Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
How to Draw the Head
A course by Tom Fox , Drawing Instructor and Storyboard Artist
About the video: How to Draw the Head
Overview
“All that remains to be done now is the head and face! Just as I did with the hands, you can break it down into something simple and not overcomplicate things. ”
In this video lesson Tom Fox addresses the topic: How to Draw the Head, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination. Learn how to translate people and places from your mind into lively scenes on a page.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll be drawing the head and the face, and just like with the hands, I'm going to keep it simple and not overcomplicate it. As usual, we start off with the full image and we zoom out a little bit and just take a look at it as a whole, not looking at the details. And we're going to be talking about the head and the face. First thing I'll do is just lower the opacity. So it allows us to draw over. I'm also going to reduce the opacity on the frame a little bit. just to give us a bit more space. And let's talk about how to do a head in the face. The first thing to remember, as ...”
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Course summary for: Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Tom Fox
A course by Tom Fox
Tom Fox is a figure drawing instructor and storyboard artist who has worked in the animation industry for more than ten years. He studied zoology at university but, frustrated by the lack of practical skills involved, decided to take up drawing alongside his studies. He spent the next five years honing his craft through short courses and online resources and has worked for Universal Studios, Aardman Animations, The BBC, and Axis Animation.
As well as working as a professional storyboard artist, Tom focuses on reducing complex subjects like perspective and anatomy into an easy-to-follow process for teaching online.
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