2DARTIST MAGAZINE | ISSUE 136103The Mouth
Now let’s talk about the features of
the face: the mouth, nose, eyes and
lips, starting with the mouth.
You may have noticed that the structural head
drawings have a circular shape drawing around
the mouth (Fig.06). The mouth is a very roundish
area, in large part due to the cylindrical pattern
of the maxilla and mandible in the skull. To
demonstrate this I have drawn a pair of lips on
a cylinder and shown how they naturally wrap
around the shape. It is important to remember
this if your drawn mouth looks flat or unrealistic.