How to Draw Cartoon Emotions & Facial Expressions Drawing Tutorials

You can change the expressions on your face without changing your emotions (by acting) but don’t you wish that drawing facial expressions was just as easy? Well, with practice, you will see that it is just this easy and a LOT of fun to try. Most facial expressions can be easily made by changing the size, shape, and relationship of eyes, nose, and mouth and other parts of the face such as eyelids and eyebrows. If you want to be a cartoonist, an illustrator, an artist or just simply good at drawing, it would be a good idea to start studying people’s faces. Keep a sketchpad with you at all times and when you see people’s faces change in emotion, quickly draw a simple shape (as seen below) to chart out all of the differentt expressions that a person’s face can make. It would also be a good idea to study your own face in the mirror as you make silly and crazy faces. This is a lot of fun and is a good drawing exercise for beginner artists.

You Might also find the previous drawing article helpful : How to draw Cartoon Emotions and Expressions in Characters Eyes

We began your facial expressions chart below…print it out and keep it as reference. Try to draw these faces in your new chart.

Facial Expression : Anger … Aggression

Facial Expression : Agitation

Facial Expression : Angry … Furious … Violent Anger

Facial Expression : Calm and Composed … really no emotion at all … maybe a blank stare even

Facial Expression : Discouraged, Sad, Disappointed

Facial Expression : Disdainful, Conceited, Prim & Proper, Judgemental

Facial Expression : A little confused and a little Disappointed

Facial Expression : Happy, Joyful, Excited possibly

Facial Expression : Grumpy, Groggy, Constipated, Angry

Facial Expression : Grumpy, Angry, Furious, Impatient, Irritated

Facial Expression : Overjoyed, Laughing, Hysterical, Happy

Facial Expression : Content, Happy, Smiling, Joyful

Facial Expression : Surprised, Scared, Frightened

Facial Expression : In Wonder, Surprised, Shocked

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admin on January 12th, 2011

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Cool! Thanks! Let’s see if I manage on my own now!
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thank you
this site helps me greatly in teaching emotional adjectives
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thanks for this webpage. so useful to me!!
ankita on November 27th, 2011

your idea of “draw while you learn” really a good one…..i enjoyed a lot while drawing different emotions….:)
it was easy to draw…and now i can be more expressive..:)
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Ching on January 4th, 2012

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