Hello everyone welcomes to my blog. Today I have for you what is probably one of the most requested tutorials which are how to draw hair and I've been meaning to do this for a while. I just haven't got around to it, I've managed to throw something together that you should hopefully found useful. For short hair and long hair, the techniques are pretty much the same. I hope you found this useful.
First of all, I'm going to roughly sketch out some outlines to give myself an idea of scale but probably end up adjusting it as I go. What I want to do today is focus on the technique of drawing realistic hair. What we need to pay attention to is the method of creating the details textures shadows and highlights and eventually, that will all come together and give us a realistic looking hair appearance.
Here I'm just starting from one point of this drawing and usually, I just render it fully as I go. I'm using a Primo charcoal 59-3B pencil. Always sharpen it and making sure I'm creating very fine lines. I think hair can sometimes be confusing because people see it as being these separate strands of hair. Realistically the hair will bend and flow in different directions individual hairs will come together and form larger areas which include shadows and highlights.
I think the highlights are one of the most important things naturally hair reflects light and so having that contrast between the light and dark areas will give a better impression. Let me try and break down what it is I'm doing here, instead of drawing individual hairs. I draw around the highlights, filling in the shadows. I'm creating small marks with the pencil and making different pencil shades. I'm also using the eraser to pull some of that highlights. It takes a long time so you have to be patient.
Sometimes I make a dark line between two parts and this gives a sense of that separation, as long as this is present then it should always be able to be recognized as hair. One thing that's quite challenging when drawing hair like this is the way that each of the hairs overlaps and when this happens the hairs that come together can appear as one shade. I look at how the hairs travel down and interact with others. It needs to look natural. The parts behind the hair hanging in the foreground are a lot darker and this helps to bring these parts of the hair further forward. This is mainly due to that contrast between the lighter and the darker shades.
Sometimes it might help to draw the outlines of the highlights and then you can just fill in the shadows around it. You can then lightly shade in and add more pencil turns to the highlights. I'm making these dark shadows in between parts of the hair, I normally create some rough outlines indicating some lighter parts that I want to leave out. When I start to shade in these areas under shadow I'll make these outlines parts a bit lighter and it will look a lot more realistic.
If I'm going to give some general advice when it comes to drawing hair, I'd say focus on the direction you a drawing in relation to the others, this includes looking at how you create a separation between, usually in the shadows alongside the highlights and producing contrasting shades. A lot of these highlights will need some shading so that it naturally flows into the darker areas. Always try to keep the pencil sharp and work with the point of the pencil. Another thing that is how you can make use of an eraser I have an ultra-fine 2.3mm eraser which is useful for accurately creating highlights.
This tutorial is all about drawing the hair so I didn't include other parts, like the eyes, nose or mouth. I think I've pretty much covered this process. There we go that's an example of how to draw hair. This isn't the only way. There are artists out there that have many other techniques and alternative methods to draw hair but this is the way that I'd go about drawing it. I hope this is useful for you.
She is pretty! the classic Asian beauty. thank you!
Whoa, shes so pretty indeed!
Skill on painting can be acquired through constant practice but some were just gifted that they can paint as much as this gorgeous lady.
Thank you for your comment! That motivate me to do better! @elizahfhaye
I tried to use an ordinary pencil :D
Very nice art! 👍
wow wish I could draw like that... please do not stop drawing.. wish I could get you to draw an ex girl friend of mine.. would be cool to give it to her.. as a gift.
Thank you, I will! I was going to do that too but I let the past be.
that's true. Asians are beautiful
Some of them are ahaha
indeed!! amazing hair rendering - it looks so real and what face expression !!
Thank you for the compliment! That means a lot to me!
Thank you very much for your support! Hope you have a great week! @justyy
Me encanto tu dibujo tienes demasiado talento demasiado talento yo tambien dibujo me encantaria que pudieras ver mis dibujos, saludos!
