draw the features of the face. Instead of punishing yourself or try to draw everything perfect, why not look at what you’re trying to draw and then ask yourself this question:

What is the very simplest way
that I can draw this part of the face?

Let me explain a little bit about what I mean without question. When I say “simplest way” I really mean what is the absolute bare minimum amount of pencil strokes that you can put on the page that will give you a representation of whatever you’re trying to draw and still have it look like that object or feature of the face.

Once you determine how to draw the feature in its most simple terms will help unlock an amazing potential in yourself. Your drawings look better because they are easier, we’ll have more confidence because you’ll know exactly what to draw because you won’t be concerned with all the fine little details, your skills will improve more quickly because you’ll enjoy drawing a lot more, you’ll become increasingly familiar with the face in a very short amount of time because you’re just focusing on the basics and this will give you a chance to train your eye to notice some of the more important elements of the face like establishing personality and drawing expressions and likeness.

You’re an artist, and I know that words can only go so far, so please take a look at the three features below and see how I have simplify each of them into the most basic parts.

Don’t feel bad if you’ve never drawn the features of the face this way. Most of the drawing books and teaching materials out there really gloss over this simple yet extremely important idea of simplifying things first to build confidence. With confidence comes enjoyment and would enjoyment comes experience and experience comes mastery — this is the way to become successful at anything.

Announcement:

As many of you already know, the course is going live on Moday at 6pm Pacific time.  If you’re on the East Coast – that’s 9PM Eastern.  The course is generating a lot of buzz lately, and my email box has been getting flooded the last few days since I realeased the sneak peak and photo of the course.  Thanks to everyone that has emailed with kind remarks!

While all the attention is great, it’s also making me a little nervous.  I’m just a one man operation, and I want to make sure that I can handle all of the orders in a timely fashion and address any problems that may arise during the sale.

It’s because of this that I’m going to limit this sale to just 300 copies of the course over the a period of 2 weeks.  Once all of the copies are sold or the 2 weeks is up I will be taking the course off the market.

There’s one other HUGE reason that I need to keep things limited, and I’ll fill you in on that in a future post.  To give you a hint – for those people who are first in line (like the people on the mailing list below) there’s going to be a chance to get some real hands on personalized training from me.

Best wishes for your Artistic Success!

Mitch