(2639,15,'2016-01-03 14:05:46','2016-01-03 22:05:46','Well it looks like the art gods do not smile upon me in this article. I love to draw and paint but I cannot stand doing hands or feet. If I can get away with not drawing them, I will. Norman Rockwell, a famous, past artist had said it best, “People can forgive anything except the face and hands.” I remember one time I was doing a painting and I had to paint the girl’s hand and I decided to paint a rock piece in front of it so that I did not have to paint it. Yes they can be difficult. “But Carlos, why take on this article if you don’t do hands?” Well the answer is pretty simple, in order to be a good and decent artist, one must know how to master a series of things and hands are no different.\r\n\r\nIn fact, I know a fellow artist who has always painted their subjects with their back or back of their head facing the audience because she did not like painting faces period. I look at drawing/painting hands as a challenge. Not everyone can do them correctly. To master the technique of drawing hands is a feat in itself. It cannot be ignore or not address. Sooner or later you’ll need to draw them to continue expressing yourself in your art. If ignored, you’ll only eliminate personal growth for yourself and in your art. With that being said, let’s bite down and hop on the hands.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2634 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0010-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0010\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nThe first thing that you should do is draw two circles that will be the heel of the hand followed by four columns that go from small to large as they get closer to the base. Draw two lines that will be the thumb as well. You may need to draw one or two circles under the columns to illustrate where the hand will be strategically placed; connect the columns with lines that will end up being that hand itself as well. Also make one or two broken, uneven lines on the columns to represent the areas where the fingers bend at – don’t forget about making one straight line at the base.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2635 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0011-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0011\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nMoving right alone, add some shading where necessary. In this case, shading is added to the right side illustrating that the light is coming from the left. Don’t forget to add skin folds in the hands and darken the tone on the finger folds some. Look at your hand and see how the folds are done. As you can see, there are uneven, broken, and not straight; use this as a drawing model for your picture. Also, round out the tips of the columns to portray them as the tips of the fingers.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2636 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0012-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0012\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nWe then need to erase all un-necessary lines in the hands themselves and off the fingers. We then take a tortillion and first smudge the folds in the hand palm and the finger folds. We then want to attack the shading that was applied to the right side of the hand to illustrate realism. Also, apply shading with the tortillion where you see fit to make the hand look real. I usually stray from the photo and add lighter or darker tones to make the picture look believable. I just don’t believe that you will be 100% accurate with a drawing compared to the original.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLet’s look at some more drawing examples:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2630 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0005-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0005\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" />\r\n\r\nThis hand drawing is very simple. Simple because all the fingers are together holding in place an object that hasn’t been drawn in yet. Basically you want to start off drawing the hand blocky and add lines representing the finger folds.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2631 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0006-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0006\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" />\r\n\r\nAs you can see, the object that is being held by the hand has been drawn in as well as details like the finger nails and shading followed by the rounding of the tips of the fingers\r\n\r\n.<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2632 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0008-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0008\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" />\r\n\r\nWe then use a tortillion to blend/smudge the shading in between the fingers, the wrist area, and also some on the finger nails.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2633 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0009-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0009\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" />\r\n\r\nThe last thing we do is add some detail to the object being held. Basically we just add a dark tone in some of the area but not the whole thing. We then use the tortillion again to smudge it in the dark areas leaving some areas un-touch illustrating white or lighter tone in the object. Also, I added just a bit of small tone to the tips of the fingers to show some accuracy from the picture.\r\n\r\nNow let’s move on to the big daddy of the hand drawings. Trust me when I say this drawing wasn’t a walk in the park but I did get it done……barely.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2626 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0001-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0001\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI started off by drawing it free hand. It’s off by a little but I wasn’t worried about 100% accuracy at this stage; besides, I got time to fix it in the other stages.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2627 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0002-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0002\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere I added some details to the folds of the fingers and darken the outline, contour lines of the hand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2628 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0003-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0003\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn this picture, you can see that I’ve added shading to the palm of the hand and some to the fingers.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2629 aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Scan0004-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scan0004\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe last part of this picture is executing the tortillion again. I basically blend in the shaded part to make it all come together.\r\n\r\nAs you can see, this is a challenge but it can be done with practice. I believe that I could not cover everything that I wanted to in just one lesson. I will see to it that I do a part two on hands that will focus more on the hands grasping and holding certain objects. When grasping and holding, the shading on the hands is different. In fact, just their positioning period will rearrange the lighting bouncing off them. Please keep in mind that when drawing them, start by start making them into simple geometric shapes and then add detail and shading. This is actually the basic rule for everything when drawing but be particular when it comes to hands. 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Remember that when you are trying to draw people well enough and detailed enough for them to be recognizable as the intended person, it is often helpful to practice by drawing famous faces. I mean, what better test of your drawing skills than to show your work to people who immediately know who you were trying to draw, right?\r\n\r\nYou will see familiar drawings of different skill levels and different levels of detail in this gallery. Some drawings you may recognize, while others you may not. No matter how much or how little a drawing here captures a resemblance, take the opportunity to learn something from each piece. Some questions you may ask yourself as you view this gallery are:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Which obvious features did the artist include to help make the famous face easily recognizable?</li>\r\n	<li>Which details or subtle facial characteristics did the artist include to obtain such an accurate likeness of the subject?</li>\r\n	<li> What could the artist have done differently to make a better representation of the celebrity?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThank you in advance to all artists who contribute their drawings of well-known faces to this gallery! Remember, too, that it\'s okay if your drawing doesn\'t come out perfectly or to your satisfaction. I am still hard on myself with some of my work, and I always see something I could have done differently for better results (even with my own drawings in this gallery!). The important thing to remember is, you should always feel good about sharing your artwork, celebrate your strengths, and learn from your mistakes.\r\n\r\nIf you have <strong>your own</strong> celebrity portrait drawing that you want others to view in this gallery, <a title=\"Share Your Work in a Portrait Gallery!\" href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/share-your-work/\">see how to share it with us</a>.\r\n\r\n[gallery link=\"file\" ids=\"759,753,734,799,798,797,796,790,791,792,793,794,789,788,787,786,785,784,783,795,1171,1633,1721,2483,2489,2569,2642\" orderby=\"rand\"]','Drawings of Well-Known Faces','','inherit','closed','closed','','659-revision-v1','','','2016-01-06 22:07:20','2016-01-07 06:07:20','',659,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/659-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2645,2,'2016-01-13 02:42:34','2016-01-13 10:42:34','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist or a non-artist with little drawing skill:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-by-beginner.