19+ Drawing Hair Highlights. Web short, curly hair 1. Draw some guidelines or arrows to get the directional flow of the hair right.
To make the highlights look more natural, take a clean brush and lightly smudge the colors together. If you draw hair without the 3 dimensional shape of the human head in mind, it will lack volume and you risk chopping off a part of the skull. If you’re using a model or reference photo, look to see where the light hits the hair.