How to Draw the Face of a Person
from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can EditA lot of people have trouble drawing faces. There are many different ways. Here's one way.
Steps
- Find a face to draw. You can always make one up in your imagination.
- Focus on the head. Is it oval-shaped? Is it more of a circle? Now that you have the picture in your head, try drawing the head.
- Draw the hair. Picture it in your mind. Is it fluffy? Or is more smooth? You should draw detailed lines. If it is fluffy, you'll probably want curved lines inside the hair for detail lines. If it is smooth you'll probably want straight lines.
- Think about the smile. Does the person show his or her teeth? Or just the lips? If it is a girl who just shows her lips you could do a sort of flat hump on both sides of the upper lips. But not on the bottom lips.
- For the eyes, draw two circles a little bit apart. If your person is a girl, add eyelashes. If it's a boy, add more defined eyebrows.
- For the nose, draw a straight line down. Add a semi-circle (half a circle) from the bottom of the straight line.
- Add any details that match your person.
- Draw some shades on the head if it's a girl. Put two circles or squares.
- If they have freckles draw dark shaded shapes on the face. This will give a better effect. Also freckles are a sign of beauty.
- First you draw an oblong or oval. Then draw a line that splits it in half sideways. Then another line that splits that half in half. Draw your lines lightly as they are just guides and will be erased later.
- Add Your eyes, evenly spaced, almond shape, along the top line. Nose on the second line. And mouth on the third line.
- And then you can draw her/his hair, any kind of hairstyle you want.
- Start adding details in the eyes, eyebrows, chin line, hair,and neck.
- You can color youre drawing and just color any colors you want.
Tips
- Try and find distinguishable features about the person's face. Does he have a large nose? A strangely shaped chin? Unique eyes? Try and find a trademark feature, and then exaggerate it in your drawing.
- You can also draw either a very small or very large nose if you are drawing more of a cartoon drawing.
Warnings
- Be careful and try to not smudge your drawing if you're putting your arm down. Don't push down hard when drawing and draw lightly so if you need to erase you can.
- You can use a pen but only if you're good at it.
- Don't show the person you're drawing the portrait because they might become offended if it doesn't look anything like them
- If someone says your drawing isn't good don't listen just keep trying.