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In this tutorial I’ll show you how to sketch a face at an angle in 7 steps focusing on looking up and looking down with ink pen and watercolor.

Please download the high resolution reference below as well as the the proportion template so you can easily sketch along with this tutorial (Use the files attached at the very bottom as they are higher quality).

If you have any problems please email me at sketchingscottie@gmail.com and share your sketches with the community on the Patreon ‘app’!

MATERIALS: Uni-ball Vision (Ultra Micro 0.5mm) / Princeton Heritage 4050 Round 6 & 8 / Posca Fine Marker White / Baohong Watercolor Paper 300gsm 100% Cotton 10.2”x7” / Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor 16 set (Colors Used: Purple Lake / Yellow Ochre / Cadmium Yellow Hue/Permanent Rose/Dioxazine Purple/Ultramarine/Viridian Hue/Burnt Sienna/Burnt Umber/Paynes Gray)

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PATREON: How to Sketch a Face at ANY Angle in 7 STEPS!

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to sketch a face at an angle in 7 steps focusing on looking up and looking down with ink pen and watercolor. Please download the high resolution reference below as well as the the proportion template so you can easily sketch along with this tutorial. For beginners I recommend printing the template and sketching on top with a thin piece of paper for practice before using watercolor. If you have any problems please email me at sketchignscottie@gmail.com and share your sketches with the community on the Patreon ‘app’! MATERIALS: Uni-ball Vision (Ultra Micro 0.5mm) / Princeton Heritage 4050 Round 6 & 8 / Posca Fine Marker White / Baohong Watercolor Paper 300gsm 100% Cotton 10.2”x7” / Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor 16 set (Colors Used: Purple Lake / Yellow Ochre / Cadmium Yellow Hue/Permanent Rose/Dioxazine Purple/Ultramarine/Viridian Hue/Burnt Sienna/Burnt Umber/Paynes Gray)

Comments

H. E.

Wow, so interesting once again. Thanks so much for showing the brush, water , tissue paper and color palette, that really helps.

Lorna Graham

Really enjoyed this one Scottie. I find the technique drawings for each facial angle really useful. Look forward to the next one ☺️

Mary L Doty

This was really helpful for faces and angled faces. For some reason I seem to have trouble with the end of the nose regardless of the position of the head. I think you have a separate nose tutorial and plan to work on that specifically. I have been trying to catch up on tutorials in general. I do find the loomis method you use the most helpful and easiest to remember. I really enjoy your teaching style. Thank you!

Dan Misson

Loved this tutorial. Still not great at the watercolour wash but loving the learnu❤️😃

Petra

Hi Scottie,

Petra

I did the tutorial with the faces at an angle.I have a question about this. The three-part division of the faces remains... only the distance changes depending on the position of the head. Okay , but the width of the head always remains the same, no matter where the people look ???