Draw Realistic People
People are arguably the most difficult subject to draw realistically. Read on to discover the rules of drawing a realistic face as well as a realistic figure.
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Steps
Semi Realistic People
Make sure you draw lightly so it's more of a sketch than the final project. When you are finished with the sketches, erase them. They are easier to erase now that your lines are lighter.
- Create a medium-sized circle at the top of the page.
- Bisect the circle with a vertical line extending out of the circle at the bottom. Add connecting lines to form the guides to jaws and the chin of the human head.
- Join three horizontal lines for guides to the eyes, nose and mouth.
- Draw lemon-shaped circles on either side for the eyes and the a small curved line for the tip of the nose.
- Draw the realistic lips of the human at the bottom of the nose symmetrical of shape on either side of the vertical dividing line.
- Make the eye-lids and the eye-brows as well.
- Create a realistic shape of the ear-outline on either side of the head originating from the eye-level.
- Draw guides to the throat and the shoulders.
- On the basis of the guides of the head, draw the hair of the human.
- Erase all sketchy guides and draw clear and final lines.
- Color the realistic human character.
- Apply shades and highlights to the color.
Realistic People
- Create a smaller circle and bisect it with a vertical line extending out from the bottom of the circle.
- Add joining guides for the eyes, nose ,mouth and the outline of the jaw and chin as well.
- Make neat shapes for the eyes on the eye-line guide and a realistic nose on the vertical line and a pair of lips as well.
- Create hair on the skull with bunches of irregular hair dropping on either side.
- Extend curved hairs for the lady on one of her shoulders.
- Form the shoulders, and the upper arms together with the breasts to complete the guidelines.
- Add further details to the eyebrows and the eyes. Add a small detail to the chin as well.
- Erase all unwanted lines.
- Color the realistic lady with shades.
Things You'll Need
- A sketch book or piece of sketch paper
- A pencil
