How I draw hair | |
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Before drawing . . . I imagine shading the entire subject without hair like shading a cantaloupe. (It might help to see my lesson on "shading.") Then I imagine placing hair on that cantaloupe in sections each section with it's own high-spot of sheen and low-spot of shadow like a separate wave, separate curl, or straight run. Once I have that sectional-cantaloupe-shaded in my mind . . . I draw following four rules : |
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1. Go with the flow Regardless of hair length I figure out which way the hair grows and lies. Then I draw along that flow only. Otherwise the hair would look unnatural. |
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2. Draw dark to light I always start each line at a dark area. And I end nearby in a light area. If a light area isn't nearby as is often the case with a section of straight hair, I try to end my line all the way at the end of that hair section. |
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3. Draw hard to soft I press hard when I start in a dark area and gradually release pressure until the pencil stroke ends with just a whisper in a nearby light area. 4. Forearm planted I always keep my forearm planted on the desk with my hand comfortably in front of me. In this position I only have about a 45° range of motion in my wrist for drawing a line, but no matter. To keep my pencil line in the hair flow, I move my drawing board underneath my hand! |
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How I draw hair — |
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by Mike Theuer |
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