In this lesson we will draw a nose with a pencil step by step, front view. The nose happens different forms. Check out the image of the nose from different angles below.
We will draw three different noses simultaneously. Snub-nosed, straight and slightly curved downwards.
Draw a circle as the basis of the tip of the nose.
Draw the bridge of the nose with two curved lines.
Depending on what kind of nose we have, we place two circles of smaller diameter (the wings of the nose) differently. A man's nose is usually longer and larger than a woman's, and the ideal nose is a subjective concept, each person has an idea of perfect nose varies and also depends on culture and race.
Use an eraser to lighten the lines of the nose. We draw the contours of the tip of the nose and the wings of the nose, note that the contours of the wings are different.
Apply shading to the nose with a 2H or HB pencil to highlight the shape of the nose in a light tone. The light source in this version is from the top left, so the right side of the nose will be darker than the left.
Use cross hatching to complete the shading. different parts. Use 2H or HB pencils for light shades and 4B for dark shades, you just need to decide where to place the light and shadow. If you use few contrasting shades, the design may appear flat. Therefore, unless the person has a flat nose, always use a wide range of shades.
Move a little away from the drawing, see what is wrong and add additional shadows.
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A special part of drawing is the nose, which is often overlooked by portrait artists. Although this shouldn't happen! If your nose doesn't work out at all, then the whole portrait will suffer. Therefore, we will learn to draw a nose!
Three images of a nose
The image in front of you is a regular sketch of a nose.
The nose has completely simple shapes: both lines running along the entire length of the nose, a rounded ball that indicates the type of nostrils and nose.
This drawing indicates the initial sketch of the nose, with shadows applied to it.
Here is a completely finished illustration of the nose.
In this drawing the sketch is no longer visible. Here you can notice that the features of the nose are no longer filled with sharp lines, but with shadow.
The illustration above indicates the structure of the nose using red lines. To adjust the appearance of the nose, we raise and lower our red lines.
Below in blue color shows how you can draw a shadow that will be located directly under the end of the nose.
Occasionally the shadow will be heavier and sometimes a little lighter and softer, but most of the time when lit it will be exactly as shown.
Of course, it is clear that there cannot be much shadow on the side of the nose or on the side of the bridge of the nose, which is more illuminated.
In order to avoid making the mistake that beginners most often make, you should not highlight the entire contour of the nose on both sides. This is not beneficial because the outline makes the portrait look completely unrealistic. So it’s better to draw the outline of the nose using shadows.
When you draw or shade around the nose, try to apply less pressure with your pen or hand, because... they require light pressure. These three areas are shown in the figure.
In the event that you are drawing a theme that does not contain many sharp shadow transitions on the face, then you should not draw these features too much. In normal cases, you can simply shade it slightly. For example, as shown above.
1) The area marked in blue has an almost invisible shadow and shows the nose from the side.
Here the area near the edge of the eye and the area where the invisible “ball” sign is located near the nose are shaded.
Typically where the highlighted side of the nose is, few portraits allow for a little more shading, but not much anyway. When shading, special attention should be paid to the bridge of the nose. In order to ensure the proper illusion of size and depth of the nose, it is usually necessary to shade and highlight the details of the nose in the area dark side, as shown on the left side of this figure.
2) A further area, when working with which you need to press lightly when drawing - the “smile line” highlighted in the image green. This line is usually called the nasolabial fold.
On this image you can see a slight smile effect. Imperceptibly downwards, the strokes first weaken and then disappear completely. There are types of faces in which the “smile line” is much darker and longer.
3) On the surface of the skin, on the upper lip, from the area of the line located in the middle, a labial groove emanates, which joins the protrusion of the upper lip. In the figure, the groove is indicated in red and is also applied with light strokes.
Also you can't get around special attention white areas near the nose, which are shown in the picture above.
As the highlighted image aptly points out, the areas near where the nostrils begin are not delineated in many cases. The pattern will look much rougher if you highlight the entire base of the nose (under the nostrils).
Let's pay attention to the area on the side of the nose, located between the beginning of the “smile line” and the nostrils. You don't have to place the "smile lines" directly next to the nostril. Some people have a gap between the nostrils and the “smile line.”
Pay attention to this nuance when you begin to depict the area near the nose. In this picture, the space is slightly increased. By paying attention to the various typical characteristics of faces, you will notice this space.
This figure shows the nose at an angle, located in the projection?.
If our portrait, instead of the front view, is depicted in a projection?, then the nose is also in the same projection, and that means it will look at a slight angle.
In the picture you can notice a purple line that is located in the very center of the face.
To the left of the purple line is a section of the nose sketched with red lines.
On the other side of this line there is a blue shading that indicates the nostril areas. IN in this case, the nose is drawn turned, and does not look symmetrical on any side at all.
