How to Draw the Face of a Person

Find a face to draw., Draw the hair., Think about the smile., For the eyes, draw two almonds a little bit apart., For the nose, draw a straight line down., Add any details that match your person. , Draw some shades on the head if it's a girl., If...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Find a face to draw.

    You can always make one up in your imagination. {{whvid|Draw the Face of a Person Step 1 Version
    2.360p? Is it more of a circle? Now that you have the picture in your head, try drawing the head. , 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. , 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. , If you are drawing a girl, add eyelashes.

    If it's a boy, add more defined eyebrows. , Add a semi-circle (half a circle) from the bottom of the straight line. ,, Put two circles or squares. , This will give a better effect.

    Also freckles are a sign of beauty. , 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.
  2. Step 2: Draw the hair.

    Nose on the second line.

    And mouth on the third line. ,,,
  3. Step 3: Think about the smile.

  4. Step 4: For the eyes

  5. Step 5: draw two almonds a little bit apart.

  6. Step 6: For the nose

  7. Step 7: draw a straight line down.

  8. Step 8: Add any details that match your person.

  9. Step 9: Draw some shades on the head if it's a girl.

  10. Step 10: If they have freckles draw dark shaded shapes on the face.

  11. Step 11: First you draw an oblong or oval.

  12. Step 12: Add Your eyes

  13. Step 13: evenly spaced

  14. Step 14: almond shape

  15. Step 15: along the top line.

  16. Step 16: And then you can draw his/her hair

  17. Step 17: any kind of hairstyle you want.

  18. Step 18: Start adding details in the eyes

  19. Step 19: eyebrows

  20. Step 20: chin line

  21. Step 21: and neck.

  22. Step 22: You can color in drawing if desired.

Detailed Guide

You can always make one up in your imagination. {{whvid|Draw the Face of a Person Step 1 Version
2.360p? Is it more of a circle? Now that you have the picture in your head, try drawing the head. , 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. , 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. , If you are drawing a girl, add eyelashes.

If it's a boy, add more defined eyebrows. , Add a semi-circle (half a circle) from the bottom of the straight line. ,, Put two circles or squares. , This will give a better effect.

Also freckles are a sign of beauty. , 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.

Nose on the second line.

And mouth on the third line. ,,,

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