Understanding Facial Proportions (UPDATE!) 

I just started drawing, and very soon I became "pretty good", as some of my friends saw examples; but for love of God I couldn't draw faces, portraits, (nose ,eyes ears ,lips just wasn't able to get it right); I wanted to figure out and do it without help, watching videos or asking anyone/which ended with full bucket of unsuccessful projects. I even became mad; asking my self how can I draw everything else except portraits of faces, until I finally decided to check it out and your clip came first. I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH . I did visit your web site and sent you email if you are taking any online tutorials. I'd be honored to take few and pay fair price. I AM WISHING YOU HEALTHINESS, HAPPINESS AND AS WELL TO ALL YOUR LOVED ONES. I AM WISHING THE SAME TO ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE SUBED AND TRUOUTH THE WHOLE WORLD.

2 yrs later, after you posted this video, I find it on you tube or, I should say it shows up. You are the first person I've seen doing teaching on drawing portraits that has took the time to talk about how to get facial proportions right, or very close, for an accurate drawing! Thank you! I've saved your video for future reference. I don't do much drawing since it's just a pasttime for me and a source of unwinding. Also, I don't recall any books discussing what you've covered ( I'm pretty much self taught thru art teaching books ). By the way, you happen to be a very beautiful young lady. Thank you again for the video. This old man has learned something no one else has brought up. But I did know about using pencil for measuring...just never put the full ' picture ' together.

Thank you Jessica, so humorous and educational too. Lots of fun watching this. I am learning a lot!

What a great instructor. Thank you for walking us through the basic proportions of the face. Super helpful for me as I am a beginner. Great job on being patient and taking time to create this video. I'm subscribed now!

Thank you so much. I was doing a drawing but the proportions was not nice so this video comes to me at right time.

All i want to say is THANK YOU!!! You are awesome!! best explanation ever!! In all your videos as well.

Thank you so much for posting this. My daughter was very frustrated after missing the proportions instruction in her art class. Your tutorial was perfect and exactly as I remembered it years ago when I learned portraiture. No surprise you are an Art teacher/professor! Well done.

jessy i love the way you first constructed the face and then used measurements for the features and then the way you shaped the face love it , great vedio love

Thank you so much I have been trying to understand proportions for so long

JUST WHEN I NEEDED THIS THE MOST! THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG I'M GONNA WATCH THIS NOW

You’re a great teacher. Just starting to learn to draw and your videos are a god send. Keep it up 👍

Amazing tutorial on face proportions. Thanks for sharing

Miss Hopper is a wonderful teacher! She has explained and illustrated face proportions so that it makes sense and is totally doable by a novice.

Thank you for the videos! You are my favorite art teacher on RU-vid. I really appreciate the art lessons. ❤

hi! hope you're doing okay, i just wanted to say thank you, i watched your videos on elements and principles of design and it really helped me understand it but also for my exams! tysm! i'll definitely keep up with all your videos/tutorials, you are amazing! thank you againnn!

Very helpful video. It will help me struggle less with proportions.😊

Excellent tutorial. The best I've seen on how to draw a face. Thanks, Jessica.

thank you so much. this is the only technique that’s actually made sense to me! i’ve been drawing for years but usually skip out on the “rules” of drawing a face cause it was confusing but this really helped me.

I really enjoyed this video; your portrait is beautiful just like you,I have learnt so much, thank you Sandy

You're a good teacher and your contributions matter. Thank you

This really helped a lot as a intermediate artist I have issues with placements with proportions

I love your voice,very reassuring. I also enjoy the pace you draw for students. Please though do not be so hard on yourself . Your very talented.

You are amazing ❤️❤️❤️🍀🥰Thanks a lot for your time 🙏🙏🙏

Thanks so much. This totally improved my drawing! especially since I haven't done realistic drawing in years.

I've followed your lessons for a while and did the old and the new facial proportions this afternoon; wonderful, a huge help. For such confidence as an art teacher, you should be more confident in your looks! I'll be digging in on all your lessons, hoping that practice makes progress.

Hey dear Jesica ! You are so cool girl! And thanks a lot for your videos learning how to draw! I really learning from your learning draw videos .Be happy and my best wishes for u .....

Your lessons are excellent

thankyou so much jesss this tutorial is the best and easiest one can not wait to try this technique out also love your lively nature hehe

very inportant to use refrence especially if you want your drawing to look reallistic im going to share this in my FB group , very good

Thank u soooooo much you are amazing teacher ever ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I can just.... "Eyeball it"..... 😁 Officially adore you.

you are absolutely amazing i was so confused and kept throwing my drawings away because i didn't know how to draw i'm sure next time i use your method i will be able to make perfect portraits

Very helpful ! Thank you so much. Love to learn the basics.

New sub here!! 👋🏻 love the way you explain everything!!! It makes it So much easier to understand.. Thank You! 💕

Excellent tutorial and nicely presented! 👌

Thank-you for making this video ❤❤❤it's help me a lot ❤❤❤

omg wait just today I was watching your 2014 video about this, can't believe

Thank you for nice tutorial. I like your technique. It’s really realistic.

Amazing! Inspiring! Actually possible to follow! 💖

Good job! Thanks for posting.

Absolutely awesome thank you, I subscribed 😊 great videos, explaining things and smile

It looks nice and pretty, thanks.

This was very helpful. My face is only 4 of my eye widths across. 😮 Ty for this tutorial!

This is so good!

Dang awesome video ma’am, really helped me to understand proportions.

Love your art

Yo, this is some good shit keep up the great work!

I love this video so much

I ant believe youre still making videos! Its been so long!!

Thank you. That's awesome.

Thankyou. Could you do another video on shading . I watch the one you did with one pencil that was amazing . You explained that no part of the paper should be left white. I got it thanks . I still need a bit more help with shading. Love how you explain the steps. Thankyou

So dope!!! Loved the jokes too 🔥🔥

Very to the point. Thanks

Thats a great portrait you did of yourself A true beauty! Great explanation of all the relational proportions. Now I need to memorize these. I wrote them down, at least most of them. Is it much different when using photo references? In that case should you start with an egg shape?

thank you for this!

💯🔥🔥 , thank you .

Thank u so much

Thank you!

do you happen to have courses on udemy? it would be awesome a full program

Vous êtes charmante et très belle, merci de partager vos connaissances avec nous.

Love you so much

Why do I keep getting it wrong even when trying my best to measure and lay out the guidlines? 🥲

I love your eye balling it joke lol

Wow

It was helpful. I put like, but you could make shorter duration of the video. 1st 3 minutes just talking without essential info. I saw videos twicely shorter with more explanation on facial proportions.

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What happened to the nose?

I find your pencil marks are so faint that I have to move my laptop screen back and forth so many times after all it's a TEMPLATE FOR FUTURE REFERANCE when you are going to paint a portrait PLEASE TAKE NOTE Also the eyes from one side of the face to the other and devide by five for a face on portrait.

doing for homework ;-;

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Well this was useless.

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