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2756\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2756\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-by-beginner.jpg\" alt=\"how to draw a face drawing by beginner\" width=\"423\" height=\"600\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis drawing includes many common mistakes made by people who struggle when it comes to drawing a face. Even if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2702\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2702\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face drawing inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"313\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-inner-rim-nonexample.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2703\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2703\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-inner-rim-nonexample.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face drawing inner rim nonexample\" width=\"330\" height=\"184\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2669 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes correctly later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-inner-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2704\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2704\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-inner-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face drawing inner rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"178\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2713\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2713\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face drawing highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"190\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid or zigzag color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-eyebrow-nonexample.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2719\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-eyebrow-nonexample.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face drawing eyebrow nonexample\" width=\"800\" height=\"120\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2672 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2717\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2717\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face drawing eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"123\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-inner-rim-nonexample.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2703\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2703 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-inner-rim-nonexample.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face drawing inner rim nonexample\" width=\"330\" height=\"184\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2710\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2710\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face drawing eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"210\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2676\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"06 how to draw a face photo nose top bridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"180\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2708\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2708\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"06 how to draw a face drawing nose top bridge\" width=\"641\" height=\"364\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-nostrils-nonexample.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2720\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2720\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-nostrils-nonexample.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face drawing nostrils nonexample\" width=\"444\" height=\"311\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2677\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face photo nostrils\" width=\"489\" height=\"339\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-nostrils.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2716\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2716\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-nostrils.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face drawing nostrils\" width=\"483\" height=\"283\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2871\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2871\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lm-face-drawing-checklist-text-ad-box.gif\" alt=\"lm face drawing checklist text ad box\" width=\"600\" height=\"225\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2682\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" alt=\"08 how to draw a face photo top lip dip\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-top-lip-dip.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2718\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2718\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-top-lip-dip.jpg\" alt=\"08 how to draw a face drawing top lip dip\" width=\"491\" height=\"177\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2683\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2683\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" alt=\"09 how to draw a face photo lip rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"389\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-lip-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2715\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2715\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-lip-rim.jpg\" alt=\"09 how to draw a face drawing lip rim\" width=\"559\" height=\"263\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2685\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2685\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" alt=\"10 how to draw a face photo corners of mouth\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. Include any smile lines that originate from the nose too. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2709\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2709\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" alt=\"10 how to draw a face drawing corners of mouth\" width=\"652\" height=\"509\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2686\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2686\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" alt=\"11 how to draw a face photo lip grooves\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-lip-grooves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2714\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2714\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-lip-grooves.jpg\" alt=\"11 how to draw a face drawing lip grooves\" width=\"670\" height=\"274\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2687\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2687\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"12 how to draw a face photo helix\" width=\"298\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-helix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2711\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2711\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-helix.jpg\" alt=\"12 how to draw a face drawing helix\" width=\"800\" height=\"347\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-antihelix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2690\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2690\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-antihelix.jpg\" alt=\"13 how to draw a face photo antihelix\" width=\"500\" height=\"470\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line, as seen in the above photograph on the right.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-antihelix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2712\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2712\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-antihelix.jpg\" alt=\"13 how to draw a face drawing antihelix\" width=\"800\" height=\"321\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-hair-overlap.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2691\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2691\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-hair-overlap.jpg\" alt=\"14 how to draw a face photo hair overlap\" width=\"458\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-hair-overlap.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2706\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2706\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-hair-overlap.jpg\" alt=\"14 how to draw a face drawing hair overlap\" width=\"423\" height=\"600\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-loose-strands.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2692\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2692\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-loose-strands.jpg\" alt=\"15 how to draw a face photo loose strands\" width=\"458\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-loose-strands.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2725\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2725\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-drawing-loose-strands.jpg\" alt=\"15 how to draw a face drawing loose strands\" width=\"428\" height=\"600\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the before and after result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-face-drawing-tips-before-and-after.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2753\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2753\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-face-drawing-tips-before-and-after.jpg\" alt=\"15 face drawing tips before and after\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','publish','open','open','','15-face-drawing-tips','','','2016-01-24 01:19:14','2016-01-24 09:19:14','',0,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/?p=2645',0,'post','',0),(2646,2,'2016-01-08 05:37:33','2016-01-08 13:37:33','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (though it can happen much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will gradually take on a realistic appearance.