Learn to draw Emotions

August 5, 2020August 14, 2020 nishasartforkidsLeave a comment

In this lesson, we will learn how to draw faces with different expressions or Emotions. For each emotion, we will draw an emoji and a more realistic human face.

We will draw basic human emotions: Happiness, Sadness, Surprise, Scared, Anger,Disgust

The facial features that we need to consider while drawing each emotion:

Eyebrows
Eyes
Nose
Mouth

We need to draw each of these features a little differently for each expression.We will start by trying to express each emotion on an emoji face. Let’s see how!

Happiness

Large eyes, arched eyebrows and lips up

Sadness

Eyes down, eyebrows in inverse curve, lips or mouth down

Surprise

Eyebrows raised up in a curve, eyes wide open and mouth open in circle

Anger

Eyebrows like an upside down V, eyes open wide( or alternatively make them squinted), lips narrow and to the side

Scared

This looks like a mix of sadness and surprise, with eyebrows upside down, mouth corners down like an arc and wide eyes.

Disgust

Narrow squinted eyes, eyebrows lowered sideways,Mouth down in a frown or a “blehh” expression

Once we figure out how to express each emotion using emoji face, we will draw each of these expressions on a human face concentrating on each of the features.

Below is the facial expressions corresponding to the emojis; use the emojis as a guideline to draw the actual human face!

Large eyes, arched eyebrows and lips up -HAPPY

Eyes down, eyebrows in inverse curve, lips or mouth down– SAD

Eyebrows raised up in a curve, eyes wide open and mouth open in circle–SURPRISE!

Eyebrows like an upside down V, eyes open wide( or alternatively make them squinted), lips narrow and to the side -ANGER

Narrow squinted eyes, eyebrows lowered sideways,Mouth down in a frown or a “blehh” expression-DISGUST

This looks like a mix of sadness and surprise, with eyebrows upside down, mouth corners down like an arc and wide eyes.-SCARED

Below is a slideshow of the artwork done in class by the students, some of them have colored the human faces and to add some exaggeration they have added some colors to the face based on the expression which is a fun Art way to express the feelings !!

Drawing Prompts for Summer

Week 4

Create a line design artwork. ( Examples: Diwali Rangoli, Warli art, Madhubani, line art on a Sail cloth).
Draw a mountain scenery. Try to add some dimension to your mountain.
Draw some objects that you see at the beach( seashells, beach towel, shovels, slippers and hat etc)
Draw a watermelon and color it with oil pastels.
Practice some basic Oil pastel techniques. https://nishasartforkids.com/2020/09/27/oil-pastels-for-little-artists/

Week 3

Make a scale chart with 7 squares. Use your black colored pencils and shade in each square with different values of black. Start with the lightest value on the first square and end the last square with the darkest value.
Draw a Circle. Use colored pencil shading to turn the circle into a sphere.
Draw a landscape scenery and color it in the medium of your choice.
Draw your favorite 4-legged animals.
This week instead of directed drawing draw or paint anything of your choice.

Week 2

Draw Emoji Faces with Happy, Sad, Angry, surprised, scared, and disgusted reactions. https://nishasartforkids.com/?s=emotions
Draw a vase full of flowers. Color with a medium of your choice.
Draw a boy/man OR girl/woman in any kind of movement pose( examples: playing, dancing, on the swing, walking in the rain, skating etc)
Draw a building of your choice ( examples: lighthouse, barn, police station, suburban home,fire station, temple, church etc)
Practice some basic color pencil techniques. LESSON1: https://nishasartforkids.com/2022/11/10/colored-pencils-techniques-for-beginners-lesson-1/ LESSON 2:https://nishasartforkids.com/2022/11/11/colored-pencil-techniques-for-beginners12-things-to-draw-lesson-2/

Directed Drawing of the week:

Hot Air Balloons in the Sky, Zentangle style -Summer 2023 art 2

Week 1

Draw and color a summer drawing with a beach chair and umbrella.
Draw your favorite bug or insect( examples: butterfly, ladybug, bumblebee, snail etc).
Draw a sea animal ( examples: turtle, dolphin, seahorse, octopus, etc).
Practice drawing reflections by drawing scenery of a beach or lake OR draw an object and show its reflection.
Draw and color a vehicle of your choice( examples: firetruck, ice-cream truck, police care, etc).

Directed Drawing of the week:

Let’s draw a Monarch butterfly- Summer 2023 art 1

Lines

Line is the first basic Element of visual art. Line can be defined as a point moving in any direction. What it means is that if you draw a point and you extend it any direction it becomes a line. Whenever we say line, the first thing that comes into our mind is a straight line but a line could be Straight, curved, short, long, zig-zag, thin or thick, dotted and so on.

Line is what helps us to draw different things, line is what helps you create a shape, when a line is repeated you create a pattern.

Lines can be used to create an entire composition. Variety of lines can be used to create emotions in your composition. Think of the children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson where Harold goes on such an adventure imagining what his purple crayon lines could draw! That’s the importance of lines in any composition.

Contour and Cross-contour lines are used in art to create value( shadows and highlighting) and form ( illusion of 3-Dimension on a 2-Dimensional surface).