Today we’ll show you how to draw hair.
The difficulty in drawing hair is learning how to depict it as soft and movable while not spending hours trying to draw individual hairs.
Think of hair as having three definite tones; highlights, shadows, and lowlights, and begin by drawing the shape of the skull and deciding on the general shape of the hair.
Block in the darks, or, shadow areas of the hair, working around the highlights. It may be useful to squint at your reference if you’re using one, as this will help you to see the shape of the shadow and highlight.
Build up the hair with a series of directional strokes that follow the growth pattern of the hair. Keep the hairline broken at the part and the forehead, and be sure that your hair follows the shape of the head.
Break across the shadow areas with a few highlighted hairs that you pick out with the kneaded or electric eraser, and draw a few fly away hairs around the outside of the hair to keep it from looking too smooth. Touch up the darks again as needed, and the hair is complete.
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