The green color indicates that the edge of the nostril lives approximately on the same line as the corner of the inside of the eye. Likewise, when viewed from the front, they will be located on the same line.
I used an orange line to indicate how the edge of the nostril should be drawn in relation to the center of the mouth.
Although different people various shapes nose or mouth, they are mainly depicted in this way. The girl depicted in the picture does not have a very large or very wide nose, however, we will apply the “line method” to her.
Those who are just starting to master drawing techniques depict their noses as too narrow. To achieve a successful nose width, pay special attention to this.
Look at the purple nose. This indicates how far away it is from the face. Don't be afraid to draw it. Feel free to experiment with your nose, but don't change its length too much.
Keep in mind that if the noses you draw are the same length, they will look completely unrealistic. Since people different faces, then their noses should be different. Depict them as closely as possible to the original.
The proportions of your nose must be respected.
As you can see from the two red and two purple lines above, the length is not that much greater than the width.
Not everyone has the same size. However, some of the artists draw the nose either too long or very short. Mainly, your portrait should be realistic.
Draw a nose with a pencil, step by step:
1) First, draw a sketch of the nose. The lines on the sides of the nose should not be darkened. One side is usually shaded more than the other.
2) Now you need to shade the base of the nose and its side that lives in the shadow. Mark the nostrils in the drawing. Next you need to shade the nostril that is in the shadow.
3) Finish shading the nose. Using soft shading, we highlight the areas of the roundness of the nostrils and the area of the “ball” of the nose.
To correctly draw a person’s head, you need to know its proportions.
The head has an oval shape, which is divided by the eye line into two approximately equal parts, that is, the eye line is located approximately in the middle of the face.
Drawing a face is quite difficult. Conventionally, it can be divided into three parts: from the beginning of the hair to the eyebrow line, from the eyebrow line to the end of the nose and from the end of the nose to the chin.
The upper edge of the ear is located at the level of the eyebrows, the lower - at the level of the base of the nose. The eye line can be divided into five identical parts, of which the second and fourth are occupied by the eyes.
The width of the nose is equal to the length of the eyes, and the mouth is slightly wider than the nose.
The distance between the eyes is equal to the width of the eyes or the width of the base of the nose. The ears are located from the line of the eyebrows to the line of the base of the nose, the cut of the mouth is one third of the distance from the base of the nose to the end of the chin.
The head is symmetrical, and you can draw it on the basis of a conventional line that starts at the back of the head, runs in the middle of the forehead between the eyes, along the nose, in the middle of the mouth and chin. This line is called median and serves to construct paired symmetrical forms.
Knowing these proportions will help a novice artist in working on a portrait.
Head shapes come in different types.
Now look at how to sketch different facial expressions on a person.
Drawing of the head begins with the construction of its ovoid shape, while it must be remembered that the shape of the head must be outlined so that its horizontal middle passes just above the middle of the sheet and so that the head is not too shifted to the right or left. Only after this the parts of the face are outlined. They need to be studied very carefully: the similarity of the portrait to nature depends on this.
The main parts of the face include the eyes, nose, lips and ears. Of course, each person has their own unique eyes, nose and lips. But this only seems, in fact they can be generalized and their form simplified.
The human head is drawn in full face(when he looks straight)
in profile (with the head turned sideways),
and half a turn.
Drawing the eyes
Eyes play a very important role in the resemblance of a portrait to life. You can start drawing an eye with its generalized shape - a ball inserted into a horizontally located oval (eye socket). Therefore, when starting to draw the eyes, you need to outline the eye sockets, while remembering that they are not located very close to the nose. The distance between the eyes is equal to the length of the eye itself. Next, having outlined the pupil, we begin to draw the eyelids.
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When drawing the profile, you need to remember that the upper eyelid is pushed forward a little more than the lower one. And the pupil turns from round into a flattened oval.
When drawing the face in half a turn, notice how the upper eyelid of the eye rises.
The authenticity of the portrait depends on the greater or lesser intensification of the shadows, and not on the direction of the strokes, so first of all you need to try to place the shadows correctly and engage in shading only when the skills have already been acquired.
Draw a line passing through the eye, carefully observing its direction. Find the length of the eye, which is indicated by two vertical lines. Draw the contours of the eye, remembering that the front convexity or roundness of the eye is visible in eyes drawn in profile or half-turn.
Drawing lips
Before you start drawing the lips, you need to mark the midline of the mouth (this is the line where the upper lip meets the lower), then determine the length and thickness of the lips on this line (usually the lower lip is thicker than the upper, but sometimes they are equal in thickness ). You also need to remember that the mouth is below the base of the nose. Next, you need to start outlining the outlines of the lips, trying to convey their characteristic shape (thin, thick, medium, even along the contour or with a curve on the upper lip).
When drawing lips in profile or in half a turn, you need to outline the size of the mouth section, its slope, as well as the degree of thickness (that is, protrusion of one of the lips).
