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The Ultimate Face & Head Drawing Course - for beginners (Udemy.com)

Drawing the human face made simple!

Created by: Jaysen Batchelor

Last updated March 2022

Our take

Based on the ratings of 1,923 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in March 2022. No course pays to be reviewed.

Jaysen Batchelor's course teaches the head from the ground up with nothing more than paper, a pencil and an eraser. It runs 8.9 hours over 43 lectures. The early sections cover fundamentals, the Loomis method, proportions, planes and the skull. The features section is the biggest chunk, at nearly four hours. It is aimed at true beginners who want a repeatable method for building a head rather than copying a photo line by line.

Reviewers keep coming back to the clear, step-by-step teaching. Several say they had always struggled with heads and saw real progress by the end. One student says the tilts and angles of the Loomis head were hard to find explained anywhere else. Another singles out the eyes and hair. The complaints are consistent too. The final lecture duplicates an earlier one, so the expected expressions lesson and a full-face assembly never arrive. Questions in the Q&A go unanswered, and there are no downloadable references.

The course was last updated in March 2022, and drawing fundamentals age slowly, so that matters less here than it would for software. About nine in ten ratings are four or five stars. For a beginner who wants solid structure and feature drawing, it is a good place to start. Anyone chasing expressions, shading a finished portrait or instructor feedback will need to look elsewhere.

Best forBeginners who want the Loomis head method and a clear feature-by-feature routine for eyes, nose, mouth and ears.
Skip it ifYou want facial expressions or a final full-portrait lesson, since the closing lecture repeats an earlier one.

Pros

  • Loomis head method taught across 7 lectures, including tilts and angles
  • Eyes, nose, mouth, ears and hair are each broken down step by step
  • Needs only paper, pencil, sharpener and eraser, so nothing to buy
  • Students report visible progress from first drawing to last

Cons

  • Final lecture repeats an earlier one, so no expressions lesson
  • Never shows how to assemble a complete face from the parts
  • Q&A goes unanswered and there are no downloadable reference sheets
I've always struggled with the human head, but the way the tutor broke each feature down and explained it has really helped me improve my skill and confidence.
Victoria Friedman, a student

Genuinely beginner friendly: only paper, pencil and an eraser are needed, and no drawing experience is assumed.

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What you will learn

  • Draw human faces out of your head
  • Draw realistic light and shadow
  • Understand the fundamentals of drawing the human head
  • Draw the human skull
  • Draw expressions

Course content

9 sections · 43 lectures · 8.9 hours of video 1 quiz, 2 articles

  1. 1Introduction 3 free previews6 lectures · 1 quiz · 12 min
  2. 2Learn how to draw a realistic face 2 free previews2 lectures · 31 min
  3. 3Learning the fundamentals of drawing face & heads 1 free preview3 lectures · 35 min
  4. 4Drawing the head with The Loomis Method 2 free previews7 lectures · 1.3 hours
  5. 5Proportions of the head and face 1 free preview2 lectures · 26 min
  6. 6Drawing the form of the face and head 2 free previews5 lectures · 1.2 hours
  7. 7Learn how to draw the skull 1 free preview3 lectures · 47 min
  8. 8Drawing the features of the human face 3 free previews14 lectures · 3.9 hours
  9. 9Course Conclusion1 lecture · 3 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Students wanting to learn how to draw faces and heads
  • Students willing to put in a few hours to learn how to draw
  • Students willing to take action and start drawing today
  • Students wanting to add another skill to their tool belt

What you need before you start

  • Paper
  • Pencil
  • Pencil Sharpener
  • Eraser

How it compares

Against the other 194 rated Udemy courses in Drawing on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 67% of them
  • Reviews1,923#35 of 195 by number of reviews
  • Length8.9 hourslonger than 75% of them
  • Last updatedMarch 2022more recently than 54% of them

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Course Description

Join over 260,000 learning student and start gaining the drawing skills you've always wanted.

The Ultimate Face & Head Drawing Course will show you how to create advanced art that will stand up as professional work. This course will enhance or give you skills in the world of drawing faces - or your money back!

The course is your track to obtaining drawing skills like you always knew you should have! Whether for your own projects or to draw for other people.

This course will take you from having little knowledge in drawing the human face and head to creating advanced art and having a deep understanding of human face drawing fundamentals.

So what else is in it for you?

You’ll create over 30 different projects in this course that will take you from beginner to expert!

You’ll gain instant access to all 8 sections of the course.

The course is setup to quickly take you through step by step, the process of drawing the human face and head. It will equip you with the knowledge to draw people right out of your head without reference!

Don’t believe me? I offer you a full money back guarantee within the first 30 days of purchasing the course.

Here’s what you get with the course:

You’ll get access to the 8 sections of the course that will teach you the fundamentals of drawing from the ground up. The course is supported with over 6 hours of clear content that I walk you through each step of the way.