Nice work, hair is very hard to draw
It gets easy as I do it more. Pratice makes perfect 👌
OMG! This is so beautiful
Thank you @bedee
Nice post
great artwork my friend. Please continue posting a valuable like this and I definitely see you being successful on this community in the near future. Great post
Calling this work by @vaansteem a valuable is not a mistake.He will really go far.Sometimes when I admire works like this,I wish I could draw too.
Thank you so much! I sure you have other talent that I don’t. Good luck to you!
Thanks again for the positive comment my friend! I’m always trying to improve. I wish you the best on the platform as well!
Great Post! I love your artwork
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Yeah it is really detailed and nicely explained.
I have no idea of drawing and not even close to arts but after seeing this I can say that I might be able to draw something 100 times less beautiful than this on my 101st attempt :p
I’m sure you can do the same. Nothing is impossible :D
Wow, you have a talent. I would like to be able to draw like this
I’m sure you can draw too. Give it a try :)
Omg !!! That is so realistic . I envy you in every way 😔😔😔
But two thumbs up and upvote from me . 😊😊😊
Thank you very much! Happy to hear that :)
you are really good at drawing
Hi @vaansteam,
I've just saved your drawing as a wallpaper for my pc. The effect of the hair is so f***ing real omg.
Have you considered 'selling' your services? I would surely pay for a portrait of mine.
Have a nice day.
-Ferran
Thank you @fcalabuig I really happy that you saved my drawing as a wallpaper! No I’ver never sold any of my artwork before. It always been a hobby of mine but never a career. You have an awesome day my friend!
I'll follow you to stay up with your future works.
Keep it up bro! :)
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Check it up my friend! We can mix it between your art and mine to shake it up!
She looks like a real person the more I stare at it. Nice mix of the art work! I'm highly mesmerized about this.
@weareonedrair awesome mix for sure!
Thank you sir for your appreciation and support. I appreciate it.
Wow this really cool! I love it! Good job on this!
very nice post. i like your art
Thank you!
Thanks vaan!!!
So great art tutorial @vaansteam !! Your artworks always inspire people
@livvu Your artworks inspire people too including me! I love your work!
Thank you very much @vaansteam !! Great honour for me !
Arts is Life! There is always a wonderful story behind every piece. Painting is my relief.
wow.. nice work..
Thanks
This artwork is nice and look very sad
yes
Wow!
at this moment, 2,046 viewings!
Did you guess that many would want to learn how to draw hair?
:)
Congratulations. I wish I could also push up your votes to 1,000
Yeah I didn’t so many like my post! And I’m really happy about that. Thank your thoughtfulness! :)
Nice work Vaan @vaansteam. The first impression i had when i saw this in the 'Trending' post is...'who is this girl?' my heart starts to beat harder as i opened your blog, and to my surprise its a drawing made real! Amazing how gifted you are...thanks for the moment of pure originality. Steem on Vaan...
I very happy that you were moved by my drawing. Thank you. Wish you the best. Steem on!
hehehehe
Ok i am not hating...
but plz show us how to do the face aswelll :)
I have it in my other post on how to draw face. :)
That is a really nice charcoal drawing.....I also notice the tools that you used in creating those hair. It's good!!!!
Thank you for noticing!! :)
Amazing skills. Hair is one of my biggest challenges. This post was very helpfull. Check out my latest post if you like
https://steemit.com/drawing/@realitycartoon/my-drawing-of-rihanna-original-art-realitycartoon
pretty
Thank you 😊
I’m glad it was useful! And your drawing is very nice!
Hermoso trabajo, felicitaciones y mil bendiciones
Thank you!
great work!
Thank you!!
I am Pricasso most wonderful artist like yourself. You have inspired me so in your honour and dedication to you created this masterpiece...
In your honour a blog dedicated to you...
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Yours Always
Pricasso
It’s beautiful! I love it!
;)
Hey @vaansteam this is a great post! It's very informative and you're amazingly talented. I think it would be even cooler if you started a DTube channel and recorded yourself drawing these. It would be much easier for people to follow along!
Keep up the good work :)
Iris
I also felt that a video would be helpful, but I kept quiet as I do not like what DTube (and the other one does the same) does: As soon as you use it, it forces you to be their "follower". I consider that dirty trading and stay away from people who think they have rights over me.
