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Makeup Drawing Ideas

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  1. A lipstick worn to a slantA short cylinder for the case and a smaller one rising out of it. Slope the tip one way, as use wears it down.

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Products and tools 15

  • A bottle of nail polish with its brush out A small bottle and a tall cap with the brush fixed inside it. Let one drop hang from the bristles.
  • A cracked powder compact A compact is a small case for face powder with a mirror in the lid. Break the powder into a web of cracks.
  • A fan of five brushes held like playing cards Vary the heads: a powder brush is fluffy, full and rounded; a foundation brush is flat with a tapered tip.
  • A kabuki brush standing on its base A makeup brush with a short handle and dense bristles, usually rounded on top like a mushroom cap.
  • A lip gloss wand lifted from its tube Lip gloss gives the lips a glossy shine. Draw a clear tube, the thick liquid inside and a wand with a soft tip.
  • A lipstick worn to a slant A short cylinder for the case and a smaller one rising out of it. Slope the tip one way, as use wears it down.
  • A makeup bag tipped over, spilling five things A zipped pouch on its side. Let a lipstick, a brush, a pencil, a compact and a tube roll out at different angles.
  • A mascara wand beside its tube A thin rod that ends in a small brush, pulled from a narrow tube. Suggest the bristles with dots, not outlines.
  • A mirror ringed with light bulbs A rectangle with round bulbs down both sides and across the top. Put a small reflection of the room in the glass.
  • A powder puff on an open jar of loose powder A powder puff is a soft pad for putting on face powder. Sit it at a tilt and dust a little powder around the jar.
  • An egg-shaped makeup sponge An egg with one pointed end. Stipple the surface with tiny dots so it reads as soft and full of holes.
  • An eyelash curler, side on A hand tool with two looped handles and a curved clamp at the far end. Keep the two curves of the clamp parallel.
  • An eyeliner pencil with its shavings A pencil with a soft dark tip, a small sharpener and one curl of shaved wood beside it.
  • An eyeshadow palette with the lid open A flat case of small pans in rows. Dip the middle of the two colors that get used most.
  • Six lipsticks in a row, light shade to dark Draw the same lipstick six times. Slope each tip a different way and darken the color step by step.

Eye looks and eyeliner 16

  • A block wing with a flat top edge A thick wedge like a small flag, straight along the top and filled solid. Keep the lower edge on the lash line.
  • A cat eye, lined above and below A cat eye has a thicker wing than winged liner and takes in the bottom lash line as well as the top.
  • A classic winged line on an open eye Winged liner follows the top lid and ends in a point about halfway toward the tail of the eyebrow.
  • A cut crease: a sharp arc in the fold of the lid Pale below the fold and dark above it, with a clean curved edge where the two meet.
  • A cut line in two colors A dark line along the lashes with a bright one stacked right above it, the two ending in one shared wing.
  • A double wing with a gap between the two flicks One flick from the upper lash line and one from the lower, with a sliver of bare skin between them.
  • A kohl-rimmed eye, smudged at the edges Kohl is a soft liner that smudges easily. Rim the whole eye, then blur the outer edge with the side of the pencil.
  • A line that floats above the crease Leave the lid bare. Draw one thin arc in the fold above it, following the curve of the eye socket.
  • A lower-lash wing with the top lid bare Leave the upper lid alone. Line under the eye and flick the end down and out.
  • A rainbow across one eyelid Five bands of color from the inner corner to the outer, each one blended into its neighbor.
  • A row of dots under the lower lashes Three to five small dots beneath the eye, the largest in the middle. Space them evenly.
  • A smoky eye that fades to nothing Darkest at the lash line, lighter as it climbs, with no hard edge anywhere. Shade in small circles to keep it soft.
  • A tightline that only darkens the lash roots Tight lining sits against the waterline under the upper lashes. Draw no line above them at all.
  • A wing that ends in a tiny heart Follow the upper lashes and finish at the outer corner with a small heart in place of a point. Fill it solid.
  • A wing that forks into two tails At the outer corner the line splits in two, one tail up and one down, like the tail of a swallow.
  • The outline of a wing with bare skin inside Draw a large wing as an empty outline and leave the inside uncolored. The gap is the design.

