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POLL: What do you find challenging about drawing hair?

  • Outlining the hair shape 16
  • Adding simple details 20
  • Knowing what colors to use 5
  • Light and shadows on the hair 48
  • Facial hair 8
  • Curly hair 21
  • All the above!! 👆 145
  • 2024-05-05
  • —2024-05-14
  • 263 votes
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TUTORIAL FOR THIS WEEK:  Portraits - How To Draw Hair

This week we are focusing on how to sketch hair! What do you find the most challenging when sketching hair? I'd love to hear from you in the comments below. I want to practice a page full of examples and go through all the tips you need to know.

WHAT'S COMING UP:

Week Starting 13th May: Urban Sketching - A building with large crowd in front (very small figures)

Week Starting 20th May: People Sketching - How to draw HANDS

Week Starting 27th May: Urban Sketching - Street in one point perspective

EXPLORE MY TUTORIAL INDEX:

Remember to check out the tutorial index to easily navigate my tutorials here: https://www.sketchingscottie.com/patreon-index

SHARE YOUR WORK:

Share photos of your sketches with my Patreon community! It's a great place to be motivated, ask questions and get connected with like minded people. (Patreon ‘App’ or on PC/MAC desktop browser in the 'Community' menu)

Looking forward to hearing from you below!

Scottie

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POLL: What do you find challenging about drawing hair? (leave a comment if I missed one 😉)

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Comments

Michelle Moody

For me, it’s adding just simple but not too much detail. Also when long hair falls randomly like the last girl, I have a hard time with the bottom.

Suzanne Taylor

For me it’s placing the hair in relation to facial features and how to bring depth into hair in your sketchy loose way.

Karen King

Outlining the shapes hasn't worked for me. I never seem to fill the inside correctly. I do better just using the dots.

Joni K

I have trouble with kinky-type curly hair as in Afro styles. Also, on the other hand, I have trouble with fine short men’s styles, like crew cuts or balding men.

SusanT

I have trouble with short, closely cut hair. I put too much hair on the sides and back of the head. I can’t draw a short, tidy haircut.

Lorna Graham

My main challenge is not making the head too large when adding the outlining of the hair. I have to reduce it sometimes ☺️

Petra

The old Lady with grey hair and the young Lady with great cut and color...thank you and have a nice week 😊

Kate L

For me, there seems to be no happy medium between making it look realistic or loose. If it looks too realistic on a loose portrait and vice versa, it's weird-looking.