How to Draw Hair

Learn How To Draw Hair

Hair is very difficult to draw, because what we see is different than what we know. You can't simply draw all the hairs in the form of lines, because that's not what we see when we look at hair. What we see must be simplified to lines and shades, and there are many ways to do it.

In this tutorial, I will show you one of these ways—a simple method that's great for quick rendering and sketches. I will present this method on four examples: long straight hair, short hair, wavy hair, and afro-textured hair.

To make simple hair drawings, you can follow the free drawing tutorial. All tutorials include simple to follow step by step instructions so that even you are a beginner, you can do it easily. Here you will find many step by step tutorials on how to draw hair with a pencil. This tutorial runs on the basics of drawing tools and truly illustrates techniques for drawing realistic hair.