Depending on your collection, you may want to play with the skin color of your models. Drawing beautiful black girls cannot go without the skill of draw afro hair . In this step by step tutorial you will learn how to draw afro hair and color it. Also take a look at our fabulous paintings of African women
Time, tools and difficulty:
Time to complete the tutorial: 6 mins
Tools you will need: drawing paper, pencil and eraser
Difficulty level: 4/10
STEP 1: BASIC OF THE FACE
Start by drawing the contours of the face. The “ How to Draw a Fashion Face ” tutorial will help you in this step if you have difficulty drawing facial features. To make your model's features look like she's a girl of color, you need to emphasize the lips. Drawing the nostrils a little wider and the cheekbones more pronounced than usual also helps.
STEP 2: HAIR GUIDELINES
Let's mark the shape of the hair. Draw the hairline based on the angle you are looking at the model. When viewed from the front, the hairline enters the forehead at the upper center and at the temples. Draw a circle around the face and make sure it's not too close - the further away from the face it stays - the more dramatic and interesting the hairstyle will be.
STEP 3: NOT SO PERFECT
Draw a wavy silhouette line following the guideline of the circle. The line of the silhouette should not follow the guideline perfectly. Get in and out, but remember to make a very tight wave.
Draw many hairs along the hairline. They are irregular in length and space between them. Notice the direction of the lines!
STEP 4: CURL GUIDELINES
Erase unnecessary guidelines. Draw straight lines from the face outwards. The lines should look like sunbeams with different sizes and starting points.
STEP 5: DRAW THE AFRO HAIR CURLS
Unlike the "How to Draw Curly Hair" tutorial where you learned how to draw curls as if they were made with a curling iron, in this tutorial the curls will be made with simply two parallel wavy lines. Draw wavy lines following the guides. Connect some of them to the hairline so that the curls look soft and natural.
STEP 6: MORE SMALL CURLS
Draw a second set of loops. This time they will be smaller and shorter. Place them between the previous ones following the same direction of the “sun rays”. Break the outline of the hair and let the ends of the curls stick out a little. Real hair is not perfectly round, regardless of hairstyle. It must give the impression of being "alive"
STEP 7: THE REBELS
Draw small, unruly hairs here and there. This will give a more natural look to your fashion sketch. Depending on the face you have drawn and the effect you are looking for, you can draw more or fewer of these little curls.
STEP 8: COLOR
Usually, the afro hair are dark. However, in order to allow the possibility of creating shadows, choose a base color other than black. Try a very dark gray or dark brown. Just make sure the interior lines from the previous steps are still visible.
Of course, if you're in the mood, you can experiment with red or even blonde hair color. Just make sure it looks good against the model's skin tone and goes well with your design.
STEP 9: TURN ON THE LIGHTS
Bring light to each curl by coloring it in a lighter tone using colored pencils. Then darken the outer edge with a black pencil. Be sure to gently blend out the start and beginning of the shading.
STEP 10: ADD DEPTH TO ROOTS
Take a soft pastel of black color and shade the area closest to the face. This will allow your model's face to stand out and add more realism to the hair. You can also lighten the part of the hair that is in the middle, between the face and the contour. The highlighting should be simply visible and very, very soft.
We hope this tutorial was helpful and inspired you to create new and interesting fashion designs. You can make braids in afro hair to give it a unique look. Use the “ How to Draw a Braid ” tutorial and style your muse in the best possible way.