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little things to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-08 05:37:33','2016-01-08 13:37:33','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2647,2,'2016-01-08 05:51:15','2016-01-08 13:51:15','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little things to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-08 05:51:15','2016-01-08 13:51:15','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2648,2,'2016-01-08 06:41:42','2016-01-08 14:41:42','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little things to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye; same pic with eyelashes beside it]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n&nbsp;','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-08 06:41:42','2016-01-08 14:41:42','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2649,2,'2016-01-30 22:21:29','2016-01-31 06:21:29','<h2>Create a Basic Outline of a Person</h2>\nStart by creating a soft stick figure sketch or something similar. Consider the space that you are drawing in and the space the figure will take up. When you are drawing, try to approximate the way the woman is standing and where her body parts are.\n\nTo draw a woman, start with some basic shapes like circles and lines. Keep in mind that a woman has a round body, so use curved lines for shapes as you structure your sketch. Never draw one large circle for a part of the body like legs or the arms. Draw every part of the body as a separate part. Use several smaller circles to give a rough shape to your sketch. For example, legs would be drawn in 6 different shapes: hips, thigh, knee, lower leg, ankle, and foot.\n<h2>Proportions to Keep in Mind</h2>\nWoman  are about 7 circles tall. Create a circle to use and draw that shape one over top another so you have about 7 circles. This will be OK to start. You will be making adjustments as you sketch. The full size of the head  is slightly longer than a circle. Add about a half to get the full length. A woman is about two heads wide. Taking the full length of the head to the chin, turn the shape sideways  and create two shapes of that size next to one another at the same level. Her hips are about as wide as her rib cage, where her shoulder meets her torso. Draw the arm in several different circles: shoulders, upper arm, elbow, lower arm, and hand.  To draw the leg, break them up in different circles for the hips, upper leg, knee, lower leg, ankle, and feet.\n<h2>Body shape of a Woman</h2>\nWhile there are many different body shapes for woman, there is a general shape that can help you when drawing the woman’s body. Use a figure eight or hour glass type figure to give an estimated idea of the woman’s body. When drawing a model, notice the differences between her body and the standard female figure and make adjustments when needed. While using proportions and body shapes is a good way to learn how to draw a woman, try to keep your sketch similar to the model you are studying to create more classical drawings.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2493\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2494\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2495\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/3-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2496\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/4-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2497\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/5-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2498\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/6-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" />\n<h2>Tips for Drawing the Female Body</h2>\nFemale breasts can be difficult to draw. Use an \"X\" over the torso, starting from the top of the shoulder and down to the rib cage. The \"V\" shape that is created by the \"X\" will help you draw where the sternum and collarbone are. The bottom of the \"X\" should be where the middle section starts. If you cut the \"X\" in half, this will give you a line of symmetry from where the breast line should start. This is slightly different for each woman and you should adjust accordingly. Notice that the female breast is not quite a circle. The chest or pectoral muscle is rectangular and the rest of the breast is made of body fat; so, the overall shape will be basically a combined rectangle, teardrop, and a semi circle.\n\nAfter building the basic structure, you break those in two smaller shapes and then draw lightly, as you will be modifying your lines so you have a better understanding of how to draw a woman. The arm for example is about 6 shapes: the shoulder, the upper arm, the elbow, the lower arm, the fist, and the hand. Note that from the shoulder to the elbow and the elbow to the hand should be about an equal distance. Finish sketching a full basic figure before working on any details, checking your proportions as you create your drawing.  Keep in mind that depending on the view of the model, you may need to use measuring or figuring out your own proportions instead of standard proportions. If the body is turned, simple basic proportions are hard to apply.\n\nNext work on details like the face. Pencil in the face and clean up any extra marks. Also as you are working on the details, notice the lines that the body makes when you are adjusting them. Use guidelines for the face and for anything you need for symmetry. Now edit the rest of the body. The next step would be to edit any leftover lines that are not needed. Clean up any eraser marks and add shading to finish your drawing.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2504\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/12-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"12\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2505\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/13-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"13\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2506\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/14-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"14\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-2507\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/15-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"15\" width=\"496\" height=\"298\" />\n\nThe back of a woman is different from the front. You can break down the back in simple shapes; however, placement becomes more important because there is more smooth area on the back. Having a line in the right place will draw attention to the area.\n\nOne way to correct the difficulty of drawing the back side is to draw lightly and use shading instead of drawing. For shading technique, you draw a basic outline first. Instead of using lines to draw circles, find a #2 pencil. The shape of the pencil will help with shading, while a mechanical pencil can be harder to shade with. Shade large shapes that imitate the form of the body. Turning the pencil on its side instead of straight over on its head will help do this.\n\nI’ll note that sometimes I sharpen a pencil with a knife. That way, you have a longer point. Try to imagine using as much of the graphite as possible. If you are comfortable with charcoal, this will help create the effect even more. For charcoal, turn the square charcoal or charcoal pencil on its side or on an angle.\n\nOnce you have covered all dark area, use your eraser to draw. Instead of using the pencil, the eraser will act as the point of the pencil and help you create a clean line. This will also give it a soft effect. If you plan on going dark and detailed, make your marks as precise as possible because a human back can be more difficult to judge when it comes to placement of shapes and body parts.\n\nAfter drawing with the eraser, you will go back over dark areas with the charcoal for highlights and contrast and detail. Repeat this process multiple types until you get the effect you want.\n\nBe careful pressing hard with pencil or charcoal when using this technique. Try pressing as softly as possible because it will be difficult to erase marks that are pressed into the paper. For an even better look, find kneaded or other art erasers.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2499\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/7-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2500\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/8-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"8\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2501\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/9-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"9\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2502\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/10-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2503\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/11-180x300.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" />\n\nYou can draw a woman in many ways, these are just some ideas for you to try. I recommend to always keep creativity in mind when drawing. Find a way to make the drawing yours.\n\n&nbsp;','What Everybody Ought to Know about How to Draw Women','','inherit','closed','closed','','2492-autosave-v1','','','2016-01-30 22:21:29','2016-01-31 06:21:29','',2492,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2492-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3179,2,'2016-07-15 12:05:15','2016-07-15 19:05:15','If you want to make a transition from drawing realistically with graphite pencils to drawing realistically with colored pencils, then it is natural to want to maintain the \"realistic\" aspect of your work.\n\nThat said, it can be a challenge to make drawings look real with colored pencils.\n\nYes, it is true that they add color to your work. However, colored pencils, as versatile as they can be, are still a far cry from being able to mimic an exact representation of the vast array of colors portrayed in real life or in a photograph.\n\nEven so, there is a lot you can do with colored pencils to get a look that is at least closer to a \"realistic\" look. For example, have you ever thought about \"painting\" with colored pencils?\n<h2>Burnishing...the Art of Painting with Pencils</h2>\nYou may be thinking, \"It\'s impossible to paint using colored pencils!