Stuck on what to do to improve

[u/Substantial_Ad4942]

My biggest struggle when it comes to art is drawing heads correctly, I’ve tried everything, I learnt the skull and the planes of the face, I bought Marco Bucci’s course on how to draw and paint the head and watched it like 3 times, I’ve copied Loomis, Bridgman, Michael Hampton and artists all over Pinterest, I did the 100 heads challenge and I just don’t know if there’s something wrong that I’m doing

The sketchbook that I use is specifically for head drawings and studies and I plan to fill it up so I guess my question is other than constant practice is there anything else I can do to improve? Because I understand the skull and the planes of the face but I guess my hand still needs times to catch up

These are my drawings with the reference so you guys can compare, I think I also have proportion issues and for that I am doing gesture drawings

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[u/KickAIIntoTheSun]

You are not placing the eyes correctly or aligning the eyes with each other.

[u/jim789789 → u/KickAIIntoTheSun]

Yeah, everything is just slightly off. It kindof sucks when this happens...mine have the same issue often. OP, look fore more things to measure, like the corners of the eyes, nose, edge of the face, cheeks, hair, etc. You will see yours have slightly different angles and distances than the rdfs.

[u/kizelgius]

When in doubt, go back to perspective. Put some vanishing points down and use a big ruler to draw a box. If your sketchbook is small, use the table. I stick tape to my table to draw vanishing points. Then subdivide the box in perspective to create a grid. Use that grid to place the features, for example, eyes should be on the same height, nose and mouth should be centered.

What you're doing right now is just copying from a 2d image, which is also good. You can build an image library in your head that way. But if you want to draw from imagination, perspective is the key.

If you struggled with perspective and didn't know how to divide a box in perspective, I suggest the book: Craig Attebery - The Complete Guide to Perspective Drawing_ From One-Point to Six-Point