How do you sketch your hair with pencil?

Posted on By Aman Kelley

How do you sketch your hair with pencil?

Straight Hair

  1. Lay in the Shape. Start your drawing by laying in the overall shape of the hairstyle with a pencil.
  2. Apply the Darks.
  3. Blend, Reapply Darks and Lift.
  4. Lay in the Shape.
  5. Build up the Hair Strands.
  6. Blend and Lift.
  7. Draw the Shapes.
  8. Create the Hair Strands.

Why is drawing hair so hard?

Hair is very difficult to draw, because what we see is different than what we know. You can’t simply draw all the hairs in the form of lines, because that’s not what we see when we look at hair. What we see must be simplified to lines and shades, and there are many ways to do it.

How do you curl boys hair?

Pull a one-inch section of hair up and away from the head. Curl the piece of hair around your finger, then slip the finger out and place two bobby pins over the curl, securing it to the head. Repeat in one-inch sections until all the hair is curled and pinned to the head.

How to draw realistic hair?

1) Draw the outline of the head. It’s hard to draw hair accurately without at least the outline of the head. 2) Sketch the outline of the hair. Start at the top of the head and draw the top and sides of the hair around it. 3) Divide the hair into distinct sections. Look for visible pieces of hair that are clumped together or overlapping other sections of hair, and draw these sections within the outline 4) Outline the highlights in the hair. If you’re using a model or reference photo, look to see where the light hits the hair. 5) Shade in the hair around the highlights. Start by lightly shading in all of the hair. Use the edge of your pencil so the shading is blended and uniform. 6) Draw individual strands throughout the hair to add texture. Working on one section of the hair at a time, draw individual strands in the direction that the hair flows. 7) Continue adding layers of individual strands. Once you’ve added one layer of strands, go back over the hair and add a second, and a third, and so on.

How to draw different hairstyles?

Again,draw some volume around the head. In this case it will also be the outline of the whole haircut.

  • Draw the parting and the fringe going straight from it.
  • Make the general outline complete by drawing the hairline next to the ear.
  • Draw the direction of the hair,creating the 3D form of the haircut.
  • Some stray strands may appear in the fringe. Draw their edge
  • Define the strands on the sides of the head.
  • Draw some shadows between strands in the middle as well.
  • Gently outline the hair without drawing lines that are too thick. All the lines should be tapered.
  • Gently shade the strands.
  • You can add some stray hair to make it more natural. Draw the volume of the hair around the head. Wavy hair is often quite full and elevated.

    • How do you draw hair?

    Understand the flow of the hair and start from there

  • Create the overall shape of you want the hair to look in the end
  • Choose the light source before you start drawing the hair,it will help you get better shadows for it
  • Use the pencil strokes to replicate the hair’s direction and length
  • The color of the hair is done by how dark or how light your pencil lines are
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