\"\n\nThe reason I bring up painting is because out of all the art mediums, paint is the one most closely associated with the most realistic works of art.\n\nNow since the focus of this lesson is on the medium of colored pencils, wouldn\'t it be cool if we could achieve an effect similar to painting with our colored pencils?\n\nIt is quite possible to achieve such an effect using the technique of burnishing.\n\nBurnishing is a special process that allows you to create colored pencil drawings that resemble paintings. When you burnish, you are actually layering colored pencils in order to make a solid area of pigment. The burnishing process takes away the texture made by the drawing surface and leaves a result that looks similar to a painting.\n<h2>How to Burnish</h2>\nThere are several different ways you can burnish your colored pencil drawings. For now, I am going to share two of those ways. Don\'t worry...they are both effective and easy to implement!\n\nFor these examples, I used Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils. However, you can use these techniques with other brands as well.\n\n<em><strong>The first technique</strong></em> involves identifying the area you want to burnish and layering it with a white colored pencil. As you can see in the example below, the box on the left contains only the original color (Prismacolor True Blue - PC903) and is not burnished. The box on the right contains the True Blue after it has been burnished with White (PC938). You should use heavy pressure with your White pencil when burnishing.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/true-blue-white.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3187\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/true-blue-white.jpg\" alt=\"true blue white\" width=\"521\" height=\"297\" /></a>\n\n<em><strong>The second technique</strong></em> involves doing the same thing as the first; only instead of using white to burnish, you will use what is called a Colorless blender (PC1077). A colorless blender is a special kind of pencil that has a binder inside of it (just like all colored pencils) but lacks the pigment that the binder is meant to hold together. You can find them sold individually or as part of a colored pencil accessory set. Here is what a colorless blender looks like:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/colorless-blender.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3184\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/colorless-blender.jpg\" alt=\"colorless blender\" width=\"800\" height=\"212\" /></a>\n\nAs you can see in the example below, the box on the left contains only True Blue and is not burnished. The box on the right contains the True Blue after it has been burnished with the colorless blender. Again, you should use heavy pressure.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/true-blue-colorless-blender.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3185\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/true-blue-colorless-blender.jpg\" alt=\"true blue colorless blender\" width=\"468\" height=\"344\" /></a>\n<h3>Which Technique Is Best?</h3>\nYou might notice that with both techniques, the True Blue experiences a change in value after being burnished.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/true-blue-white-and-colorless-blender.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3186\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/true-blue-white-and-colorless-blender.jpg\" alt=\"true blue white and colorless blender\" width=\"452\" height=\"648\" /></a>\n\nYou might also notice that the white has a much greater effect on the change in value while the colorless blender\'s effect on value change is not as noticeable. You will have to decide what kind of effect you are going for, and that will help you decide on which technique to use.\n<h2>Drawing, Coloring, and Painting</h2>\nNot only is burnishing similar to painting, but it is also similar to the blending process of graphite pencils. Just like smoothing and blending out the graphite helps our black and white pencil art look more realistic, the burnishing process smooths and blends out the colors in our colored pencil art.\n\nNow you can see that with the help of burnishing, art drawn in colored pencils can appear even more like paintings. So the next time you \"draw\" in colored pencil, remember to try out one or both of these burnishing techniques and \"paint\" in colored pencil instead!','How to \"Paint\" with Colored Pencils','','inherit','closed','closed','','3176-autosave-v1','','','2016-07-15 12:05:15','2016-07-15 19:05:15','',3176,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/3176-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2651,2,'2016-01-09 14:00:26','2016-01-09 22:00:26','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye; same pic with eyelashes beside it]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>3. Highlights in the Eyes</h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">4. Eyebrow Hairs</h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">to Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of the eyebrows. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth.</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-09 14:00:26','2016-01-09 22:00:26','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2652,2,'2016-01-09 14:05:12','2016-01-09 22:05:12','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye; same pic with eyelashes beside it]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>3. Highlights in the Eyes</h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">4. Eyebrow Hairs</h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">to Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of the eyebrows. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth.</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-09 14:05:12','2016-01-09 22:05:12','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2653,2,'2016-01-09 14:07:43','2016-01-09 22:07:43','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye; same pic with eyelashes beside it]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">4. Eyebrow Hairs</h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">to Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of the eyebrows. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth.</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-09 14:07:43','2016-01-09 22:07:43','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2654,2,'2016-01-09 15:07:29','2016-01-09 23:07:29','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Note the shape of the wings of the nose around the nostrils. Draw folds of skin coming from them to make the attachment to the face look natural.</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-09 15:07:29','2016-01-09 23:07:29','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2655,2,'2016-01-09 15:49:38','2016-01-09 23:49:38','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-09 15:49:38','2016-01-09 23:49:38','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2656,2,'2016-01-09 15:56:10','2016-01-09 23:56:10','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-09 15:56:10','2016-01-09 23:56:10','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2657,2,'2016-01-09 16:16:10','2016-01-10 00:16:10','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sometimes there is a little “trim” around the upper and/or lower lip. It may or may not be that noticeable, depending on your subject.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-09 16:16:10','2016-01-10 00:16:10','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2658,2,'2016-01-09 16:51:15','2016-01-10 00:51:15','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are mostly vertical little grooves that line the upper and lower lips. Some stand out more than others.</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-09 16:51:15','2016-01-10 00:51:15','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2659,2,'2016-01-09 20:09:04','2016-01-10 04:09:04','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The helix is the outer rim of the ear. Draw a line around the ear that conveys the thickness and shape of the helix.</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-09 20:09:04','2016-01-10 04:09:04','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2660,2,'2016-01-10 05:48:38','2016-01-10 13:48:38','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 05:48:38','2016-01-10 13:48:38','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2661,2,'2016-01-10 05:54:51','2016-01-10 13:54:51','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 05:54:51','2016-01-10 13:54:51','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2662,2,'2016-01-10 05:55:47','2016-01-10 13:55:47','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 05:55:47','2016-01-10 13:55:47','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2663,2,'2016-01-10 08:23:32','2016-01-10 16:23:32','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to have my \"Face-Drawing Checklist\".