How to Draw Curly Hair in 13 Easy Steps!

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How to Draw Curly Hair in 13 Easy Steps!

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This will teach you how to draw curly hair to add to your drawing (girl)
What you will need.

- a pencil ( HB prefered)
- a piece of paper
- a rubber (elastic preferred)

The Base (1)

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To draw the base, draw two ovals, like in the picture.
Sorry the picture is really dark.

The Base (2)

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Connect so it makes a 'cup'

Stripy Cup.

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Draw stripes on the cup.Like above⤴

Add More

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Add more stripes going in a different direction (the sides are connected.)

Curve

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Curve the sides

Tail

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Add a "tail"

Rub It Out!

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Rub out the base.

Rub It Out!

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Rub out the uneeded parts as above.

Strokes and Shading

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To make the hair look realistic, use stokes in the direction of the hair. Take your time! This may take some practice!

Strokes and Shading

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Find out where the light source is.
Mine is directly in front of the hair.(As if I am the light source.

If you are doing the same as me, rub out the middle of it, as shown above ⤴

Strokes and Shading

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Now, as the last one looks slightly ugly, we are going to stoke gently above it as above ⤴

Strokes and Shading

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Now, shade the hair so that the Sides are darker than the middle.

Finished!