The mouth opening is located one third of the distance from the base of the nose to the end of the chin.
We draw mouths from the front and in profile. First, we draw a line crossing the mouth, then we determine the length of this line with two lines,
Then we find the middle of the mouth and mark it with a line parallel to the lines indicating the length of the mouth.
Then we will designate the thickness of the lips and designate the teeth if the mouth is slightly open.
Drawing the nose
When drawing a nose, you must first carefully study its characteristic features: noses can be straight (1), snub (2) and with a hump (3).
Also, noses can be long, short, narrow and wide. The base of the nose is equal to the width of the eye. When outlining the nose, you need to remember that the middle of the facial line of the nose passes through the middle of its base and tip.
When drawing a profile or half-turn, we must not forget that the stronger the turn of the head, the further the tip of the nose is from the midline.
Now let's try to draw the mouth and nose together.
Now we draw the nose and eye.
Drawing ears
The ears are usually located at a level from the eyebrows to the base of the nose. In order to correctly outline the ears, you need to draw an imaginary axis of the ear, which runs parallel to the line of the nose. Next, outline the general shape of the ear and draw the details.
Draw an oblong quadrilateral and divide it crosswise into two equal parts. Trace the outer circumference of the ear, then outline its thickness and draw the middle (ear cavity).
Drawing hair
The hair beautifully frames the head and starts midway from the eye line to the crown (the top point of the head). All hairstyles can be reduced to the most typical.
Drawing the neck
The neck is a support for the head and is firmly supported by the shoulders. Before you start drawing, you need to determine the height of the neck and its relationship to the height and width of the head. First, mark the midline of the neck, running from the lower part of the jaw to the cervical cavity. The neck itself consists of three conventional figures: a rectangle and two triangles.
Hi all! Today I will show how to draw a nose for beginners in 3/4 perspective from three positions. 
This lesson is a little different from the previous ones. In each step you will be given a choice: each of the three proposed noses from the same angle, but the first is at eye level, the second is below eye level, and the third is above it.
In this tutorial I used the following materials:
— sketchbook (Canson);
— pencils НВ/ТМ and 2В/2М (Derwent);
- kneaded eraser.
Step 1
Decide from what angle you want to draw the nose. Tilt level volumetric shape refers to the height of the nose (how far away it is from the face), while width determines the width of the nose.
Draw the outlines with a hard-soft pencil as discreetly as possible. I purposely draw with bright lines so you can see them.
Step 2
Draw two circles, placing them at the extreme points of the volumetric shape (in the third example, draw another one). The circles should extend halfway out of the lines.
Step 3
Using a soft (2B) pencil, draw a curve from the top of the 3D shape to show the beginning of the bridge of the nose leading into the eyebrow. To enhance the definition of the eyebrow, lengthen this arch.
Step 4
Draw the tip of the nose supported by the main circle.
Draw a line around the nasal septum and give the tip a unique shape.
Connect this line to the top arc. No nose is perfect, so add some bumps to make it look more interesting.
Step 5
Draw curves along the remaining circles to create the wings of the nose.
Step 6
Don't know what size your nostrils should be? Take the circles we drew earlier as a basis.
In the second example I did not draw the nostrils - they are usually not visible from this angle.
Step 7
Before you start shading, draw a curve parallel to the bridge of your nose that will mirror its shape from step 4.
Erase all unnecessary lines.
If your shadows are barely visible, or if you're concerned about contour lines showing through your design, use the linear shading method.
After you get the hang of drawing noses like these, try experimenting with drawing noses with different sizes circles, as in the examples below:
The article was translated from the site rapidfireart.com.
When creating a portrait, it is important to accurately depict all facial features. The nose occupies a central position on the face, so it immediately attracts all attention to itself. With all the variety of shapes and sizes, there are several rules that will help to depict it correctly.
Before you start drawing, you should carefully familiarize yourself with the anatomy of the nose and its components. The narrowest place of the nose is in the area of the nasal bone, that is, in the bridge of the nose. The nasal bone of an adult is distinguished by the presence of a convexity, sometimes quite noticeable (hump). Children do not have such a bulge. The widest part is where the wings are located. If you look closely at the shape, you will notice that any nose is a bit like a pear. Pay attention to the differences in the structure of the nose in men and women, in adults and children. More often men's noses more massive, and women's - softer. Women's facial features, and therefore their noses, are smoother, often with pronounced roundness due to the presence of a larger amount of subcutaneous fat compared to men. The shape of the wings of a child’s nose is practically no different from the nose of an adult. But the child is just in the process of forming the nasal bone, so children’s noses are not only smaller, but also noticeably shorter and slightly curved upward, that is, they snub.
Portrait is one of the most complex tasks in drawing. But the nose is the simplest part of the face, since it is the only static and practically motionless organ. Therefore, it is better to start training with him.