0:00 The shape 3:15 Nose 5:05 Mouth 6:40 Cheekbone 7:08 Ears 8:20 Temples 9:12 Eyes 9:45 "Eyebrow" endpoints and Eyebrow line 10:56 Other stuff 12:02 Useage 13:38 Lighting

Watching this video makes me feel like we're witnessing the cracking of the matrix. So many solutions to SO many mass problems are solved here. This method should be the one to be teached, instead of simple porportions. Thsnk you so so so so so much, will implement this in my drawings!

I have been trying the Loomis method so far, but I feel like it's kinda giving you a sort of dummy head, and it's not precise enough for me. But this seems to make much more sense. And your explanation is quite easy to follow. Gonna give this a go now. Though I suppose there's always something to learn from different approaches. Thanks for posting this 👍

I ended up with something. I dont know what its supposed to be, but its something.

Oh man, I am an absolute beginner who struggles drawing circles. No idea what to start learning first so I did this on a whim when I saw it on my sidebar. I came out with some strange ape-man. Everytime I look at him I crack up laughing. His odd facial expression makes him look...content? At ease? Well, I had fun at least lmao.

KZfaq, where were you forty years ago when I was trying to learn to draw people? I'm thankful that you exist for this generation of would be artists.

I took a long break from art and almost forgot how to draw faces. I was searching for tutorials, specifically the one that helped me to learn the basics of portrait drawing. All I could remember was a method that was mentioned but I forgot that too! And finally after searching for some time, I've found this! Yes, I was searching for this tutorial exactly. This tutorial is absolutely helpful and well explained ♥️ Thanks for sharing ♥️

Now I know where I was always stuck with Loomis method. This one (Reilly's) is far way detailed and more logical! 'm so happy to finally have seen it! ☺☺☺☺

Me: **watching first 4 minutes** okay this is very simple. Nice. I think I'll just skip forward. Also me: oh god

yo man I was able to follow the steps perfectly on digital and traditional media, thanks for taking the time to teach this

Although Reilly's method is longer, I personally find it much simpler and more intuitive than Loomis' or Bridgman's. Beginning artists are not yet experienced with references or deductions, so their face drawings may be disproportionate or flattened. But the Reilly method approaches face's planes, features, volumes and measurements in a simple way (a lot of the time you're just splitting things into two or three or connecting points) but also in a mathematical and specific way (which helps when placing the face at more extreme angles and foreshortening).

Extremely helpful and I greatly appreciate that I can hear you LOUD AND CLEAR! In so many videos I've watched the person speaks very softly and/or mumbles and sometimes it's like they're talking to themselves and they forget that they're filming and we need to hear them! Men with deeper voices especially need to be conscious of this. Thank you so much for an awesome video!

This is the best face construction guidelines I've ever seen. Thank you so much!

By far, the best explanation of drawing the head that I've found on KZfaq so far!

I have never understood how to draw faces before. Your video is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this!

as soon as you mentioned the light source, it was like a switch went on in my brain. i was using the loomis method before (and it was really great!), but i feel like i can actually visualise how light and shadows work with the face now? this was super helpful, thanks for the video

Thank you for this video, it's going to take me some practise to get the formula down, but this is exactly what I need as a guide for mapping the face. Thumbs up, keep up the excellent work Galen!

This helps a lot i a perfect description. The more you learning the curves, the more you can imagin them while sketching live.Thank you very much from Berlin!

This makes so much more sense to me than anything else I've seen. THANK YOU!

Thanks for these two Reilly Tutorials. I never leave comments but really had to this time. I have used and seen this method explained by many many many people. Yours was the first tutorial I have seen that gave the details behind the abstraction lines! You also gave excellent tips like rounding the line at the top of the square to create a more natural curve to the side of the head. I also appreciated how you intuitively modified the order of the abstractions making it all easier to recall and so much more logical. You have a gift for teaching. Thanks so much for sharing your process. Looking forward to seeing how you establish the width of the mouth and how you would personally use this method to create a likeness from a photo. Really really FANTASTIC 👍🏼

Thanks so much for this! I've watched what feels like hundreds of videos on the Loomis method and it's still confusing. Yours with so much detail made so much more sense for me! Thank you! I'm looking forward to looking at all your other videos.

This was incredibly helpful! I subscribed because of this vid alone. Look forward to exploring this some more.

Thanks for making this. I watched once and then went back and watched, with pause button at the ready, with a sketchbook in my hand. I drew something resembling a head. I'll keep coming back to this and, maybe, do 10 more until it starts to sink in. You explain everything so clearly. Thanks again.

SO GREAT ! i needed to understand shapes and volume of the face outside of usual eyes mouth nose sections and this helped so much thanks

Your "show and tell" was very informative and more clear to me than other videos! Thank you so much. :)

Hi! Thank you for your hard work! I love your tutorial! It has helped me to understand a lot of things and to understand how to shadow better! I've been struggling to find a good video explanation of this subject! Thank you! ♥️

Amazing tutorial, improved my drawing drastically in 17 mins!