</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 08:23:32','2016-01-10 16:23:32','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2664,2,'2016-01-10 08:29:49','2016-01-10 16:29:49','','/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post','','publish','closed','closed','','2664','','','2016-01-10 08:29:49','2016-01-10 16:29:49','',0,'',0,'leadpages_post','',0),(2665,2,'2016-01-10 08:45:13','2016-01-10 16:45:13','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 08:45:13','2016-01-10 16:45:13','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2666,2,'2016-01-10 08:56:11','2016-01-10 16:56:11','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to bring more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 08:56:11','2016-01-10 16:56:11','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2668,2,'2016-01-10 15:30:19','2016-01-10 23:30:19','','05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes','','inherit','open','closed','','05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes','','','2016-01-10 15:30:19','2016-01-10 23:30:19','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2667,2,'2016-01-10 15:11:15','2016-01-10 23:11:15','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of subject\'s right eye with arrow]</p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow on highlight]</p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyebrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of eyelashes]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 15:11:15','2016-01-10 23:11:15','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2669,2,'2016-01-10 15:30:20','2016-01-10 23:30:20','','02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim','','inherit','open','closed','','02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim','','','2016-01-10 15:30:20','2016-01-10 23:30:20','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2670,2,'2016-01-10 15:30:22','2016-01-10 23:30:22','','01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye','','inherit','open','closed','','01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye','','','2016-01-10 15:30:22','2016-01-10 23:30:22','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2671,2,'2016-01-10 15:30:24','2016-01-10 23:30:24','','03 how to draw a face photo highlight','','inherit','open','closed','','03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight','','','2016-01-10 15:30:24','2016-01-10 23:30:24','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2672,2,'2016-01-10 15:30:25','2016-01-10 23:30:25','','04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow','','inherit','open','closed','','04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow','','','2016-01-10 15:30:25','2016-01-10 23:30:25','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2676,2,'2016-01-10 15:58:57','2016-01-10 23:58:57','','06 how to draw a face photo nose top bridge','','inherit','open','closed','','06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge','','','2016-01-10 15:58:57','2016-01-10 23:58:57','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2675,2,'2016-01-10 15:39:28','2016-01-10 23:39:28','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2669 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2672 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 15:39:28','2016-01-10 23:39:28','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2673,2,'2016-01-10 15:33:50','2016-01-10 23:33:50','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2670\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2669\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2671\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2672\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2668\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 15:33:50','2016-01-10 23:33:50','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2674,2,'2016-01-10 15:37:49','2016-01-10 23:37:49','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2669\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2671\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2672\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2668\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of woman top nose beside man top nose]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of nose w/ drawn curved guideline along nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****AD BLOCK FOR LEAD MAGNET*****</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 15:37:49','2016-01-10 23:37:49','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2677,2,'2016-01-10 16:07:56','2016-01-11 00:07:56','','07 how to draw a face photo nostrils','','inherit','open','closed','','07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils','','','2016-01-10 16:07:56','2016-01-11 00:07:56','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2679,2,'2016-01-10 16:29:59','2016-01-11 00:29:59','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2669 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2672 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2676\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"06 how to draw a face photo nose top bridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"180\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2677\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face photo nostrils\" width=\"489\" height=\"339\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2678\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2678\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lm-face-drawing-checklist-text-ad-box-copy.jpg\" alt=\"lm face drawing checklist text ad box copy\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 16:29:59','2016-01-11 00:29:59','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2682,2,'2016-01-10 16:49:59','2016-01-11 00:49:59','','08 how to draw a face photo top lip dip','','inherit','open','closed','','08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip','','','2016-01-10 16:49:59','2016-01-11 00:49:59','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2681,2,'2016-01-10 16:36:49','2016-01-11 00:36:49','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2669 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2672 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2676\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"06 how to draw a face photo nose top bridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"180\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2677\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face photo nostrils\" width=\"489\" height=\"339\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2680\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2680\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lm-face-drawing-checklist-text-ad-box.jpg\" alt=\"lm face drawing checklist text ad box\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo of lip with regular M and stretched legs]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrow of trim]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 16:36:49','2016-01-11 00:36:49','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2683,2,'2016-01-10 16:54:21','2016-01-11 00:54:21','','09 how to draw a face photo lip rim','','inherit','open','closed','','09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim','','','2016-01-10 16:54:21','2016-01-11 00:54:21','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2685,2,'2016-01-10 17:58:25','2016-01-11 01:58:25','','10 how to draw a face photo corners of mouth','','inherit','open','closed','','10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth','','','2016-01-10 17:58:25','2016-01-11 01:58:25','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2684,2,'2016-01-10 16:57:32','2016-01-11 00:57:32','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2669 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2672 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2676\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"06 how to draw a face photo nose top bridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"180\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2677\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face photo nostrils\" width=\"489\" height=\"339\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2680\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2680\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lm-face-drawing-checklist-text-ad-box.jpg\" alt=\"lm face drawing checklist text ad box\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2682\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" alt=\"08 how to draw a face photo top lip dip\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2683\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2683\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" alt=\"09 how to draw a face photo lip rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"389\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to corners]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows of lines on lips]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow on helix]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 16:57:32','2016-01-11 00:57:32','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2686,2,'2016-01-10 18:00:59','2016-01-11 02:00:59','','11 how to draw a face photo lip grooves','','inherit','open','closed','','11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves','','','2016-01-10 18:00:59','2016-01-11 02:00:59','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2687,2,'2016-01-10 18:04:10','2016-01-11 02:04:10','','12 how to draw a face photo helix','','inherit','open','closed','','12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix','','','2016-01-10 18:04:10','2016-01-11 02:04:10','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2688,2,'2016-01-10 18:04:33','2016-01-11 02:04:33','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2669 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2672 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2676\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"06 how to draw a face photo nose top bridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"180\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2677\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face photo nostrils\" width=\"489\" height=\"339\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2680\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2680\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lm-face-drawing-checklist-text-ad-box.jpg\" alt=\"lm face drawing checklist text ad box\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2682\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" alt=\"08 how to draw a face photo top lip dip\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2683\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2683\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" alt=\"09 how to draw a face photo lip rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"389\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2685\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2685\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" alt=\"10 how to draw a face photo corners of mouth\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2686\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2686\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" alt=\"11 how to draw a face photo lip grooves\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2687\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2687\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix.jpg\" alt=\"12 how to draw a face photo helix\" width=\"477\" height=\"800\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 18:04:33','2016-01-11 02:04:33','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2690,2,'2016-01-10 18:17:27','2016-01-11 02:17:27','','13 how to draw a face photo antihelix','','inherit','open','closed','','13-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-antihelix','','','2016-01-10 18:17:27','2016-01-11 02:17:27','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-antihelix.