We have already told our readers about human anatomy, and to be more precise, about how to draw lips, neck and eyes. However, we still haven’t figured out how to draw a person’s nose with a pencil step by step for beginners. That is why in today's article we decided to demonstrate step-by-step master class, which will help to replicate exactly the proportional part of the face - the nose.
Of course, many can say that you rarely meet a person with symmetrical facial proportions... but it’s better to learn to draw with a smooth, small and easy to draw nose. Whether it is male or female makes no difference, the most important thing is that final result exceeded expectations.
Master class: how to draw a person’s nose with a pencil step by step for beginners photo
To repeat step by step work pencil, it is enough to follow 6 step-by-step steps, repeating one action after another to get a very good final result.
- Step 1 - make a sketch
Of course, in this master class we will not consider the different structures of the nose and their shapes. We will simply show how from a geometric sketch you can reproduce an academic or, as it is also called, an abstract drawing. Its peculiarity is complete symmetry and the absence of anatomical features acquired during birth or resulting from injury.
To make a sketch, just use with a simple pencil, ruler, white sheet of paper and eraser. The base visually resembles an inverted letter T, with a stick extended through the top.
- Step 2 - outline outline
To ensure that the bridge of the nose, nostrils and their wings are symmetrical, use a ruler to measure the same distances, starting from a vertical line. To do this, make two strokes on top, and complete the bottom lines by adding dashes to them - you should get equal segments.
- Step 3 - outlines
To get a finished sketch, you need to connect all the segments together.
- Step 4 - eraser
Using an eraser, erase the excess details, leaving only the outline.
- Step 5 - shading
By shading you can add volume to your drawing. Light pressure on the pencil will give the facial features accuracy and a certain reality.
- Step 6 - coloring
If you have the skill, you can paint your nose with paints. True, this is not recommended for beginners.
Finished works of a human nose in pencil, photos of step-by-step works for beginners:
It's step-by-step lesson on drawing a nose from the front. Below is a diagram of the nose, which is represented as the sum of the bridge, nostrils and tip. This division makes drawing the nose easier! First, we will limit ourselves to simple shapes as a constructor for constructing the shape of the nose and creating symmetry.
In this tutorial I will use the following materials:
— mechanical pencil (0.5 HB leads);
- kneaded eraser;
- growth;
- Bristol paper (for example, Canson), its smooth side.
How to draw a person's nose
Step 1:
Draw a ball (this will be the tip of the nose) and two adjacent curved lines on each side (bridge of the nose). Draw with barely noticeable strokes so that they can be erased unnoticeably later.
Step 2:
Draw a horizontal line through the center of the circle and draw a diamond-like shape around it to draw the wings of the nose.
Step 3:
Darken the outer part of the bridge of the nose and around the inner part of the circle; you will get an elongated letter U. You see that at the top of the bridge of the nose the shadow is wider - there the bridge of the nose goes into the protrusion of the skull where the eyebrows are. Don't despair if the previously marked lines are still visible - they will disappear with further darkening.
Step 4:
Draw the nostrils based on the outline of the “diamond”. Now it looks like the real thing!
Step 5:
Darken the nostrils and be sure to leave areas exposed to light unpainted.
Step 6:
Outline the bridge of the nose and the tip of the nose. You can put shadows around the top of the circle to make the nose appear pointed, or darken the center if you want to create a flattened nose. Using an eraser, correct the overly dark areas and those lines that you want to highlight with light.
Step 7 (final):
Next, you will need a feathering brush to create soft transitions between the shading of the skin. Add adjustments and go over the highlighted areas with the kneaded eraser again. You can experiment with the shapes and sizes of the circle and diamonds when drawing different noses. Also practice your shading skills to draw longer, flatter, and more expressive noses. you can see how to draw a nose from other angles.
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The article was translated from the site rapidfireart.com.
In order to become good artist, you need to train your hand all the time. Sketches of any objects or certain fragments of human figures should become a kind of exercise. For example, do you have a question about how to draw a person’s nose beautifully? Feel free to pick up a pencil and try, the main thing is not to be afraid to make mistakes. Athletes also train almost every day in order to achieve success. Everywhere you need to make an effort, and often a lot.
If you are just learning the basics of drawing and trying yourself in the portrait genre, perhaps this lesson will help you figure out how to draw a person’s nose. We will not delve into complex anatomical details, but will try to schematically make this task easier for ourselves.
