How To Sketch People




Step 1.


We're starting with four faces. Draw the four circles and guidelines to help sketch the facial features. When talking about sketching, you can do quick pencil strokes. Do the strokes lightly, please.
 

Step 2.

Now you've got the facial position and mass with the circles and guidelines, draw the lower jaw area and the upper lids of the eye

Step 3.



The wonderful thing about those guidelines that look like satellite antennae is they help with perspective and placing the facial features. You can put in the lower lids and iris of their eyes. The nose goes at the bottom of the circle

Step 4.



We're doing pretty good at this point. Your guidelines are shaping into an actual face. Damon has those wonderful expressive eyebrows. Go ahead and draw place mark for them. No details yet. You can now start on the rest of his mouth, neck and ears

Step 5.


As mentioned, this is a sketch so keep drawing, molding your faces. You'll see red on their jaws, eyebrows, eyes...just about everywhere. I'm constantly tweaking to make the faces look more like the characters.

Step 6.

 

Here are some tidbits about the expressive eye. First, when the eye is relaxed the upper lid covers part of the iris. Then when someone expresses shock or surprise, the eyes widen to expose all of the iris as pictured.

Step 7.

Mouths can tip off what a person is feeling. It changes with the expression of the face. The nose and mouth work together. The shading and highlights are consistent. Plus the concave and convex areas above the upper lip extend to the nose. 

Step 8.


Now you've sketched to your heart's content. Your drawing should have a sketchy feel to it. Quick, lots of lines to mold the drawing. Whether or not your drawing looks like this, you've learned some techniques that'll help you. 

Step 9.



You've rested. Now darken Damon's face that's in the shadows. Don't worry about covering up some of his eye. Remember on the left side, facing us, part of his lower lid is hit by light so get that special effect with your kneaded eraser. 

Step 10.


EXPRESSIONS: 1st Pic-Damon is squinting in the sun looking at the beautiful Elena. 2nd Pic-Elena does a curtsy and looks at Damon from beneath her eyelids. 3rd pic-Damon is in the darkened Mystic Grill and Bar and gets a rebuttal from Elena who says, "Don't give me that flirty look. Don't make me regret being your friend." 4th pic-Damon jokingly says, "I'm not giving you that look." I hope you all have enjoyed this tutorial with me. Thanks so much for taking the time out. Let me know what you think!