what helped me with noses is trying to get in the blocky forms of the nose without smoothing the planes as a way to help see how far the nose comes out and how the planes look so I can easily identify how to shade it. also, use references if you have to if you aren't already doing that it makes it a lot easier to understand it at different angles. You could also try to do the nose just by itself so you don't have to worry about placing it on a face and you focus purely on trying to get the nose right at different angles. hope this helps.
I tried doing what you said and it truly became a lot easier to shadow , and I am avoiding using references for now (I'm trying to draw focused in the parts I just learned [like - 'what happens if I make this part bigger? ' or 'Does it still look real if I invert the proportions?' ] )
And as you said I tried to draw only the nose for now
glad to hear that it helped but if you are not using ref when drawing at least when you end the practice session or after you finish a couple of noses check to t see if they look believable in that angle you drew them to make sure they look correct and you aren't in a positive feedback loop of making the same mistake using reference
You're doing well! Learning how to draw a head, especially a realistic or semi realistic head, is definitely one of the most challenging things to learn in the beginning.
Here are some things I see that could use work:
Think of everything as 3D when drawing.
I think you're doing that to some extent with most of the drawing, but the eyes definitely just look 2D. When drawing the eyes, really try to think about how the skin is wrapping around it.Both of her eyes are about the same size.
In reality yes they are probably the same size, but from this angle, the visible part of her eye will be slightly different in size.- Overall proportional issues.
If we're going off the reference, I can see some issues with the general placement of some of the facial features like the mouth and left eye. And her jaw as well might be a bit too wide. I recommend going back to Marc's anatomy video about the head until you're confident enough to move on to the next step.
I hope this could be of help! I am not too great with criticism so please take what I say with a grain of salt. If other forum members see issues with what I've said, please correct me! I wish you luck with the rest of your art journey. You're making good steady progress.
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