There are many different techniques and options. Every teacher and every art studio will teach you how to draw using his knowledge and tips. Today we will use a not very complicated diagram and try to draw a person’s nose from the front. If this tutorial is easy for you, try sketching from other angles. Change the angle of rotation, make sure that in your drawings you can “read” whose nose it is: a man’s or a woman’s.
So, how to draw a nose with a pencil step by step?
1. We won’t remind you about pencils and paper here. Let's start drawing. The first step, as always, starts with a sketch. Draw a small circle - this will outline the tip of the future nose.
2. The next step will be the bridge of the nose. Draw two vertical lines up. Yes, it doesn't look much like a nose. But be patient, it will soon begin to emerge.
3. After the bridge of the nose, we move on to the wings of the nose. We outline the future nostrils. You see, it’s already better! Even in this form, the nose is easy to guess.
4. At this stage you need to focus a little. Take a closer look at the drawing, you will see that you need to draw lines from the wings of the nose to the bridge of the nose. We outline the horizontal line of the nostrils - this will be the place of the future highlight at the very tip of the nose. We lower the lines of the bridge of the nose to the line of the nostrils and bend them slightly in the middle towards the base of our initial circle. It may seem a little confusing, but these lines will help you with the next step. Try to draw everything lightly, barely touching the sheet. Then you will need to erase the extra lines.
5. Now you can move on to creativity. We begin to designate the shadows, without which your drawing will remain flat. Try to develop an academic stroke at 45 degrees and place the strokes close to each other. Here the lines that we outlined in the previous step will serve as a kind of boundaries.
6. Now you need to erase all the lines that bother you, correct the shadows, soften them with your finger or a piece of soft cloth, lightly rubbing along the main lines. Don’t get too carried away; if you are not sure that you will rub the pencil correctly, skip this step. However, you can fix everything with an elastic band.
7. Make the shadows a little more contrasting, draw in the nostrils. Correct the bridge of your nose. This is the last step in how to draw a nose.
Your nose is ready! Now you can show others how to draw a nose.
In conclusion, I would like to remind you that even when drawing individual parts face or portrait as a whole, try to maintain proportions, pay attention to the angle of rotation of the head and, accordingly, the nose, do not forget about chiaroscuro. Practice drawing yourself while looking in the mirror. Good luck in your studies!
Very often, beginning artists neglect the study of the human skeleton and musculature, mistakenly believing that “it will work out just fine.” But ignorance of human anatomy leads to the fact that the drawn person turns out to be unconvincing, and his facial expressions and movements look unnatural.
So today we'll look at basic principles, which you should follow if you want to draw a good and high-quality portrait.
1. Facial proportions
The skull and jaw are a slightly flattened sphere, so looking at human face from the front we see something like an egg turned upside down with its narrow side down. Two perpendicular lines running down the middle divide this egg into four parts. Let's look at the details:
- Mark the midpoints of the right and left halves of the horizontal line. The eyes will be located exactly at these points.
- Divide the bottom half of the vertical line into five parts. The bottom of the nose will be located on the second mark from the top, and the line where the lips meet will be located one point below.
- Divide the top half of the vertical line into four parts. The hairline will be located at the second or third mark, this feature varies. The ears are located between the upper eyelid and the tip of the nose, but this rule is only true when the face is not down or up.
Helpful hint: The width of the face is usually the width of five eyes or a little less. The distance between the eyes is equal to the width of one eye. Very rarely in people this distance differs very much from the standard, but this feature will be quite easy to notice. The distance between the lower lip and chin is also equal to the length of one eye.
Another way to measure is to use the distance between the tip of the thumb and index finger. The figure below shows which distances can be measured in this way: ear height, distance from hairline to eyebrows, from eyebrow to nose, from nose to chin and from pupil to pupil.
Profile
In profile we can still see the shape of the egg, but its sharp side points towards the corner. Lines now divide the head into the face and skull.
On the skull:
- The ear is located just behind the vertical line. In size and location, it is still located between the upper eyelid and the tip of the nose.
- The depth of the skull varies within the limits indicated in the picture below in point 4 with dotted lines.
- Everything is located as indicated above.
- The root of the nose coincides with the horizontal line or is slightly higher
- The most convex part is the first point above the horizontal line that marks the line of the eyebrows.