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2689,2,'2016-01-10 18:09:27','2016-01-11 02:09:27','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2669 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2672 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2676\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"06 how to draw a face photo nose top bridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"180\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2677\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face photo nostrils\" width=\"489\" height=\"339\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2680\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2680\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lm-face-drawing-checklist-text-ad-box.jpg\" alt=\"lm face drawing checklist text ad box\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2682\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" alt=\"08 how to draw a face photo top lip dip\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2683\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2683\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" alt=\"09 how to draw a face photo lip rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"389\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2685\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2685\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" alt=\"10 how to draw a face photo corners of mouth\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2686\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2686\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" alt=\"11 how to draw a face photo lip grooves\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2687\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2687 size-medium\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"12 how to draw a face photo helix\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[side view photograph with arrow on antihelix; frontal view photograph with arrow]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photograph with arrow of overlap hair]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[photo with arrows to loose strands]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 18:09:27','2016-01-11 02:09:27','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2691,2,'2016-01-10 18:23:10','2016-01-11 02:23:10','','14 how to draw a face photo hair overlap','','inherit','open','closed','','14-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-hair-overlap','','','2016-01-10 18:23:10','2016-01-11 02:23:10','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-hair-overlap.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2692,2,'2016-01-10 18:29:19','2016-01-11 02:29:19','','15 how to draw a face photo loose strands','','inherit','open','closed','','15-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-loose-strands','','','2016-01-10 18:29:19','2016-01-11 02:29:19','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-loose-strands.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2696,2,'2016-01-10 18:35:55','2016-01-11 02:35:55','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2669 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2672 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2676\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"06 how to draw a face photo nose top bridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"180\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2677\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face photo nostrils\" width=\"489\" height=\"339\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2693\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2693\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lm-face-drawing-checklist-text-ad-box-1.jpg\" alt=\"lm face drawing checklist text ad box\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2682\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" alt=\"08 how to draw a face photo top lip dip\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2683\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2683\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" alt=\"09 how to draw a face photo lip rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"389\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2685\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2685\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" alt=\"10 how to draw a face photo corners of mouth\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2686\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2686\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" alt=\"11 how to draw a face photo lip grooves\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2687\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2687\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"12 how to draw a face photo helix\" width=\"298\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-antihelix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2690\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2690\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-antihelix.jpg\" alt=\"13 how to draw a face photo antihelix\" width=\"500\" height=\"470\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line, as seen in the above photograph on the right.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-hair-overlap.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2691\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2691\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-hair-overlap.jpg\" alt=\"14 how to draw a face photo hair overlap\" width=\"458\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-loose-strands.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2692\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2692\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-loose-strands.jpg\" alt=\"15 how to draw a face photo loose strands\" width=\"458\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 18:35:55','2016-01-11 02:35:55','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2695,2,'2016-01-10 18:32:41','2016-01-11 02:32:41','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2669 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2672 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2676\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"06 how to draw a face photo nose top bridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"180\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2677\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face photo nostrils\" width=\"489\" height=\"339\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2693\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2693\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lm-face-drawing-checklist-text-ad-box-1.jpg\" alt=\"lm face drawing checklist text ad box\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2682\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" alt=\"08 how to draw a face photo top lip dip\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2683\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2683\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" alt=\"09 how to draw a face photo lip rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"389\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2685\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2685\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" alt=\"10 how to draw a face photo corners of mouth\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2686\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2686\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" alt=\"11 how to draw a face photo lip grooves\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2687\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2687 size-medium\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"12 how to draw a face photo helix\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-antihelix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2690\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2690\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-antihelix.jpg\" alt=\"13 how to draw a face photo antihelix\" width=\"600\" height=\"564\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line, as seen in the above photograph on the right.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-hair-overlap.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2691\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2691\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-hair-overlap.jpg\" alt=\"14 how to draw a face photo hair overlap\" width=\"549\" height=\"600\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-loose-strands.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2692\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2692\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-loose-strands.jpg\" alt=\"15 how to draw a face photo loose strands\" width=\"549\" height=\"600\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 18:32:41','2016-01-11 02:32:41','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2694,2,'2016-01-10 18:32:32','2016-01-11 02:32:32','If you are the kind of person who identifies yourself as someone who cannot draw a straight line, then the idea of drawing a face may be a little daunting to you. The fact is, everybody has <em><strong>some basic level</strong></em> of drawing skill. I suspect that you are even more capable of drawing a face than you may realize.