How to sketch a face proportionally with this how-to video and step-by-step drawing instructions. Simple drawing for kids and beginners.
Please see the drawing tutorial in the video below
You can refer to the simple step-by-step drawing guide below
Step 1
Draw an oval and divide it into 3 parts for the head. Make the oval face a little rounder than usual because girls usually have rounder faces than boys. To divide the oval into 3 parts, start by drawing a line across the center. Then draw a second horizontal line that goes through the midpoint of the first line you drew and the bottom of the oval.[1]
Dividing the face into parts will make it easier to get the face proportions later.
Imagine that her face is at eye level and you are looking her straight in the eye.
Step 2
Draw the eyes on the top horizontal line. Girls have all kinds of eye shapes, but in general, they are drawn with larger and rounder eyes than boys. Center the eyes on the horizontal line so that the line runs through the center of each eye. Also, make the distance between the inner corner of each eye equal to the length of one eye. If you draw a third eye in between the eyes, it will fit perfectly.[2]
Step 3
Add pupils and eyelashes to the eyes. Girls usually have longer and thicker eyelashes than boys. To create the look of long, thick lashes, highlight and thicken the upper and lower lash lines, making them thicker at the outer corners. Once you’ve finished applying your lashes, draw a large circle in each eye that is partially obscured by the upper lash line and with equal white space on each side. Then draw a smaller circle within each of the large circles and shade them to make pupils. Leave a small dot of white space in each pupil to look like light is reflected from them.[3]
Step 4
Draw a curved eyebrow above each eye. In general, girls’ eyebrows are thinner and more curved than boys’ eyebrows, but you can customize the shape and thickness of the eyebrows. To draw eyebrows, start with the pencil slightly above the outer corner of one eye and draw a downward curved line, which curves downward and begins to curve upwards as you approach the inner corner of the eye. Then repeat with the other eye.[4]
To make the brows thicker, glide over the lines you’ve drawn a few times and shade around the arches.
Step 5
Draw the tip of the nose along the bottom horizontal line. Like boys, girls have many different nose shapes, but their noses are often drawn with fewer soft lines to avoid them looking too masculine. To draw the tip of the nose, start drawing a little higher than the bottom horizontal line with the tip of the pencil aligning with the inner corner of the upper eye. Then draw a short curved line down the horizontal line that doesn’t reach that line, followed by a horizontal curve pointing up and down and meeting the horizontal line. Repeat the same steps with the other side of the face, but duplicated, to complete the tip of the nose.[5]
Avoid drawing the bridge of the nose as it can make the nose look too masculine. You will be able to define the bridge later by shading instead of rough lines.
Step 6
Use the shadow to gently define the bridge and tip of the nose. Start with your pencil at the inner end of the eyebrow on one side of the face. Then, lightly blend along the bridge of the nose, stopping when it reaches the corner of the eye. Next, bring your pencil down the nostril on the same side and gently draw a vertical curve towards the bridge of the nose. Then, shade in the space between that line and the outer edge of the nostril to define the tip of the nose.[6]
Only do this on one side of the face. If you try to polish both sides of the nose, it may look too obvious and masculine.
Step 7
Draw the lips between the tip of the nose and the chin. For a typical girl’s face, you’ll want to make the lips round and full. Starting with the pencil at the midpoint between the nose and chin, draw a short, horizontal, upward curved line in the middle of the 2 sides of the face, this will be the concave point at the bottom of the upper lip. Then draw a slightly longer upward curved line extending beyond each end of the first curve. Next, repeat the same steps slightly above the lines you just drew and connect the ends of these outer curves to the ends of the first outer curves you drew to complete the upper lip. Finally, draw a long upward curved line from the corner of the lip to the corner of the other lip to make the bottom lip.[7]
The outer corners of the lips should extend past the nostrils above them. Otherwise, the lips may look too small.
Step 8
Draw an ear on each side of the head. To draw the ears, start from the side of the head so that your pencil aligns with the outer edge of the eyebrow. Then, draw a short, horizontal, upward curved line extending away from the side of the head to form the top of the ear. Next, draw a vertical line that curves outwards running from the end of the top of the ear down to the side of the face just above where the tip of the nose falls. Instead of bringing the end of the curve to the side of the face, leave a small gap and fill it with a small, upward curved line to make the bottom of the ear. Repeat with the other end.[8]
Step 9
Draw the hair with a hairline starting below the top of the oval. This will give the face a soft, feminine hairline. If you draw the hairline right on top of the oval, the forehead can look rough and too big. After you draw the hairline, draw the outline of the hair so that it is larger and wider than the oval, this will make the hair look fuller. Then, with a pencil, draw long lines along the length of the hair so that it looks like individual curls.[9]
You can draw the hair tucked behind the ear or draw over the ear and erase the part of the ear that is covered by the hair.
