![]() As a result of these changes, the eyes of an adult, and even of a teen, are on the middle line of the head. Actually, the development of the lower jaw brings that downward, and the nose and upper jaw also lengthens. As the face of the baby develops, the face gets longer in proportion to the cranium, which has the effect of moving the eyes and brows upward in the head. It is in the infant stage that the skull takes shape. We find high, low, or elongated skulls in babies as well as adults.Ĭhanges in the infant skull take place very rapidly from the moment of birth thru the first year or two. Though the proportions vary only slightly, babies’ skulls may differ considerably in shape. The pictures above show a number of baby heads, all drawn with the proportions that we showed, but differing a little in character as a result of slight differences in the placement of the facial features and the relationship of the face to the skull. Actually, we have allowed a little more chin and thereby lengthened the face slightly. These changes make the baby look slightly older. Note that the eye brows are a little bit above the top line, and the nose, eyes, and mouth have been raised above the division lines. The picture above shows the four divisions for children three years to four years old (the toddler). ![]() The top line is the line of the eye brows the corners of the lips on the third and the chin drops slightly below the line of the fourth division. In the sketches above, the eyes rest in the lower half of the first quarter division. The first build-up of the basic shape of the baby’s face should have that cute baby look. The distances up and down between the features are relatively short, and the face seems quite wide. The general shape of the baby’s head is a bulge attached to a round ball. Babies’ faces are so smooth and round that if we copy that quality too carefully the final effect may lack character. You will find that a certain blockiness of planes and edges also helps to put vitality into your artwork / drawings of a baby’s face. It is therefor important to know the genera proportions of the baby’s head and possibly even memorize it if you can. Babies are bound to wriggle and there is nothing that can be done about that. A baby’s head can best be studied when the baby is sleeping. Eyes set too close together are unpleasant in a baby face and can ruin your drawing. They appear to be further apart than the adult’s eyes because they rest in a smaller head. Only the iris of the eye is fully developed, which makes the eyes appear large and adorable. The upper lip is longer, and the chin, being undeveloped, usually recedes or is well under the lips. The cartilages of the nose are way ahead of the bone structure, so the little nose usually turns up, because the bridge above it is rounded and close to the plane of the face. This makes the baby’s face smaller in proportion to its skull, so that the face, from the brows down, only occupies about 1/4 of the whole area of the head. ![]() The jawbone, cheek bones, and the bridge of the nose are relatively smaller. In the baby’s head, the bone structure is not yet completely developed. How to Draw Baby and Toddlers Heads in The Correct Proportions – Drawing Babies This article comes from the book “Drawing the Face & Hands”.so if you like it, go buy it on Amazon. ![]() Use this as a guide and try to memorize the information.bookmark this page to reference at a further date. This article is also a reference sheet to the correct proportions of a baby and toddler head/face. Drawing an adult face is hard enough, baby faces are so much more difficult. Today we will show you how to draw a realistic baby face with the correct proportions. ![]()
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