The main theoretical issues of the course are outlined: the setting of the hand and eye when drawing a human head from nature, the position of the person drawing relative to the model and image, the choice of point of view, the features of drawing the human head.The bone and muscle structure of the outer shape of the human head and its details. Examples of schemes of proportional division of the human head are given. The main attention is paid to various methods of drawing a human head, as well as the stages of execution.Students of higher education institutions in the specialties "Painting", "Graphics", "Sculpture", "Monumental and decorative art", "Design" , Fine Arts and Drawing. Students of gymnasiums, art colleges, art schools. It will be useful for teachers, as well as for everyone who studies the basics of graphic literacy.