This is the only video that’s helped me understand the planes and areas of the face. Thank you so much dude !!

Where has this method been all my life? Why have I never been taught this before I got my Art degree? Thank you so much!

I am really suprised! You did such auch great work with this Video! I saw every Tutorial about this method on KZfaq, but nobody did such a good description als you. I habe mit absolutely understand where to put some rhythm lines exactly and especially, what part of the face the planes are. But you did this really great!!!! 😃 Thank you very much!

Hey, I wanted to thank you for this great video. I was able to learn the Reilly Method traditionally because of you. Originally, I thought it was a photo reference thing where you traced over pictures of models. But you've allowed me to expand on the idea and explore more depth into the Reilly Method. I am very reluctant I was able to do these exercises traditionally as I'm normally used to. Thank you, as you're greatly appreciated.

This was awesome. I have been struggling with highlights and shadows and this breaks it down. Thank you!!

Wow this really does give a lot more detail than other methods I've seen. Also, this is a really good way to learn the planes of the face. Thanks for the tutorial!

Woow this definitely improved my drawing, specifically with proportions. Making it look more 3d rather than just a flat picture that looks more kinda like a potato than an actual person. I used to follow the loomis method but find it kinda hard to visualize the reference whenever doing freehand cos I never really understood the anatomy, but this method makes if easier for me to see where muscles and bone structures should be. Thank you so much for this ❤️

SUPER helpful description! Thank you for actually describing what you are doing while you are doing it- many videos they just are drawing and expect you to magically understand exactly what is happening!

Very helpful step by step demo of the Reilly rhythms for portraits of the face. Thank you so much, Galen.

I’ve only ever learned the Loomis method. I’ve recently begun drawing again, and this method is going to be incredibly helpful in constructing the head now that I’m all rusty and can’t pull detailed proportions from memory. Thanks!!

I love how your tutorial is on point and is actually quite helpful. Throughout the whole tutorial I am like hmmm., hmmm, ,yes like you are actually teaching me individually. Thank you for this😊

Very nice presentation: the sequencing, narrative, and pace are comprehensible.

This is BRILLIANT. Thank you for breaking this down for us!!!

I was familiar with the Loomis method but not this. There are a lot of circles and guides, but they really show how every facial feature both seen and under the skin is related to one another. Great Tutorial! Thanks!

Thank you for introducing this method in such clear and through way! It is very helpful!

I’m only 5 minutes in but this looks like a good diagram for sculpting with clay, what a savior you are. So much detail and explanation and I’m not even half way through. Great video.

Wauw your way of explaining is really great! 👌🏽 Thanks so much! Happy that i found you 🤩

Thank you. My face drawing always looked flat, this method helps resolve that, makes the face more 3 dimensional, and helps correctly shade the face. Look forward to more such tips. Satish - Chennai city - India

Bruh. Thank you so much!!!! You made it understandable and I so pumped to follow this tomorrow. The eyes have always given me a problem and proportions overall. Just the outline looks cool. Just woah.

Wow, this really is amazing, I'm going to sit down and do this soon and try it! Thank you!

Enjoyed it.. I'm going to draw different angles of this and us it as a rough draft. Thanks!

This is the best breakdown of the Riley rhythm lines that I have found so far! Thanks!

I agree. The best I could find on the Internet about the Reilly Method. Thank you so much for your videos!

My AP art teacher is using this as study material and it’s so crazy how well it works, thank you for this gem of a video

Absolute beginner here and, even if this is tough, it seems worthwhile mastering. Thank you

I was struggling on how to shade the face correctly and this is such a big help! Thanks a lot for sharing!

I really like the way you explained the shadow thing, That was very helpful. I watched some other videos about this method before but your video was the easiest for me to understand

I've seen so many Reilly method videos, however, your video is the best when it comes to explanation and presentation. Very clear in lines and refences. Very amazing video.

Most helpful! I am jumping back in from a long hiatus so for a forward facing portrait it’s very useful. I will look for any videos you may have on side and angle views. Thanks loads!

You have helped me to understand the potential practical application when you showed us that the whole can be distorted to suit the person maintaining the proportions.thank you xxxx

I love this Reilly Method. I was able to get a pretty good result after the first time, but I have to repeat it several times so I can do it without having to refer to the video.

This is extremely helpful! I studied Mr. Loomis' books also, but I like your technique because you lay out all the planes very logically. I learned the hard way that you first need to set down the framework, the ideal, and then work from there. You've given me a good way to lay down that framework. Thanks a lot!

This is so far the best tutorial . I'm a beginner painter, trying to paint the guy on my PP. This step by step explanation is helping me a lot on creating the nearest look I can muster. Thank you so much!!!

Really powerful, and COMPLICATED method. I’ll be getting familiar with Loomis then maybe coming back to this. Thanks a bunch for the information! You deserve more than 9k subscribers.

