Drawing Realistic Hair with Pencil Part One » OnlyPencil Drawing Tutorials. This will be an introduction on how i draw hair and the tools that i use. I will split this tutorial into sections because i want you to have time to practice and for you to understand the technique. In this tutorial i will explain how understanding hair and fur will help in developing realistic textures and hair. After you understand it, you will see how easy it becomes to draw hair. I don’t want to rush this topic and i want to make sure i explain it well so you can understand it and so you can start to see improvement in your drawings. Most people have a difficult time drawing animal hair. In my opinion its much more difficult than drawing a persons hair.
The simple reason for this is that with an animal they are covered in hair. Like ive mentioned before drawing hair/fur is not about actually drawing each and every hair. Something else that you will notice is that hair is not all pointing in the same direction. So how do i draw hair. Remember i mentioned that hair clumps up. Tutoriale. Watercolor instruction: techniques and painting tips for watercolorists.
TOOLS I USE for Graphite Pencil Drawing ~ tips and techniques. Click any item for a full description of its uses and properties Clutch/drafting pencils or lead holders Stylus for indenting / incising Graphite leads for clutch pencils Progresso solid graphite pencil Wood-cased graphite pencil Stump and Tortillon for blending Soft art erasers in holders Soft art eraser Blu-Tack used as eraser Sharpener for clutch pencils Sharpener for wood-cased pencils and eraser cores Colour Shaper Brushes... Never brush eraser crumbs or dust off your drawing using your hand. Keep a brush or two handy for such jobs so your drawing doesn't absorb oil from your skin.
And don't blow dust off as you risk moisture marking the surface. I keep the big 1" brush for general cleaning of the drawing surface and the red-handled brush lives behind my ear - it's readily available for removing eraser dust whenever I need it. Pencils... Almost since the day I started drawing in earnest, over 20 years ago, I have eschewed the use of conventional, cedar-cased pencils. Progresso pencils.