If you used the shadow lining technique for your outline in step 1, you will notice that it has blended in well and there should be no need to erase it. When filling in the middle portion of the eyebrow, focus on drawing hairs that flow in the direction that seems most natural to you. As the ends of the hairs start coming in contact with the upward-pointing hairs, allow your strokes to slowly merge into the same direction. Your ultimate goal is to get a smooth transition from upward-pointing to downward-pointing hairs.Īdd an additional layer or two. I usually draw the first row really thin/light and then increase the thickness/darkness with the following rows. ![]() Step 6: Draw a light row of hairs at the top This will make the eyebrow look more interesting. I just looked at which ones were overlapping and used the sharpest edge of my 4B mechanical pencil to darken those areas. In this step, I didn’t add any new hairs. It’s up to you how you want to design your eyebrow, so you can add more hair if you want. I’ll be able to decide later when I draw the upper portion of the eyebrow. I’m not adding any more hairs on the left side of the eyebrow because I don’t know if that will be enough yet. ![]() Join some hairs together by their ends as well. Make slight changes in the hair direction and amount of curve. Remember to draw hairs at the beginning of the eyebrow longer than ones at the end. These hairs grow in the upward direction and start pointing downward near the end of the eyebrow. Using a sharp 2B pencil, let’s start by drawing a single row on the bottom and go from left to right. We’re going to draw hairs going in several different directions. It will be very obvious in your final drawing and a complete pain to erase! If you use this technique, your outlines will blend in perfectly when you draw the actual hairs later.ĭo not outline it like the image below. With an H pencil, use my shadow-lining technique to outline the shape you want the eyebrow to have. ![]() This step eliminates the amount of shading and blending you’ll have to do later on. If you want to draw clean, sharp eyebrows, shade the area above the eye and blend it out first before you start. Just play around with different shapes while following along the brow bone. When you don’t know where to draw an eyebrow, visualize the eye socket around the eye.Įyebrow length varies from person to person, but the average length is only slightly longer than the length of the eye itself.Īs for the shape, there’s no one correct way. The brow bone is the protruding area directly above your eye socket. You’ll find that your eyebrows grow along the brow bone. ![]() With your fingers, put some pressure along your eyebrow and move the skin up and down. Avoid predictable patterns like the ones below.ĭo not make the mistake of drawing a single row of hairs in an attempt to cover the entire eyebrow. Slow down and carefully plan the placement of each stroke you make and try to make them as unpredictable as possible. Find the right combination/grouping to get your desired look or just go with the flow.Įyebrow hairs are usually shorter at the end of the eyebrow and as a rule of thumb, the lighter the hair, the shorter it is. We want to draw hairs that point in 3 main directions: Up, down and from left to right (or right to left if you’re drawing the left eyebrow).Įyebrow hairs also come in a variety of shapes such as the ones below. While that’s great for cartoons and manga, it’s quite unrealistic. I see a lot of people draw eyebrows like this: Once your pencil starts to become blunt, individual hairs will blur together and eventually disappear as they blend in with each other. I always try to keep the tip of my pencil as sharp as possible for each stroke.
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