Best method and the best tutorial about it I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much, Galen!!!🙏

That was one of the most useful drawing video I have ever seen on youtube! A lot of things are clear as crystal now, I feel like I'm enlightened. Thank you so much!

This is the best explanation of the Riley method I came across, straight to the point. Thanks.

I'm still working at this Reilly Method and it'll take some time before I have it committed to memory, but I have already used it to help me complete an accurate line drawing. It really helped me tremendously. Thanks again for the tutorial, Galen!

I just found this. it's incredibly helpful. thank you!

Thank you so much! I was looking for a tutorial on head proportions but all of them are long and not that clear to me. Now I finally understand

amazing tutorial! I fell in love with reilly method. Thank you!

Mr. Galen, many thanks for all you do! This video is the clearest explanation that I’ve found so far! Also your pleasing voice makes it easy to digest! I am a beginner who started with the Loomis Book, Fun With A Pencil, only a few months ago and your explanation was of tremendous value! Wow! Illumination going on here!

this is such a great explanation. Thank you!

Thank you so much Galen this is the best demo/instruction of the Reilly method I've seen.

Anyone watching this in 2021?? I mean since this video came out there have been so many videos describing the method but I always come back to this. It's just great👍 Thanks a ton.

Love it, thank you! When drawing with the Loomis method, I had trouble constructing/placing the features (eyes, nose) on the sphere, this helped a ton. Thanks man :)

I was looking for a method to improve my loomis method and this came really handy. Thanks a lot, you were very clear and I could catch up very easy.

Thank you Galen for making this video. The step by step process and the explanation you provided helped me a lot to understand the head a lot better. I have been researching to draw head for a long time. This video not only helped me to understand but it also helped me to come up with a few new ideas that I can use while drawing the heads. Thanks again for making this video and sharing your knowledge and insight.

This video really helped me out, i didn't really have a sense of where thing s would be placed as far as facial featured,, but your way of teaching is very effective , i thank you sir

So glad I found this video, thank you so much for explaining the method clearly🥰

Thank you! You have explained the face in such as easy way to learn to draw it.

what a GREAT video!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Wanted to advance my drawing to intermediate this is showing me how. THANK U THANK U THANK U!!!! I have subscribed to your tube videos. I am now a big fan. So grateful. The speed of video is perfect. U can really see exactly what u r doing before u go on to next step.

Your tutorial was extremely useful, and refreshingly easy to follow. I was able to draw without pausing and the end result was satisfying for a first attempt. Thank you so much.

Thank you for explaining the benefits of the Reilly method! really well explained Galen!

I really enjoyed watching this step-by-step process. You broke it down well and made it easy to follow. The final structure probably would have scared me off if I'd seen it first up, but your gentle introduction side-stepped that. I have been doing faces for a few years and have been unsatisfied with the results of the simple measuring processes I learned. I always felt I was missing out on a lot of information in the face and knew it was in the shading but ... where to put it? I think your method has solved my problem. Thank you for the tutorial and your generosity. I'm sure I'll see a huge improvement in my work.

Excellent explanation of the Reilly Method. Thank you.

Thank you for posting this video. Just bought the Loomis method book and although it’s a great book and I’ll probably end up keeping it for reference, I found this method most suitable and so much easier to follow which gives great detail.

Thank you for making this video! It's so easy to understand, you're a great teacher! I think the Reilly method is far better than the Loomis method and none of the expensive art classes I've taken over the years has ever taught it.

This is a great method because it makes shading the planes of the face easier. Thanks for this great tutorial!

Thank you very much for the detailed and very well to follow explanation on this method. It helps a lot understanding the planes of the face. Great tutorial!

I'm mindblown!! And the way you explained is really clear and not confusing at all

This was so helpful to me! I have tried to do faces for years and was always disappointed. Thank you so much. I can’t to try it! I just subscribed to your channel.

You did a great tutorial. Nice And easy gentle. No comedic side comments or dramatic accent. Very nice informative and I enjoyed it. Siskel and Ebert (sic) would give you two thumbs up.

Wow! This tutorial makes my work soooooooo much easier! Thank you!

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!

Man I tried this out, sooo much faster than the loomis method, I love the more intuitive approach to drawing and this fits my perfered method perfectly, thank you so much

Thanks! Big time! I've been using the loomis method and although I have some great results, I like this more informative model. I think this method will help tremendously and I look forward to further study.

THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO OF DRAWING FACES ! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH !😍

Thanks for taking the time to teach this. I learnt tons. 👍

I’ve been practicing this concept! It’s really good! Thank you for sharing!

I love you simple explanation of the Reilly method. Your explanation was compatible with my brain to draw a face.

wow, this method helps me a lot. In addition, you have a very pleasant voice, a detail that is very important to me. Thank you for your effort!

This has been an extremely helpful study, thank you for this!