Drawing Tutorials

Welcome! Today, we'll be drawing another face. Materials Necessary for this Drawing: Pencils   HB 2B 4B 6B Drawing Paper Eraser Kneaded Eraser Pencil Sharpener Tortillion, or tissue Step 1 We start with the outline. I have drawn a rectangle around the drawing to suggest the format. To gauge whether or not you have the correct proportions, draw a grid first as shown in the above illustration. Make horizontal lines over the eyes, nose, and mouth, and make sure you have the proper angle. From our viewpoint, the woman's face is cocked to the left side (which is her right side). So the right eye (our perspective) is positioned lower than the left eye. A slanting vertical line is made from the top of the format through and over the woman's nose. One side of her is more visible than the other, so the position of the nose is adjusted accordingly; which more to the right of the drawing. Take note that the light source is from the top right-hand side,...

In the next tutorial, we will draw a female mouth from the frontal perspective. This viewpoint is the simplest to draw. We will be using the range of pencils: HB, 2B, 4B and 6B for this exercise. Remember to sketch lightly (use gentle pressure with the pencil) when laying out the preliminary sketch. You can use a 2B pencil for the first step, as it dark enough to make lines, but not hard enough to indent the paper, which creates a problem when you add shading and final details later. STEP 1  In this step, sketch the basic outline using a 2B pencil. The area should be around three inches from the left  to right sides of the mouth, and two inches from the top to bottom. Use a ruler to get the proper measurements, but this size is suggested only. You can draw the mouth bigger than this, but try to keep at or above these measurements, because in later steps we will need a sufficient area to work in to add details and final shading. On thing to remember: i...