The
difficulty in drawing hair is learning how to depict it as soft and
movable while not spending hours trying to draw individual hairs.
Think
of hair as having three definite tones; highlights, shadows, and
lowlights, and begin by drawing the shape of the skull and deciding on
the general shape of the hair.
Block in the darks, or, shadow areas of the hair, working around the
highlights. It may be useful to squint at your reference if you're using
one, as this will help you to see the shape of the shadow and
highlight.
Build up the hair with a series of directional strokes that follow the growth pattern of the hair. Keep the hairline broken at the part and the forehead, and be sure that your hair follows the shape of the head.
Break
across the shadow areas with a few highlighted hairs that you pick out
with the kneaded or electric eraser, and draw a few fly away hairs
around the outside of the hair to keep it from looking too smooth. Touch
up the darks again as needed, and the hair is complete.
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