Facial Features
Most of this
packet is pictures and step-by-step guides.
You can
print out packet pages at home OR you can just read the guides on your computer,
get a couple sheets of white paper, and draw the following:
· Two eyes with eyebrows
· Two noses
· Two mouths/lips
· One full head and face that follows
the Proportions Guide and includes hair
Drawing Eyes
Tips:
Step 4: Make
sure the top of the circle for the iris touches or goes under the top of the
eyelid. You will only see space above the iris if someone is opening their eyes
VERY wide or looking down.
Steps 6: When
you’re shading, use lines like rays of the sun coming out from the middle. Eyes
naturally have streaks like this if you look closely.
Steps 9 +
10: Pay attention to how the eyelashes curve: They go toward the edges of the
eyes, not just straight up.
Steps 11 +
12: The bottom eyelids do not start at the eyeball! You can see a bit of the
eyelid, and the eyelashes start below that.
Use the
space below to practice drawing eyes. Draw at least two different eyes. Don’t
forget details and shading.
Drawing Eyebrows
Eyebrows are
probably one of the easier parts of the face to draw, but you need to pay
attention to how the hairs grow. If you just fill the whole eyebrow in with a
solid color, they’ll look too big and cartoon-like.
Everyone’s
eyebrows are unique, but they always start wider at the middle of your face and
get narrower as they go past the edges of your eyes.
Look at how
the hairs grow – see the edges are fuzzy, not sharp outlines.
Go back
and add eyebrows to the two eyes you drew above.
Drawing the Nose
Noses are
hard to draw! They come in many shapes and change a lot depending on which way
the person you’re drawing is facing. You can follow the step-by-step picture to
get an idea of how to draw one kind of realistic nose, or you can copy one of
the finished noses on the right.
Use the
space below to draw and shade at least two noses. Don’t forget the shading.
Drawing the Mouth
A couple
important things to remember when drawing lips:
The mouth is never a perfectly straight line! It can curve if
you’re smiling or frowning, but the top lip also has a “wavy” curve to it.
Lips have texture! There are tiny
lines that go from the top to the bottom of the lips.
Just like
the nose drawing, you can either follow the steps or just copy one of the
finished lip drawings if you already understand how to draw the basic shape of
the lips.
Use the
space below to draw at least two different mouths. Don’t forget the shading and
texture.
Now
for another tricky part… adding hair!
Because
hair comes in so many textures and styles, there’s no one-size-fits-all way to
start. Here are just a couple tips and suggestions to keep in mind that might
help.
First: Hair is never flat against the head. The outline of the hair
should be wider than the head you drew. If the person has long hair, it might
even be wider than their ears.
Second: When you’re adding texture or
shading, make sure you draw your lines in the same direction that the hair is
growing.
Third: Try thinking about hair in “chunks,”
especially with curly or wavy hair. Drawing each individual strand of hair
tends not to look very good.
VS: 
Fourth and last: Think about where the light is
coming from. Most of the time, light will come from above, so the top of the
hair will have a highlight and the area around the neck will be the darkest.
Now practice putting it all together: Use the “Proportions Guide” pages
after this to draw the whole head and put the facial features in the correct
spots. Don’t forget to try adding hair too!
PROPORTIONS GUIDE
A good starting shape
for a head is an egg – an oval that’s a little bigger on top and smaller on the
bottom.
2. Optional: Refine the jawline
Some people have a
round face, so this step isn’t always necessary.
If the person you’re
drawing has a wider or more angular jaw, adjust the outline of the face to
match.
3.
Where to place the eyes?
As you can see, the
eyes are just about halfway between the bottom of the jaw and the top of the
head.
There is a lot of
head above the eyes.
But I skipped a step
here — how far apart should the eyes be? How big should they be?
4. The
head is usually 5 ‘eyes’ wide
This means the space
between the eyes should be the same size as the eyes themselves.
5.
Now let’s place the ears
The top of the ear is
a little above the eye. The bottom of the ear is halfway between the eyes and
the chin.
This also shows where
our nose is going to go!
6.
Add the nose
The bottom of the nose
usually lines up with the bottom of the ears.
Noses do vary quite a
bit in width, so keep that in mind.
The sides tend be
around where the inside corner of the eyes are.
7.
The mouth is a bit trickier…
Take the area between
the nose and the chin and divide that in half.
The mouth is a bit
higher than that line.
8.
Eyebrow placement
Eyebrows can vary a
lot! But usually the eyebrow is generally wider than the eye below it.
They start thicker at
the middle of the face, then get thinner and angle down as you get closer to
the ears.
9.
Don’t make the mistake of placing the hair on the very top of the head!
The hairline is
typically about a quarter to a third of the way from the top of the head to the
eyebrows.
Now
you know the basics! The rest is just lots and lots of practice 😊
- Choose one facial feature to draw and shade realistically
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