\r\n\r\nLet\'s look at an example of a face that might be drawn by someone who is considered a beginning artist (a term used throughout this post to include non-artists) with little drawing skill:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[start pic of face]</p>\r\nEven if this is what you consider as the extent of your drawing capabilities, this is a good thing! This can be used as a foundation for creating a more impressive face drawing. The reason that some drawings look more professional or more appealing than others is very simple - attention to detail!\r\n\r\nThe goal of this one lesson is not to take you from a beginning artist to someone who can create a breathtaking portrait drawing that looks like a photograph. That does not happen in one day (although it <strong><em>can happen</em></strong> much sooner than you think).\r\n\r\nWe are not dealing with any complicated shading or blending techniques here. The goal of this lesson is to show you how to draw a face by bringing more attention to detail to what you are already doing - your line drawings. A line drawing is a drawing made up of lines and little to no shading.\r\n\r\nThe more detail you add to a simple line drawing, the more it will <strong><em>gradually</em></strong> take on a realistic appearance. How do you know which details to add? It all begins by studying faces and different facial features with careful observations.\r\n<h2><strong>Details to Look for When Drawing a Face</strong></h2>\r\nTo help trigger your powers of observation and begin to add those subtle little details to your drawings, I have come up with a list of 15 details beginning artists commonly overlook when they draw a face. Let\'s see how adding these 15 simple little tweaks to the drawing example above can improve our face drawing a bit.\r\n<h3><strong>1. Inner Corners of the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nLet\'s look carefully at this image of an eye. What do you notice at the inner corner of the eye?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2670\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2670 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-inner-corner-eye.jpg\" alt=\"01 how to draw a face photo inner corner eye\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nThis pink nodule is often mistakenly called a tear duct. In actuality, the tear ducts are located just above and below it. The technical term for one of these is “lacrimal caruncle”. Regardless of what it should be called, you should always draw this little nodule at the inner corner of each eye.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with corner]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>2. Rim of the Eyelid</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All too often, people draw the almond shape of the eye and leave it at that. Then <strong>if</strong> they remember to draw eyelashes, they draw the eyelashes from this border of the eye, leaving a very unnatural look.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[pic of almond shape eye with eyelashes beside it nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Upon closer examination of an eye, you see a rim of skin around the top and bottom. This rim of skin serves as the top and bottom of the eyelids.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2669\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2669 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelid-rim.jpg\" alt=\"02 how to draw a face photo eyelid rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be sure to draw this rim around the top and bottom of your eye. Then when you do draw the eyelashes later, they will spring from the eyes more naturally.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with rim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>3. Highlights in the Eyes</strong></h3>\r\nWhen you are drawing eyes, you should always be in the habit of drawing the iris and pupil of each eye. Beginning artists very often draw an iris but no pupil. The ones that do draw both tend to leave out a third element - the highlight.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2671\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2671 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-highlight.jpg\" alt=\"03 how to draw a face photo highlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\nA highlight usually overlaps both the iris and pupil, but it can be located anywhere on the eye depending on the light source. It is often circular but can take on other shapes as well. If I am drawing without a reference photograph, I have always found you cannot go wrong with a circular highlight along the iris-pupil border. If you are not used to doing it, this one little detail alone can make a significant difference to your line drawing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with highlight]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. Eyebrow Hairs</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The eyebrow is not one solid clump of mass. Therefore, you should not draw eyebrows as a harsh border and shaded in with solid color, like this...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyebrow nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather, the eyebrow is a collection of individual hairs that happen to be living close together, flowing together in generally the same direction.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2672\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2672 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyebrow.jpg\" alt=\"04 how to draw a face photo eyebrow\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of drawing an eyebrow, draw the hairs that make up the eyebrow. Use pencil strokes the same length as the individual hairs of each eyebrow. Draw in the same direction as the hair growth. Give the border a natural appearance by making evident some loose strands that are independent of each other.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyebrow]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>5. Eyelash Length</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes are not perfectly straight, they are not equally spaced from each other, and they are not all the same length like in our example...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[eyelash nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eyelashes curve and taper from the rim of the eyelid (remember that rim we drew earlier?). Some are intertwined and other grow away from each other. More importantly, some are long and some are short.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2668 size-full\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"05 how to draw a face photo eyelashes\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Carefully study your subject to get the length of the eyelashes just right. If you are not drawing from a single reference photograph, look at several examples of eyelashes in photos of different people. I like to use the eyelids as a reference for how long I should draw the eyelashes. For example, do the top eyelashes extend beyond the top of the eyelid? In the example above, many of them do. Let\'s try to fix our drawing to create a similar appearance.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with eyelashes]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>6. Top of the Bridge of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The way the top of the nose protrudes from the face varies from person to person. Sometimes it is very subtle, other times not so much. You do not have to be drawing a profile picture to see this. You can even get a sense of this with a direct frontal view of someone. Just look at these two examples. Even the depth of the eye sockets gives a sense of protrusion.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2676\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nose-top-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"06 how to draw a face photo nose top bridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"180\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When many novice artists draw faces, so much attention is given to the bottom of the nose, leaving the top of the nose neglected. Keep this top region of the nose in mind when you draw faces. Think about how the bridge of your subject’s nose connects to the bottom of the forehead. Indicate if there is an obvious crease or slope. Consider how the eye sockets curve into the bridge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with top of nose]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>7. Wings of the Nose</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As mentioned previously, more attention is often given to the bottom area of the nose. That being said, it still remains a major point of frustration for a lot of beginners. Drawing the nostrils can be especially bothersome if you are drawing two dark circles and wondering why the nose does not look right...</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[nostril nonexample]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nostrils are not just two holes poked into a single lump of flesh. The nose has several components that work together to form the nostrils. The major players in the creation of the nostrils are the \"wings\" of cartilage that curve from the tip and form those openings that we so lovingly call nostrils.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2677\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/07-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-nostrils.jpg\" alt=\"07 how to draw a face photo nostrils\" width=\"489\" height=\"339\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Think about how these wings are to be shaped. Draw each wing so that it looks folded and leaves an opening. This opening will be a more natural-looking nostril for your line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with nostril]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2693\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2693\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lm-face-drawing-checklist-text-ad-box-1.jpg\" alt=\"lm face drawing checklist text ad box\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>8. Dip on the Top Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look along the top border of a top lip, you will likely notice a dip directly under the nose. It kind of makes the border of the top lip look like an elongated letter \"M\", grabbed at both legs and stretched out wide.