PS: I've always wondered at the great patience artists need for creating their works of art - especially as most artists I know rather lack in patience in other matters. I'm glad that writing is easier (for me)...but this post has made me interested in seeing more of your posts.
@arthur grafo. Thank you for interested in my work. You have a wonderful day!
Great Idea @hyperfundit was thinking that. Thank you for the suggestion :)
Beautiful drawing about hair style amazing post.
Thank you very much!
mantap agan
Thanks
Just a wonderful drawing bro... keep it up.. I'm a student of Fashion Designing ... I will follow u! :)
Fashion design is also a wonderful skills good luck to you!
by god that perfect
Thank you!
So wonderful this poetry, I love it . thank you for show us this. please pass to my blog: Sin paso al orgulo
I’m glad you like my drawing
Bro your drawing is always good, I admire your work.
Thank you for that! :)
I'm always having a hard time drawing the hair, it always look like a big black around the face. Thank you for the tips!
It seem looks hard but it really isn’t. Keep practicing
this was great
Thank you
@vaansteam I think your post about drawing a lion was stolen by @newssource go check it out. It's sad to see plagiarists stealing beautiful content here.
Thank you for watching out for me! I hope this person will change soon.
great work!♥♥
Thank you @stella7
My stick figures aren’t even in the same ball park as your drawings! Again, amazing stuff.
Great
Good post
I’m sure you’re not that bad. Ahaha :)
bu çizimi ancak gerçekten seven insan yapar sevmeyenler yapamaz çok güzel olmuş
Wish I can draw like you ...
I’m sure you can too if you want :)
Wow that is awesome!! You can check out my drawings too if you like :)
Yes I’ll check it out. Thank you for sharing
Great to see a step by step progress
I’m glad it was useful to you :)
The hair looks very realistic. Nicely done.
How many hours or minutes you spent drawing it?
This drawing took me a about 4.5hrs
Wow, so meaning it's not easy to do it.
You have made the hair really "alive" and making it stand out in your drawing. Very impressed.
Thank you very much! :)
Excellent work. You’re a very talented drawer, I’m impressed!
Thank you. Glad you think so!
No problem :)
Hope to see some more in the future!
amazing, really I was fascinated by the master's work, i like it
Thank you so much!
i am waiting your post again
Well this art is fantastic, but there is a Lil fault in this art.
1: the ear lobule is not made very natural like the other parts of pic.
2: Eyes are pointing in Lil different directions what I mean to say is the cornel (black part) of eye is not placed equidistant in both the eyes. It seems like this girl is having squint.
At the same time the texture of her is so natural I like almost like a picture capture in BW mode and with her innocent face I almost fell for her. Nice work
Nice post
Thank you for pointing that out, about the ear. I will try to imrove next time. :)
My pleasure bro... U are art work is incredible
Wow that's so cool! It's so nice to see that people still draw with their imagination and their hand, rather than using computer graphic design software to create images.
:) Looks like I've found another cool person to follow! :)
I find that computer graphic design is hard for me and I am better with a pencil ✏️
I think it's more original and genuine of an art with a pencil :) You can put more of "yourself" into it, your own personal "style" and "signature"!
Yeah maybe. But I think people that can do computer graphic are also very talented
Amazing dear @vaansteam
Thank you!
I followed you step by step
And this is my result.
I am very proud of it
It actually quite ahaha :)
Great tutorial ! :)
I have never tried my hand at charcoal drawing, but it looks to be quite something.
The most I have done is drawing with B4-6 pencils :p
Hmm a kneaded eraser should do good job to get the fine details as well :)
Do you go over with a white pen/ink for extra highlights at the end?
Upvote and follow. Can't wait to see more from you
You should give it a try! I been loving it since the first time I start drawing with it. And I’m learning new techniques everyday. :)
wao, it very good looking and more also pretty
Glad you like it :)
This is a great Andrew very detailed tutorial. I was unaware that there were different grades of charcole pencils. Only lead.
There are so many grades. I bought a whole collection of it :)