Drawing Guides
Portrait not matching your reference? Check the head angle, skull, facial proportions, jaw, feature spacing and expression before adding more shading.
Learn to draw short wavy hair by building the silhouette, overlapping locks and selective texture. Five original images from Karim’s pencil portrait demonstration.
Draw realistic white beard hair with a ball stylus, graphite and selective highlights. Follow Karim’s demonstration in five original step images.
Learn to draw a three-quarter view face with the Loomis Method. Follow Karim’s real pencil drawing, with nine lesson images covering head construction, proportions, facial features and common mistakes.
Learn how to draw a face looking up with the Loomis Method. Curve your guidelines, fix the proportions of an upward head tilt, and draw the nose, lips, eyes, and headscarf step by step in pencil.
Learn how to draw a front-facing face using the Loomis Method. Follow a clear step-by-step process to construct the head, place the facial features accurately, and refine the eyes, nose, lips, and hair with pencil.