Learn how to draw realistic lips from the side. Step by step and fully narrated tutorial. The first step for drawing lips is to draw a triangle!
In this drawing tutorial, you’ll also learn how to draw an overbite, normal bite, underbite, and other customizations to make your lip drawing more unique. Using this triangle method, you can draw any set of lips from scratch, be it narrow, plump, or average-sized.
Drawing lips can be a lot of fun, especially when the steps are broken down step-by-step in an easy to understand manner.
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✅ RELATED TUTORIALS
– How to Draw Lips from the Front: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3GeiAKJYI8&list=PLM2qebyvfnyF-0nTcQf0Zv-OeHYa-RfWT&index=1
– How to Draw a Smile with Teeth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GFcOaKXYyk&list=PLM2qebyvfnyF-0nTcQf0Zv-OeHYa-RfWT&index=3
– How to Shade / Understanding Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WR-FyUQc6I
– Shading Techniques:
– How to Draw Noses from the Side (Male, Female, Child):
– How to Make a Blending Stump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmstMj8B3xk
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⏰ SKIP TO TIMESTAMP…
Intro – 0:00
Tools – 0:17
Lip Construction Lines – 0:47
Lip customizations – 5:16
Lip wrinkles – 6:11
How to shade lips (planning) – 7:43
How to shade bottom lip – 8:52
How to shade top lip – 14:23
Reflected light example – 14:51
Shading the surrounding skin – 15:52
Blending skin w/ tissue – 20:23
Blending lips w/ blending stump – 22:07
Touchups / adding highlights – 24:00
Slideshow of the entire lip drawing process – 25:16
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