In this tutorial, we will learn how to draw ear for kids and beginners, as the ear is an extruded part on both sides of the face. The ear is used to hear, they provide balance in our physical activities such as walking, running, and other tasks. The ear is an important part of every animal mostly mammals.
If you are drawing a portrait or face ear plays an important role, if it is not in the right place it can be terrifying or ugly. While drawing mythological animals we draw funny and unique ears to make them different.
Humans pierce the lobe of the ear to wear jewelry for beautification. This ear drawing tutorial is good to start if you want to learn face drawing with perfect features.
How to Draw Ears Realistic
Step 1: With the help of a ruler draw a geometrical pentagon image as shown below. Then at the left corner draw a slight curve to give it a round shape, then on the right side of the pentagon again draw the curve to form a round shape of the ear.
Step 2: Under the upper semi curve drawn draw another curve similar to it as shown in the image.
Step 3: Every ear have a whole going inside the body, draw that from the center of the left side, it need not be specific shape as each human have a different ear shape.
Step 4: In this step draw the nerves which are visible in-ear as you know it’s not flat.
Step 5: Up to this step your outline for the ear is ready, erase all extra lines in this step. Use shading to contour and highlight the part of the ear it will give realistic look.
Step 6: This step depends on your creativity, you can shade it to look extruded from face. Refer the image below for assistance in shading and finishing touch.
How to Draw Anime Ear
Step 1: Draw an inclined large thick oval as the outline for drawing.
Step 2: Draw overlapped another oval at the bottom, it will illustrate the ear lobe. Draw the thicker and small oval.
Step 3: Then using both the ovals draw outline of whole ear, as you have seen your ear too… outline it accordingly, large curve at top and small slightly inward at bottom.
At this step your helix and lobe is ready.
Step 4: Draw outline for the other parts also as notch, anthelix and the helix canals. Do it by adding different curvy lines as illustrated in the image.
Step 5: In this step give volume to the outline drawn for parts as ear is not flat part. With finishing notch you will define concha.
Step 6: Now you can shade your ear or fill it with color as shown in image to give it anime look.
Drawing ear is easiest among all other features of face. Thus by only having clear observation you can achieve it. There is a basic shape but every human have different shape and size of ear thus, it makes ear drawing easy.
Here we are providing information regarding the basic parts of the outer ear part. It will definitely help you in your drawing.
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