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2682\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/08-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-top-lip-dip.jpg\" alt=\"08 how to draw a face photo top lip dip\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between this \"M\" and the nose, you should also notice a slight depression in the skin. Be sure to reflect both of these traits in your drawing as best as you can.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of top lip]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>9. Line around the Lip</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Depending on your subject, sometimes there is a little pale trim or ring that hugs the border of the upper lip. You might see it around the lower lip as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2683\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2683\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/09-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-rim.jpg\" alt=\"09 how to draw a face photo lip rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"389\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Again depending on the subject, it may or may not be that noticeable. I have noticed it enough times that I find myself looking for it in new reference photographs as I draw new faces. If you notice it and add it to your drawing, that will be one additional piece of detail that could potentially enhance your drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with trim]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>10. Corners of the Mouth</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether it be a smile, smirk, or frown, those facial muscles at the corners of the mouth play an important part in expressing your subject\'s mood. The little lines that form these muscles can also be very unique from person to person.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2685\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2685\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-corners-of-mouth.jpg\" alt=\"10 how to draw a face photo corners of mouth\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Try to imitate the lines you see at the corners of the mouth as closely as possible. Draw dimples if you see them. This can really help develop the likeness and recognizability of the person you are drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> [face drawing with corners]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>11. Grooves in the Lips</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look closely enough at a pair of lips, and you will see vertical little grooves that line both the top and bottom. Some stand out more than others, but they are usually apparent on some level on all lips.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2686\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2686\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-lip-grooves.jpg\" alt=\"11 how to draw a face photo lip grooves\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although these little grooves are not very obvious at a distance, it does not hurt to add a few. Of course if you are drawing a close-up image, a few more might be appropriate. Even then, you still should not feel the need to overdo it with these.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with lip grooves]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>12. Helix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing ears can easily be a trouble spot for many people, but they don\'t have to be with a couple of well thought out lines. If you are drawing the frontal view of a face, you may barely be able to see the ear anyway. Nevertheless, you will still likely see the helix, which is the outer band of cartilage that establishes the shape of the ear.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2687\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2687 size-medium\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-helix-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"12 how to draw a face photo helix\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure the shape of the ear looks right by first making sure the ear is long enough. It should be roughly the length of the nose. Then draw the rim just inside the border of the ear and parallel to it. Notice how it tapers off toward the bottom.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with helix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>13. Antihelix</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The antihelix is the curve of cartilage adjacent to the helix.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-antihelix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2690\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2690\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-antihelix.jpg\" alt=\"13 how to draw a face photo antihelix\" width=\"600\" height=\"564\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whenever you draw the helix, half the work of the antihelix is done (sometimes). If you are drawing a profile shot with a more direct view of the ear, you would have to more carefully study and draw the curves and shapes characteristic of your subject’s ear. If it is a frontal view drawing like in our example, you might have to indicate it with a slight overlap of the helix line, as seen in the above photograph on the right.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with antihelix]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>14. Overlapping Hair</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like you should draw a collection of hairs that make the eyebrows, you should draw a collection of hairs to draw the hair on the head. Obviously these hairs are much longer than eyebrow hairs, so there might be a lot more overlap.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-hair-overlap.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2691\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2691\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-hair-overlap.jpg\" alt=\"14 how to draw a face photo hair overlap\" width=\"549\" height=\"600\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for sections of hair that overlap other sections. Draw strands that represent a natural, loose flow. Don\'t feel the need to draw each individual strand or the entire length of a strand. You can draw them at their source on the scalp, at their destination, and at a length or two along the way, especially where they might be overlapping other hairs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing of overlap hair]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>15. Loose Strands on the Outer Edges</strong></h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look for strands of hair that separate themselves from the overall mass. These strands are commonly visible along the outside edges.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-loose-strands.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2692\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2692\" src=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/15-how-to-draw-a-face-photo-loose-strands.jpg\" alt=\"15 how to draw a face photo loose strands\" width=\"549\" height=\"600\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You might notice an abundance of these loose strands or not many at all, depending on the hairstyle. Again, there is no need to draw every strand that you see. Drawing just a few of these runaway hairs can add that final touch of authenticity to a line drawing.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing with loose strands]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Make These Tips a Habit</strong></h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after beginning with a basic drawing and applying these 15 details, here is the result:</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[face drawing final]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You should be able to check for and add these 15 things in your drawing no matter how much of a beginner you are. I hope you find these tips helpful in improving your drawing, even if it\'s a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Understandably, it could be difficult getting used to remembering and drawing all of these little detail tips every time you draw a face. This is especially true if you have a habit of drawing a certain way and have been doing so for a long time.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So how do you make a new habit? You have to be consistent at repeating the desired task over and over until it becomes routine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To help you remember how to draw a face with these face-drawing details so they are no longer overlooked, I want you to <a href=\"http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/face-drawing-checklist-lm-post\">have a copy of my <strong>\"Face-Drawing Checklist\"</strong></a>. Not only does it have all 15 tips I covered in this post, but there are 7 additional detail tips to look for that I did not cover here - 22 in all. You can download it in the box at the end of this post.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My recommendation is to establish a disciplined routine of drawing at least one face per day. Keep the checklist close by as you draw each face. You should see progress in the quality of your face drawings over the course of a week. You will undoubtedly begin to notice <em><strong>even more</strong></em> little facial feature details that you did not notice before. Steadily over time, the more of these little details you add to your drawings, the better they will become!</p>','Don\'t Leave These 15 Commonly Overlooked Details Out of Your Face Drawing','','inherit','closed','closed','','2645-revision-v1','','','2016-01-10 18:32:32','2016-01-11 02:32:32','',2645,'http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/2645-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),