Long, parted hair

• 1). Draw the boy's face. Draw a rounded skull line above the boy's face to give yourself an outline of the head.
  
  
• 2). Draw an S-curve that begins at the skull line above the boy's right eye and curves over his left eye. This will be the part that separates two sections of the boy's hair.
  
  
• 3). Draw two curved lines over the boy's skull line to create the upper limit of the parted hairline. Remember that the hair must extend farther than the skull line to give it body, making the picture appear proportional and accurate. Erase the skull line.
  
  
• 4). Draw the lower limit of the boy's hairline. How long you make the boy's hair is up to you; the hair can be shoulder length, jaw length or extend behind his body.
  
  
• 5). Draw faint zigzag patterns along the hair's surface to block out highlights, preferably at the peak of the hair's curves.
  
  
• 6). Shade in the hair with the pencil, leaving the hair's highlights white. Add additional layers of shading along the part line and behind the subject's face.