Why Your Side-View Portraits Always Look Off (and How to Fix It)

Описание: Missed the earlier lessons? Start here:
🔗 Chapter 1 – Drawing the Loomis Sphere:    • Discover The SECRET to Drawing Perfect Hea...  
🔗 Chapter 2 – Tilting the Head in 3D Space:    • You Won't Believe How Simple Drawing Spher...  
🔗 Chapter 3 – Building a 3/4 View Loomis Head:    • The ABSOLUTE BEST Way to Draw a Realistic ...  
🔗 Chapter 4 – Front + Side Views Made Simple:   • Don't Draw LOOMIS Heads from FRONT and SID...  
🔗 Chapter 5 - Drawing Skull:    • What I Learned from Drawing 100 Skulls wit...  
🔗 Chapter 6 – Planes of Head:    • How to Add Structure to Heads with the '3 ...  
🔗 Chapter 7 – Measurement trick- Front view:    • Stop Guessing! The ONE Portrait Drawing Me...  

🎨 Full Playlist:    • Loomis Head Complete Course  


Portrait Drawing (Part 8) — Side-Angle Proportions & Facial Clues

Welcome back, detectives of art! In Part 8 of this portrait drawing series, we’re solving one of the most misunderstood mysteries in portraiture: side-angle proportions — and how to place features accurately when drawing a head from the side.

In the last video, we cracked the case of misplaced features with clever measurement tricks and three essential clues. If you missed it, catch Part 7 here 👇
👉    • Stop Guessing! The ONE Portrait Drawing Me...  

In this video, we go deeper. You’ll learn:

✔️ The ear line — your first fixed landmark.
✔️ How to break the head into proportional units so eyes, nose, and features land in the right places.
✔️ Why geometry isn’t just theory — it’s your best friend in portrait drawing.
✔️ A simple, logical workflow for turning confusing shapes into accurate structure.

Whether you’re a beginner still wrestling with angle relationships — or an intermediate artist refining your eye — this lesson will make side profiles dramatically easier and less scary.

📌 Chapters
0:00 Intro — What we’re solving today
0:36 Clue 1 – The Ear Line
1:21 Clue 2 – Eyes & Nose Proportions
2:30 Clue 3 – Mouth & Chin Structure