How To Draw A Long Braid

Start by adding some volume around the head.

How to draw a long braid. I hope you guys find this drawing tutorial helpful. Once you master the technique you will draw braids of any length and shape. The braid will look prettier if you add some extra strands. In this box braid style the hair is divided into the shape of a box or the shape of a square.

Ponytail long hair braid. The braid goes perfectly well with summer inspired fashion illustrations and flirty designs but it seems so hard to draw. How to draw and shade a braid simple tutorial hope you like it. This step by step hair drawing tutorial is designed for beginners that want to learn how to draw hair realistically using graphite or charcoal.

Using a curved line enclose a rounded rectangular shape at the end of the braid. A braid consists of three long interlacing segments. Add even more volume if you re going for manga like hair step 2. Then detail the tuft by drawing a few short curved.

How to draw box braids. How to draw long straight hair step 1. I draw two of them the first on the left hand side and the third on the right hand side in the upper part of the outline. This represents the hair tie that prevents the braid from unraveling.

Here is another fun low ponytail braid to try. A little variation makes it. I love how this side braid goes from the front left to the bottom right side of your head. The hair should go in similar directions to the surrounding hair but it doesn t have to be exactly the same.

Extend two long curved lines from the hair tie and allow them to meet at a point. The remaining central element forms automatically it is located between the segments that you ve just drawn. In the side braid leave the top head hair in their simple form and then makes the leaf of the braid from the side of a neck and make it all long just like a basic straight braid. Some of these strands will be inside the braid showing how the hair flows.

This is one of the more difficult braid hairstyles for long hair on this list because it s made with four strands instead of three. This step by step tutorial will show you how to draw a braid the easy way. Draw the outline of the hair around the face. Draw the direction of the hair gently flowing down.

Then draw the tuft of hair at the end of the braid. Long hair side braid. Hair shouldn t lie flat on the scalp.