Introduction
Lips are vital to the human anatomy, which is why it’s important for artists to know how to draw lips. But I can understand that drawing the perfect pair of lips is easier said than done. Which is why I took the initiative to work out a list of amazing tutorials on how to draw lips. These lip drawing tutorials will help you explore the various techniques, both easy and advanced, that you can use to draw lips.
To draw lips, you first decide on a pose for your lips, for example, you decide whether your lips are closed, slightly open, smiling, and so on. Afterwards, you draw an outline according to your chosen pose. Next, you add a bit of shading, and a bit of lighting effect to make it more detailed, and give it a little depth.
Detailed Lip Drawing Tutorial
The lips drawn in this tutorial are hyper realistic. It seems as if they're going to pop out of your screens at any time. The tutorial, like the sketch itself, is very detailed. You'll get a good overview of how to draw lips in such a realistic manner. This drawing has the depth and details necessary to be called a masterpiece. And like any masterpiece, it's quite a difficult artwork to replicate. But if you've got the confidence and skills to pull it off, go ahead, and give it your best shot.
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Easy Lip Drawing Technique
Although not as detailed as the first one, this pair of lips are very well drawn, nevertheless. The missing shades and details take the depth away from this drawing, but it's still a very well-drawn pair of lips. The tutorial is quite easy to follow, and perfect for beginners. If you're a newbie when it comes to drawing the human anatomy, you should definitely start with this, and then move to more difficult drawing procedures.
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Simple Way to Draw Lips
Sometimes, you'll find yourself working on a human face, and instead of a detailed drawing, you'll need to keep the drawing simple, yet appealing. Hence, speed is important in this cases. This is where this lip drawing tutorial will come to play. It's a 10 minute approach to drawing lips. You'll be able to work on your own perspective, and draw the lips accordingly.
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Step by Step Lip Drawing Tutorial
If you're looking to work on live or realistic sketches or face portraits, but can't seem to figure out how to draw the lips properly, this is the video tutorial you need. It's simple, easy to follow, and requires nothing but your attention to understand. You might find it a bit difficult at first, given the amount of effort that goes behind it, but trust me when I say this - it'll all be worth it at the end.
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Beautiful Pair of Lips
In this video tutorial, you’ll get to see how to draw a beautiful pair of lips while keeping things as simple as possible. The drawing is not that detailed, and can be easily drawn by amateurs and professionals alike. The tutorial itself is very nicely structured, and as a learner, you won’t face any trouble in understanding the process.
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Realistic Lip Drawing for Beginners
The artist here does a fine job in portraying a realistic appeal while keeping things relatively simple and easy to understand. The tutorial follows an easy approach to drawing lips. There’s nothing much to talk about the drawing itself, which is kept as simple as possible. If anything, it’s the subtle use of pencil shades that makes this drawing look so lifelike.
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Biting on a Lip
The lips drawn in this tutorial are shown to have a variation in pose when compared to the other ones on this list. This is actually quite a creative way to make your face or human figure stand out. Plain lips, no matter how detailed or well-drawn they are, are boring. Hence, why not try to add a bit of flare to those boring lips by trying out a different style or pose? This tutorial is quite easy to follow, and will help you achieve something creatively different.
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Lips of Different Shapes and Sizes
Like all other physical features of a human being, the shape and size of a pair of lips also vary from person to person. Thus, as an artist it’s important for you to realize this variation, and learn to adjust your drawings accordingly. This exactly what you’ll get to learn from this tutorial. It’ll help you learn the techniques to draw lips of different shapes and sizes, so that you can bring in plenty of variation to your sketches.
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Basic Lip Drawing Tutorial
In this step by step video tutorial, the artist will walk you through the absolute basics of drawing lips. From creating a basic structure, to drawing the whole thing, you’ll get a quick overview on how to draw lips in a stepwise manner. This tutorial is perfect for inexperienced or beginner level artists.
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Different Styles of Lip Drawings
This video tutorial is ideal for artists who’re into drawing comics or manga style characters. The tutorial is heavily focused on the various lip drawing styles, which are especially suited for character design. It’s a very simple and straightforward tutorial, and won’t require much effort to learn.
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By Jimena & Iñigo
The Navarro-Rubios
My husband and I are learning how to draw and paint. We wanted to share this learning process with the world and have fun! That's why we created this blog. We'll have drawing contests every week and you'll decide who won that week! Follow along and learn with us!
Jimena & Iñigo
The Navarro-Rubios
My husband and I are learning how to draw and paint. We wanted to share this learning process with the world and have fun! That's why we created this blog. We'll have drawing contests every week and you'll decide who won that week! Follow along and learn with us!
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