Develop the Lights and Darksįirst and foremost, when you are sure of your accuracy, carefully remove the grid lines with a kneaded eraser. Use the grid method and a mechanical pencil to create a line drawing of a nose in a straight-on view. Follow the steps to draw a nose in both views. These straight-on and profile views of the nose will give you ample practice. It is important to learn to draw facial features in different poses. The five elements of shading are easy to see. The nose is the least complicated feature and most closely resembles the sphere, as noted.

Only by taking one feature at a time can you learn the anatomy well and understand what to look for and what to capture in your drawing. Now, before you can draw an entire face, you must first learn to draw each of the facial features individually.

More Resources on Drawing Faces and Peopleĭrawing the Curve of Cheeks, Chins, and Noses Drawing Hairĭrawing Facial Hair Avoid These 5 Mistakes When Drawing Portraits So you understand where we’re heading in this tutorial, here’s our finished product first. In this step-by-step guide, Lee will teach you how to recreate every aspect of your model’s face: the eyes, nose, cheeks, and mouth. Below, artist and instructor Lee Hammond shares tips and techniques for drawing realistic faces with graphite pencil, excerpted from her book, Lee Hammond’s All New Big Book of Drawing.

If you want to draw lifelike portraiture, knowing how to draw facial features is essential.

How do you draw a nose