Looks on a face chart 15

  • A 1920s evening look Smoky eyes, long lashes, a bold lip and rosy cheeks. Kohl liner became popular in that decade.
  • A 1960s look with false lashes False eyelashes were in fashion and so was pale lipstick. Draw the lashes long and separate, top and bottom.
  • A 1980s look in bright color Bright, heavy makeup: strong pink or red blush, dark thick lashes and a light-colored lip.
  • A blank face chart to copy and reuse An oval, two eyes, brows, a hint of a nose and closed lips, all in thin pale line. Leave every part uncolored.
  • A doll look with round pink cheeks Two neat circles of pink on the cheeks, lower lashes drawn as single strokes and a small heart of a mouth.
  • A galaxy look across the eyes and temples Deep blue and purple blended from temple to temple like a mask, with white dots of several sizes for stars.
  • A harlequin pattern of diamonds over one eye A patch of diamonds in two colors from the brow to the cheekbone. Rule the grid first, then fill every other one.
  • A mime in white with black details The mime is the silent figure in whiteface. Add thin black brows, a black line through each eye and a small mouth.
  • A stage look, every feature a size bolder Wide liner, strong brows, a clear edge to the lips and color set high on the cheeks. Nothing is blended away.
  • A whiteface clown White covers the whole face and neck. Add thick brows, a red triangle on each cheek and large red lips.
  • An auguste clown The base is pink, red or tan, not white. The eyes and the mouth are thickly outlined in white.
  • An everyday look that is barely there Soft brows, a little color on the cheeks and a lip one shade deeper than the skin. Use the lightest pressure.
  • Contour and highlight mapped as flat shapes Contour is a shade or two darker: the hollows of the cheeks, the sides of the nose, the temples. Highlight is lighter.
  • Freckles and a band of blush over the nose One soft band of pink across the nose and both cheeks, then freckles dotted unevenly on top.
  • Half the face made up and half left bare Split the chart down the middle. Finish every step on one side and leave the other as plain line.

Lips 14

  • A beauty mark beside a red mouth A beauty mark is a small dark mark on the face. Draw the lips first, then one solid dot above a corner of the mouth.
  • A black lip with a blue highlight Even solid black needs a highlight to look round. Leave a streak on the lower lip and tint it blue.
  • A lip brush drawing the outline of the top lip A thin brush held like a pen. Finish one half of the upper lip and leave the other half bare.
  • A lip drawn just outside its natural line Draw the real lip faintly, then the lipstick shape a little outside it. Let both lines show.
  • A lip stain that fades toward the edges A lip stain is sheer color with no outline. Make it strongest where the lips meet and let it fade outward.
  • A lipstick meeting the lower lip, mid-stroke Press the slanted tip into the lip so the lip dents a little under it. Color only the part it has already passed.
  • A lipstick print on a napkin Two lip shapes with a gap between them, broken by fine upright creases where no color reached the paper.
  • A red lip with a sharp edge Fill it flat and even right up to the line. Make the upper lip slightly darker than the lower.
  • A two-tone lip, dark at the edges and pale in the middle Blend from the outline inward so there is no hard join. Leave the center of both lips lightest.
  • Lip gloss with one white highlight on the lower lip Color the lips, then leave one clean streak of white paper on the lower lip. One highlight is enough.
  • Lip liner alone, before any lipstick Lip liner is a pencil used to outline the lips. Draw the outline only, a little darker than the lip, and leave it empty.
  • Lips reflected in a compact mirror Draw the round mirror first. Only the mouth and the tip of the nose fit inside it.
  • Lips with glitter pressed on Dots of different sizes and a few four-point sparkles, thickest in the middle of the lower lip.
  • The same lips in six shades, as swatches Draw one pair of lips six times in a row and color each differently, pale pink to deep plum. Invent a name for each.

How it works

Makeup gets drawn twice: once as an object, the lipstick or the brush, and once as color on a face. These makeup drawing ideas cover both, with the stroke or the shape to get right in each.

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Eyeliner drawing ideas, shape by shape

Thirteen of the eye looks are liner shapes. Draw one open eye lightly in pencil first: an almond, the iris, the fold of the lid above it. Then put the liner on top in ink or a dark pencil.

Draw a face chart once and reuse it

A face chart here is a plain outline of a face, front on, that you make up with colored pencils. Draw one, trace it a few times, and try the clown, the stage look and the three decades on the copies.

Questions and answers

What are easy makeup things to draw?

A lipstick, a mascara wand, a bottle of nail polish or a winged line on one eye. Each is a few plain shapes. Easy, under More filters, holds 21.

How do you draw winged eyeliner?

Draw the eye, then mark a point beyond the outer corner, about halfway toward the tail of the eyebrow. Rule a line from the corner to that point, thicken it into a thin triangle and carry it back along the upper lashes.

How do you draw a lipstick?

Two cylinders: a wide one for the case and a narrower one for the color rising out of it. Cut the top of the color at a slant, round its edge and run one long highlight down the side of the case.

What is the difference between a cat eye and winged eyeliner?

Winged liner follows the top lid and ends in a point. A cat eye looks similar, but its wing is thicker and it takes in the bottom lash line as well as the top.

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