All at your fingers tips instantly.

  • The course starts with the basics. You will get an in depth understanding of the fundamentals of drawing the face and head.

  • Next you’ll learn how to draw the Loomis head. The Loomis head allows you to draw the head from any angle in any pose out of your head.

  • Once you've learned how to draw the Loomis head you will learn how to break the face and head down into simple forms.

  • Next you'll learn how to add highlights and shadows to the face and head. Highlights and shadows will add realism and dimension to your drawings.

  • At this point you’ll be ready to start drawing the human skull. Understanding the human skill is very important to drawing the human face as it plays a very big part in its form and structure.

  • Next you’re going to learn how to draw the facial features. We will first cover the contouring lines of the facial features then learn how to add highlights and shadows to them.

  • Lastly you'll learn how to draw hair forms and texture.

Over the 8 chapters you will learn:

  • How to draw a face

  • Fundamentals of face and head form

  • How to draw the Andrew Loomis head

  • Drawing the planes head

  • Converting geometric forms into organic facial features

  • Drawing the head in any pose form any angle

  • Proportions of the human face

  • Drawing the skull 

  • Drawing the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears

What else will you get?

- Personal contact with me, the course tutor

- Lifetime access to course materials

- Understanding of how professional human drawings are created

- Quizzes and exercise work sheets

This all comes under one convenient easy to use platform. Plus you will get fast, friendly, responsive support on the Udemy Q&A section of the course or direct message.

I will be here for you every step of the way!

So what are you waiting for? Sign up now and change your art world today!


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Instructor Details

Jaysen Batchelor

At the age of 17 I began a 6th month internship with an animation studio out of Utah. After my internship was up, I was hired on to build backgrounds and to design props and characters for animation projects. I then began to do my own freelance work on the side through networking and using online freelancing sites. Now I work as a freelance Illustrator and designer working on my own time from where ever I want.

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Reviews

4.7

1,923 ratings on Udemy

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By Lisa Parent on 4/12/2026

Originally, I purchased this course to draw my sister-in-law that passed away. I was gonna give this as a gift to her children. I learned a whole lot in this course. My first picture and my last picture is vastly different. I am surprised at how much I have improved. My favorite is the human eye. Probably like most. I also had a hard time with hair until I took this course. This instructor made doing the hair so easy and so simple. Although I’m not perfect enough to do live pictures. I am printing off pictures from a Free photo website. And will continue to draw these until I am proficient enough to do my own relative.

By Rohit Mohan on 3/28/2023

The instructor was amazing to explain the loomis head method which i was not able to find anywhere covering all the major tilts and angles i have progressed a lot after this course. Have been drawing various heads portraits and cartoons different angles. Since my main concern was the Loomis head i got to learn that, other than that his teachings of the plains of the head, skull, and the features of the face were also very intuitive and very easy to follow. I would like to thank Jayseon Bachelor for making this course very intuitive, and easy to follow along, I would say this course is literally for beginners. He has kept the beginner's mindset in his mind and designed this course. Thank you

By Riccardo Di Meo on 8/12/2021

Great introduction to face and head drawing. Jaysen has his own style which may or may not suit you, but he's a great teacher with a very practical and down to earth approach to teaching many people would love. If you are put off by academical courses and want to get "right into it" this may be a great course for you, but even if you are just interested in learning a bit about the anatomy of the head and pick up some tricks to draw facial features, it's also a neat experience. A single word of advice: I came here because I wanted to learn how to do portraits, but I found that this course - while useful - seems more aimed at illustration and character drawing (I'm still very happy though).

By Zalmen Strulovic on 12/27/2020

very thorough and easy to follow step-by-step instructions

By Travis J Barriga on 12/27/2020

Great course, really broke down the subject matter in a way I could easily understand. I already own the andrew loomis head and hands book but was not ready to comprehend it. I now feel confident to dive back into the book, thank you so much.

By Issra Najm on 12/20/2020

It simplifies drawing in a great way.

By Lorelei Stuart on 12/13/2020

I am very happy with the progress I am making and I already feel much more confident drawing faces

By Clarence Lamorena on 12/13/2020

I like it. Kinda sucks that I have to draw a face before I know how to draw a face but I feel like Im learning a lot and Im sure itll pay off later.

By Rajesh Dalvi on 12/6/2020

great

By Eric Asato on 12/6/2020

Great, straight-forward instruction: clear and not complicated

By Gayatri Jai Kumar on 11/27/2020

it was a great course!

By Kevin Morris on 11/27/2020

I only picked Good because I just started the course. But I love you as an instructor. I already took one of your courses and I learned a lot and I have improved immensely in just a short time. Today I bought some new courses but didn't really pay attention to who the instructors were but as soon as I heard that voice when I started this course, I knew I had made an excellent choice. Looking forward to the rest of the course!

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Overall Score : 94 / 100