2. Features
Eyes and eyebrows
The eye is simply two arches joined into an almond shape. There is no specific rule in drawing eyes, because the shape of the eyes can be different, and there are a lot of such shapes, but we can notice the following trends:
- The outer corner of the eye can be higher than the inner corner, but not vice versa.
- If the eye shape is almond, then the rounded part of the eye will be closer to the inner corner, and the elongated part will be closer to the outer corner.
Eye details
- The iris is partially hidden under outer eyelid. It only touches the lower eyelid if the person is looking down, or if the eye is built so that the lower eyelid is higher than usual.
- Eyelashes grow from the inside out, not the other way around, and this is very important when drawing so that they look natural. The eyelashes on the lower eyelid are shorter.
- When trying to draw all the little things (tear ducts, lower eyelid, etc.), remember that detailed drawing does not always mean that the result will be beautiful.
In profile, the eye takes the shape of an arrowhead (with convex or concave sides), with a slight hint of the upper and possibly lower eyelid. IN real life you will not see the iris from the side, you will only see the white of the eye. But an eye without an iris looks strange, so draw at least a hint of it.
As for the eyebrows, the easiest way to draw them is to follow the arc upper eyelid. Often the widest part of the eyebrow is closer to the inner part, and the “tail” tending towards the outer part of the eye gradually becomes thinner.
If you look in profile, the shape of the eyebrows changes dramatically and becomes more like a comma. The eyebrow begins where the tips of the eyelashes are located.
The human nose is approximately wedge-shaped, it is quite easy to imagine and draw it in three-dimensional form before drawing in the details.
The dorsum and wings of the nose are flat surfaces that are only outlined at the end, but it is still very important to take these surfaces into account when sketching in order to correctly calculate the proportions. The lower flat part of our wedge in the form of a truncated triangle connects to the wings and the tip of the nose. The wings fold inwards towards the septum to form the nostrils - note that the ventral view shows how the septum begins before the wings and connects to the face. It projects lower than the wings when we look at the nose in profile, which means that in the 3/4 view the far nostril is hidden by the septum.
Just as with the eyes, detailing does not always give good results. Therefore, it is more important to work out the proportions than to pore over details that can ultimately disfigure the drawing. When drawing from the front, the nose looks better if you draw only the lower part. If you are drawing a 3/4 view, then most likely you will be better off drawing the line of the bridge of the nose. You'll have to look at and study a lot of noses to figure out how and when to portray it.
Lips
- The line where the lips meet should be drawn first, as it is the longest and darkest line of the three that form the mouth. It's not easy wavy line, but a whole series of subtle curves. In the picture below you can see an exaggerated example that will explain to you the movement of the mouth line. Please note that there is different shapes lips, and that the base line may reflect the lower or upper lip. Lips can be softened in different ways. The line in the middle can be very straight to reflect a sharp look, or very blurry to weaken the lips. It all depends on the shape of the lips, how plump they are. If you want to achieve symmetry, start from the center and draw one half of the lip, and then the other.
- The two upper tips of the upper lip are the most obvious parts of the mouth, but they can also be either pronounced or almost in one line.
- The lower lip has a soft arch, but can also vary from almost straight to very rounded.
- The upper lip is usually thinner than the lower lip and sticks out general relief the face is smaller than the lower one. Try to highlight the upper lip with strokes.
- The sides of the lips are shaped like an arrowhead, and the fact that the upper lip protrudes slightly forward in this place can be seen very clearly.
- The midline of the mouth at the ends deviates downward from the lips. Even if the person smiles, it curves down before going up again. Never draw this line straight up if you are drawing a face in profile.
The most important part of the ear is the long C-shaped outer line. Interior ear is like an inverted U. There is also a similar curve just above the earlobe, connected to a small C-shaped arch. In general, the shape of the ear also varies.
When we see the face from the front, the ears are visible in profile:
- The rim, which was previously U-shaped, is now a separate part - as happens when we look at the plate from the side and see its bottom.
- The earlobe will look more like a drop and will stand out.
- How thin the ear line needs to be drawn depends on how close the ears are to the head.
If you look at the head from behind, the ear looks as if separated from the head: the rim is attached to the head by a funnel. Don't be afraid to draw the funnel too big, as it really isn't small.
