Sketching Faces

The other day, someone asked me if I could draw a person. I drew the person on the left of this piece of paper in a sort of cartoon way. Then, someone else who saw the sketch said that drawing looked really detailed, and showed me how they draw cartoon people. That reminded me of the simple cartoon people I drew dozens of times for a comic I had to make for English class. Those people had quick curves, basic features, and only shading on the hair. You can see examples of this second way I draw faces in the center of this top photo:

On the right side, I tried to sketch even simpler faces. On the left, I was trying to re-draw a creature I had drawn months ago and had lost. This sketch ended up looking completely different, The creature I drew before had more detailed eyes. I had given it cat features and scales, and called it cutie-saurus. This more recent drawing reminded me more of a panda as I worked on it.

Later that day, I looked back at the cartoon face, and wondered if I could draw a more realistic face. I had learned how to scale average features in an art class years ago, but had not practiced in a while. I kept erasing and re-drawing the eyes, nose, and mouth. At first, the nose looked way too short and the mouth was too far away. I did not have anyone to model for me or a mirror, but I tried to measure my own face with my fingers. When I had drawn the features in a way that satisfied me more, I added eye lashes, eye brows, more detailed line work, and shading. The realistic drawing is in the photo on the left below. On the right is a close up of the cartoon face.

After I drew all these faces, I realized I could make how to draw videos on this subject. I already filmed videos on how to draw eyes, and am going to post them soon. What other videos on faces would you like to see?