Rendering a Baby
Drawing babies can be tricky because it’s easy to unintentionally make them look older than they are. The face gets longer in proportion to the cranium with age, so the younger the child, the lower the eyes are on the face (and thus, the larger the forehead). In addition, babies’ eyes are disproportionately large in comparison to the rest of their bodies—so draw them this way!
STEP 1 Using an HB pencil, I block in the cranial mass and the facial guidelines. (See page 20 for more information on placing a baby’s features.) The head is tilted downward and turned slightly to its left, so I adjust the guidelines accordingly. I place ...
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