How to Draw a Baby’s Face in Basic Proportions – Drawing a Cute Baby Face Tutorial

Learn how to draw a baby’s face, from the front, with basic proportions. This technique might look annoying, but it is reliable and really can be quick if you memorize how to draw babies’ faces. Drawing faces and heads really aren’t as hard as it appears to be. Follow this facial proportions tutorial and you will see how easy drawing baby faces can be. Happy Drawing!

How to Draw a Baby’s Face in Basic Proportions – Drawing Cute Baby Face from the Front Tutorial

STEP 01

Lightly draw a tall rectangle. Babies’ heads are taller than they are wide, at about a 4:3 ratio (i.e. 4 inches x 3 inches, or 8 inches high x 6 inches wide).

STEP 02

Lightly draw lines thru the center of the rectangle.

STEP 03

Lightly draw a guideline halfway between the center guideline and the bottom of the rectangle.

STEP 04

Go down 1/2 of the way from the “browline” to the “nose line” to find the “eye line”. Lightly draw a
guideline there.

Go down 1/2 of the way from the “nose line” to the bottom of the rectangle to find the “mouth line”.
Draw a guideline there.

STEP 05

Separate the right side into 5 equal parts. Do the same for the left side. This may seem dumb, but it works.

STEP 06

Use the guidelines to help you draw the bottom of the baby’s face. Draw a sideways “C” shape. The dotted line can be erased after you draw it.

STEP 07

Draw a chin and the sides of his face.

STEP 08

Draw an “S” shape for each of his ears. Draw a “J” shape on both sides of his nose. Draw a sideways “V” shape for the start of each of his eyes.

STEP 09

 

Draw a curved line for the lower part of each eye. Draw sideways “J” shapes for each of his nostrils.

STEP 10

Draw curved lines for the top of the eye and eyelid. Draw upside-down “J” shapes for the tops of his ears.

STEP 11

Draw the inner outlines of his eyes. Draw a curved line for each of his inner nostrils. Draw a sideways “C” shape for the top of his head.

STEP 12

Draw a curved line under each eye. Draw a partial circle in each eye. Draw a flattened “M”-like shape for the mouth.

STEP 13

Draw a curved line for the lower lip. Draw a curved line on the left side of the left eye. Draw a circle for each pupil. Draw the inner ear.

STEP 14

 

Erase the lines so they are almost not visible.

STEP 15

 

Draw little tiny lines for the eyebrow hairs. Draw another flattened “M”-like shape for the top lip. Also, finish drawing the curved line under his left eye. Somehow I didn’t finish the line.

STEP 16 A

Draw more small lines for eyebrow hairs. Draw curved lines for eyelashes. Some of these are “J” shapes that are overlapping. Draw any shape you want for the highlights in his eyes, or just copy my shape.

STEP 16B

Take the lashes that you drew in Step 16A and build upon them, making them thicker and shaped more like lashes. Draw a curved line on both sides of the left eye. Draw curved lines for lower eyelashes.

STEP 16C

Draw lines radiating out from the pupil. Shade from the inner and outer eye, toward the iris.

STEP 16D

Draw more lines radiating outward from the pupil. Then shade the iris more to give it a darker tint. Add to the lower eyelashes so they are thicker at the base.

STEP 16E

Shade the upper eyelids. It should be darkest at the crease and lighten as the shadow gets further from the crease. Also, shade the iris so that it is darkest around the pupil and around the edge. Try to make it gradually gradate to a lighter tone.

STEP 16F

Now use an eraser (or better yet, an eraser pencil such as Tombow Mono) to erase out highlights of the eye. Then darken the area around the highlight. Add shading around his eyes.

STEP 17A

Shade the nostrils. They are darkest the further you go into the nostrils. Shade the divot below his nose. Shade the lips so they have a base color. The lower lip should be darker.

STEP 17B

Start shading the nose and around the nose. Also, shade the lighter areas of the nostrils. Start shading the lip as well.

STEP 17C

Shade the lighter tones of the nose. Shade the divot below the nose. Draw lines to the lips and continue shading them.

STEP 18

Shade the center of this face a bit.

STEP 19

Shade more of the face. It should be darkest on the edges and gradually gradate out toward the lighter tone in the center of his face.

STEP 20

Shade the upper part of the head a bit and then start to lightly draw hair. Baby hair is very patterned, so try to follow the hair pattern I have drawn. Add some base tone to the ears.

STEP 21

 

Continue shading his ears. Also, continue drawing the hairs, taking note of the pattern I am drawing.

STEP 22

Finish drawing the hair. Lightly shade it. Then. try to soften any dark lines that don’t need to be there.

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