Biggest Mistake When Drawing Hair - Easy Things to Draw

Biggest Mistakes When Drawing Hair 

This is the single mistake I see the most in beginners when they start drawing hair. I think its really common and you probably already know what it is. Its something I'm going to briefly touch on in the video so that you avoid it right off the bat. Its easy to fall into newbie mistakes. I hope step by step instruction will show you how to easily get out of it. Easy Stuff to draw when you are bored is amazing for learning.
 

Here we discuss how to draw your imagination hair with avoiding mistakes that happen sometimes with including shading and coloring...

As you might imagine, the first thing you have to do is a block in the hair. I've gone for a semi-curly windswept look for this one, to better illustrate how hair can by dynamic and wild. But chose whatever you're in the mood for, and go for it. While you’re blocking in the hair- Go crazy! Hair is erratic, fluid, and never does what it's supposed to, so make your hair interesting. 

Just remember, as your establishing your layout, that you're not drawing hair strand by strand. That is the primary pitfall of artists when it comes to hair. Hair, like the rest of a drawing, is chunks of light and shadow, so treat them as such...

Keep thinking about big blocky clumps, and the motion of hair, not individual strands.

Also, keep in mind the environment. I say environment instead of just lighting, because when your drawing hair, you also have to take into consideration where the character is, what movements he/she is making, and how those factors would make the hair react...

Try to see the motion in the hair when your picture it in your mind. Keep these things, as well as the light source in mind while working on your layout. Easy Drawing Ideas for Beginners.

 Above is a page from My Hair Starter Program. I go through the what I look for when first drawing hair. In this image I check out the ways I find the part in the hair in order to understand the directional lines. One of the biggest keys to drawing hair is the directional flow. This will let you know what way to draw or shade it.

At this stage, you're basically feeling out where the mid-tones will be. Don't be afraid to go heavy on the pencil- you can always erase it if you've added too much!

In this stage, it's really important to consider your light source.

Where's the light coming from? What would be light and what would be dark? Start establishing these differences in your drawing, concentrating mostly on the medium grays at this point.

Don't worry too much about what your pencil work looks like. This drawing will be going through quite a bit of layering, so it doesn't matter if it looks unrefined or sketchy. In fact, if it is sketchy, you're on the right track! Sketches have a natural spontaneity to them that do wonders for hair and motion.

Also, I'll have a quick word on hair color. Even bleach blond hair will have near-black shades, the same way black hair will have white highlights. When you’re dealing with a grayscale picture, I find it's more important to properly define and render the hair, the true to the 'color' you want.

That being said, if you want a 'blond' look, simply draw most of the hair in lighter tones of gray, and make them darker for brunette. If you’re confused, just open up a random picture in Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro and make the image grayscale.

Sometimes you can tell what the hair color originally was, but others you can't. Decide if the color will be a priority for you, and then do what you feel is needed to achieve the look. Intuition is a big part of the art process, and shouldn't be ignored.