How to Draw a Female Face
In this tutorial, you will learn how to draw a female face in just nine easy steps. Start the lesson and get useful skills!


In this tutorial, I want to show you how to draw a female face. The step-by-step guide is very simple and is designed specifically for beginner artists.
I want to present you with a simple instruction, which shows in detail how to draw a female face. Here is a very simple method that any beginner can easily master.
You will quickly cope with this task if you are attentive at each stage of drawing. For your convenience, each step is visualized and contains a little advice on how to correctly depict the next element.
In this lesson, you can show your imagination and use any shades for coloring. For example, you can slightly change the shape of the hairstyle or the color of the hair.
Materials
- Pencil
- Paper
- Eraser
- Coloring supplies
Time needed: 25 minutes
How to Draw a Female Face
- Draw the lower outline of the face and neck.
With a curved line draw an oval for the face and then add two vertical lines to depict the neck.
- Depict the eyes and eyebrows.
Draw two identical eyes, then add eyebrows of the same shape as in the example.
- Sketch out the nose and mouth.
Depict one curved line to depict the nose, then use one smooth line to draw the mouth.
- Add one ear.
On the left side draw the small ear and add a line to depict the upper side of the face.
- Draw the hair.
On the right side, depict a lock of hair that covers the ear.
- Add details.
Depict the top outline of the hair on one side.
- Add more details.
Draw the top outline of the hair on the other side.
- Depict the bottom outline of the hair.
At this stage, sketch out smooth horizontal lines.
- Color the female face.
Choose any color for the drawing.
By tradition, I have prepared for you a short version of the lesson in PDF format. Save this file and use it whenever you want.
How to Draw a Female Face: Additional Tutorial
In order for the woman face you have drawn to look beautiful and correct, you should adhere to the rules of symmetry, that is, the right and left sides of the face should be symmetrical to each other.
The woman you will draw with this tutorial has a wide smile, wide eyes, which makes her face look good-natured and slightly surprised. After drawing a woman face, you will need to depict the woman’s hairstyle. In this picture, a woman has a bob hairstyle—one of the most common hairstyles.

Female Head Drawing Tutorial: Alternative Method
In the picture, you see the head of a woman, which is presented in a cartoon style. The head of a woman has a round shape, facial features are very small, hair is long. In general, the woman looks very nice. Surely you have seen a similar character in cartoons.