3. Angle
Being shaped like a ball with a few minor changes, the head is easier to draw than expected. But despite this, you need to study what it looks like underneath different angles. Of course, the appearance of the nose changes first, but the eyebrows, cheekbones, central part of the mouth and chin also change.
When we drew the face in front and profile, we practically simplified it to a two-dimensional plane. For other viewing angles, we need to think in three-dimensional space.
Look down
- All parts are rounded upward and the ears also move upward.
- Since the nose protrudes forward, it protrudes from the general line of the face and its tip is closer to the mouth.
- The eyebrow curve becomes smoother. In order for it to take a reverse bend, you need to turn your face in some particularly unusual way.
- The upper eyelid becomes more visible and covers most of the eyeball.
- The upper lip almost disappears, and the lower one sticks out more.
- Notice that since the mouth follows a general curve, it appears as if a smile has appeared on the person's face.
Look up
- All parts are rounded down and the ears are also moved down.
- The upper lip becomes fully visible and the mouth appears fuller.
- The brow line becomes more rounded, but the lower eyelid curves downwards, giving the effect of an edgy look.
- The lower part of the nose is clearly visible, and the nostrils are also clearly visible.
Turn sideways
When a person is seen almost from the back, all that is visible is the protruding line of the eyebrows and cheekbones. The neck line protrudes and tends towards the ear. Eyelashes are the next thing that is visible when a person turns his face.
Then part of the eyebrow appears, and the ridge of the lower eyelid and the tip of the nose protruding from behind the cheek become visible.
When the face is already turned almost in profile, eyeball and the lips become visible (but midline mouth is still small), and the neck line merges with the chin line into one line. You can still see part of the cheek where the nostril hides.
When sketching a person's face, all his features should be harmoniously combined with each other. In particular, you need to know how to draw a person’s nose with a pencil correctly. For beginners, our article presents step by step instructions, thanks to which there will definitely be no difficulties in the process of performing this task!
Drawing a human nose with a pencil
To correctly draw a person's nose with a pencil, it is important to carefully study each step. Proportions must be maintained and attention must be paid to every detail. In fact, even a child can draw a person’s nose step by step with a simple pencil.
Step 1: marking
First of all, you need to mark with a pencil on a sheet of paper. Each person's nose has certain characteristics, so it is impossible to accurately convey the shapes characteristic of any face. It is only possible to create an “academic” drawing. The marking is done in the form of two perpendicular lines intersecting each other, as in the photo.
Step 2: contours of the bridge of the nose and wings of the nose
The bridge of the nose and wings are the main components of the nose, so they should be drawn at this stage. It is worth noting that the distance from one wing to the other is almost half a vertical line. To correctly draw a person’s nose with a pencil, you must maintain proportions. Otherwise the drawing will be incorrect.
Step 3: Drawing Real Shapes
At this stage it is necessary to draw the correct shape of the nose. If the markings were done correctly, drawing further details will not be difficult. It is necessary to outline the streamlined shapes, outline two lines and then draw the tip of the nose.
Step 4: Finishing Touches
This stage involves removing extra lines using an eraser. The result will be normal academic nose. Next you will have to finish drawing small elements, which is especially difficult for beginners. After all, even a small inaccuracy causes a distortion of the drawing. Sometimes the nose turns out to be too wide or, conversely, narrow. Such inaccuracies will have to be corrected until the correct form is obtained.
Step 5: Add Volume
To give the nose volume, you will need to draw shadows using a simple pencil. As a result, the drawing will turn out to be three-dimensional, like those of real artists.
In the process of drawing a human nose, it is important to adhere to basic recommendations and maintain proportions. Each line must be applied correctly and the shadows must be conveyed successfully. It is advisable to do them with a soft pencil.
Note! Experts recommend drawing facial features such as eyes and nose at the beginning of the lesson, since these are the details that should be given the most attention and also require a lot of effort. The remaining elements can be corrected. If the nose or eyes turn out to be unsuccessful, the person’s face will be spoiled, and the portrait will be conveyed without obvious resemblance.
According to the proposed scheme, you can draw the nose of a woman, man or child with a pencil step by step. It is suitable specifically for beginner artists who cannot yet depict complex lines and group them into a single drawing.
Video for beginners: how to draw a human nose step by step
Below in the video are training lessons that will help you quickly and easily draw a person’s nose with a simple pencil, correctly convey shadows and indicate the main strokes.