[PuterPaul]

Ok heres the subject



And heres what i've got so far



My question is how do you draw the hair, whenever I try it looks really really crap, someone please help, also anyone else want to have a go at drawing Ms Brook, i'd be interested in seeing what you come up with??

[dogfood]

This may be a pretty tough subject to tackle so early. It is, at least, a very pretty subject. I would love to find more like this.

One of the most important things in any drawing is identifying correct proportions; discovering where things lie in proprtion to other things. It's also important to know what it looks like, not what you think it looks like. Things with volume, that occupy space, often look different from different angles. What you know it to look like straight on can often be wrong when seen just a few degrees off. Since this is a 2D image that you're making into another 2D image, you can just use your eyes (most important artist tools) and judge distances between things. Below I've added a few lines to aid you. When first learning, you might want to think about occasionally putting a grid over your subject on the computer to make sure you're getting the proportions correct (don't leave it on; flex your relational muscles by judging distances without aid). This is absolutely critical. You really shouldn't render until you are satisfied with the structure.

You can see that there is an eye width between the eyes and to the hair line, but the far eye is foreshortened, so is only half an eye width. The drop lines from the eye show how they relate to the nose, mouth and chin; the horizontal one relates the ear, nose and cheek. The green lines are of equal length and indicate just how long the jaw line is in relation to the height of the face.



My suggestion would be to get the Loomis book on-line "Fun with Pencils". Go through it and really get down what the face and its features look like in all angles. He also does a really nice job of dealing with hair.