High cheekbones head rotation reference
The high-cheekbones head is widest across the cheekbones, with the face narrowing below them toward a rounded chin. Mark the cheekbone as a point on the side of the face before placing the eye above it. As the head turns, that point stays on the outer contour longer than the jaw does. The broad nose base and full mouth sit inside the narrower lower face.
Pencil studies through the turn
Turn this head yourself, one angle at a time: head turnaround reference.
Front, three-quarter and profile in tone
Guides that draw this head
- Drawing different face shapes from one construction
- How to draw the head from the front
- How to draw the head in near profile
- How to draw the head in profile
- How to draw the head in slight three-quarter view
- How to draw the nose from different angles
- How to draw a jawline: front, three-quarter and profile
- How to draw cheekbones: front, three-quarter and profile
- Face width proportions: the eyes, nose and mouth measured on ten heads
- How to draw a forehead: the slope, the brow step and where it turns
- How to draw nasolabial folds: where the smile lines start and stop
- How to draw a nose from the front: length, wings and bridge
- How to draw a nose from the side: bridge, tip and wing
- How to draw a nose in three-quarter view: where it meets the cheek
- How to draw different nose shapes
- How to draw nostrils: size, spacing and shape
- How to hatch a face: which way the strokes run
The head guides in order use the same construction for every head.
Keep drawing
The high cheekbones head at all sixteen angles, full size, with its turnaround loops and a practice sheet, is in study pack 09 and in head rotation volume 2.