How to Draw a Caricature in Profile potx

The Mouth Next we'll draw the lips and mouth.. Draw a slightly curved line to show the teeth... To finish off the lower lip draw a "C" shaped curve.. Because this is how to draw a caric

How to Draw a Caricature in

Profile

The Nose

The first step when learning how to draw caricature is the nose There are many different kinds of noses that you can draw and will cover those in another lesson later For now just copy the nose that you see on the right

Follow the arrows in the picture when you're doing your own drawing This is the way your pencil should move over the page You want to make a profile of the nose (1) then the nostril (2) and then finally the back of the nose (3)

The Mouth

Next we'll draw the lips and mouth He'll be smiling because the smile will always make the person you're drawing look their best Follow the 5 steps below to draw the mouth

1 A Small curve will connect the nose to the top of the mouth

2 Draw a curve for the top lip Because we're drawing a man you don't have

to worry so much about adding detail to the upper lip, but if you're drawing

a woman this upper left definition is essential Add a straight line to the end

of this line to show the natural line that happens when someone smiles

3 Draw a slightly curved line to show the teeth

4 Draw another curved line for the bottom lip Its shape

is similar to the top lip Notice that the bottom lip doesn't directly connect to the top lip This is a style choice, but I think drawing the bottom lip like this looks better than when they're connected Feel free to

experiment on your own always

5 To finish off the lower lip draw a "C" shaped curve

The Eye

The next area to tackle is the eye and eyebrow Because this is how to draw

a caricature lesson is a profile view you won't have to worry about drawing both eyes which makes this kind of drawing much easier

Start by defining the upper eyelid which should be a little thicker than lower lid because this part of the eye is naturally in shadow

Next draw a circle for the pupil One of the tricks to drawing great eyes is to include a highlight This is nothing more than a simple white circle that looks like light is reflecting off of the eye

You can then add a simple curved line along the bottom of the eye to

indicate the lower eyelid One of the important things to notice when

learning how to draw a caricature is the simplicity of everything Often less

is more here, so resist the urge to over-complicate things

Look closely at the eyebrows of your subject and draw the eyebrow top of the eye Usually the eyebrow is slightly curved and follows the shape of the

eyelid When drawing females

you should increase the curve of the eyebrow for a more

glamorous effect

Now that the majority of the facial details are completed its time to move on We'll finish off the ear, forehead, hair and finally the neck to complete this lesson on how to draw a caricature

The Ear

I like to draw the ear before getting into the hair to give myself a point of reference when drawing the hair This is really personal preference and if you like you can draw the ear after the hair

To draw the ear all you need to do is make a curve similar to a backwards

"C" shape and then inside that shape draw something that resembles a "D." There are many different ways to draw the year so feel free to invent your own if this style of ear doesn't look too hot to you

The Forehead

The forehead is a curve that connects the nose upward to the beginning of the hairline Before I begin to draw the hair I like to put a single point where the back of the head should be

This gives me a target to shoot for one drawing the hair that helps keep the shape of the head so that it does not appear to be too small on the back of the

head

When you're just starting out learning how to draw a caricature I strongly suggest using a reference point for the back of the head

The Hair and Chin

This character has spiky hair so as you're drawing keep that in mind and use light strokes so the lines do not get too thick I usually draw the outside first and then go into draw the hair line on the inside that frames the face and forms the hairline

Once the hair is finished draw in the chin Connect it to the bottom lip and follow the image to the left

The necks on caricatures are usually quite thin and connect to a smaller funny looking cartoon body

That's it for this lesson about how to draw a caricature You've now learned the basic parts of the head and how to draw them In the other lessons in the caricatures section you'll go into more detail on the various parts and learn how to exaggerate and mix and match the different parts to create all

different types of heads