Children love to draw cartoons, but to draw a good one one must draw realistically first. the following is one of Mizz Mac's Easy Artsy Lessons for Beginners:
Supplies needed:
a hand held mirror
White paper
Pencil, eraser
A variety of crayons,
markers, or colored pencils
1. First draw a small
dot in the middle of your paper. Look in the mirror at the eyes. The dark
circle is the pupil. The colored part is the iris. Look at the shape of the
eye. It’s a football or almond shape. Draw a football shape on one side of the
dot. Draw another football shape on the other side of the dot.
2. Look in the mirror
again. What covers the eyes? There are upper and lower eye lids. Draw curved
lines for the top and lower eyelids.
3. Look at the iris.
Is it a whole circle? No. The upper part of the circle isn’t seen. Draw irises
in each. Also look at the pupil. You can see the while black circle. Draw the
pupils in each eye.
4. Add short lines on
the eyelids for the eyelashes. Draw curved lines above the eyes for eyebrows.
5. Draw a
nose in between the eyes and a little below the eyes.
6. Draw a mouth
by first drawing the shadow line of the closed lips. Then draw curvy lines for
the top lip and one curve line for the bottom lip. See below for examples of
mouths. Manly man lips are sometimes thin. Girly girl lips are sometimes
curvy.
7. Draw “(“ and “)” on
the outer sides of the eyes for ears.
8. Draw the jawline
beginning at the bottom of one ear, curve around and below the mouth and back
up to the bottom of the next ear. See below for examples of jawlines.
9. Finish the drawing
by adding straight and curvy lines for the hair at the top of the head. Draw
curvy lines for the neck. Manly man necks are thicker and straighter than girly
girl ones. Add shoulders and shirt lines.
Example:
