Nose Drawing Tips ByNaranbaatar Ganbold

Nose Drawing Tips by Naranbaatar Ganbold

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I gathered up some art tips I've learned over the years about figures and proportions for someone this morning- wanted to share in anyone else finds it useful!

Upon request someone asked for an anatomy tutorial! I kept it fairly general but if anyone wants something more specific, I’m happy to make a more of them :D

Crawling Pose

Credit: Etherington Bros

Hi! Is there any chance that you'd be willing to do a tutorial on how to draw or colour noses? I adore the way you paint, and thought I'd ask since I can never do noses right. 😅

Hey there!

Noses can be as hard to draw as hands, I can see why one would struggle with them. So here’s a tutorial that will hopefully teach you a thing or two!

When I draw a nose from the front (which is 99% of the time) I like to start with the nostrils, because they are the most important and most visible part of the nose. Then I just make an outline of the shape by drawing the columella (bottom part of the nose between the nostrils), and the ala (side parts). I put some base color at the bottom of the nose and some lighter color at the bridge of the nose. Then I clean everything up and add some highlights at the tip of the nose and the sides of the ala, like shown.

For drawing a nose sideways you should think of the nose as 2 bubbles and a tube, it helps a lot. Then draw the nostrils and erase the lines of the circles that are not needed. In this drawing I assumed the light comes from above, so a shadow would form under the nose.

Here are some examples of the best noses that I’ve drawn:

Tip: when drawing a face it’s important to remember that the skin on the nose is a bit more pink/red than the rest of the skin!

Also, if you’re struggling a lot draw with a reference! Look up some pictures of noses and try to replicate the photo, that’s how I learned to draw noses.

Here are some cool videos to help you:

How to draw a female nose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1I6sA-Jl7g

Nose anatomy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HDyk4dy7kc&t=2s

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