![]() Don’t forget the “ridge” around the lips, and the shading around the mouth that suggests its structure. “Block in” the shading of the lips, putting more shading on the top lip, and leaving a highlighted area in the middle of the bottom lip, and some highlighted areas on the upper rim of the top lip.On other people (occasionally on people with darker skin) the ridge might be a little more obvious. The whiskers won’t grow on this “ridge” all around the mouth. When someone has a 5-O'clock shadow, it’ll be particularly noticeable. (It is especially obvious right at the corners of the mouth.) If you look closely at any person, you will see that we all have this area (ridge, whatever) around our lips. The highlighted area all around the lips is another often overlooked detail in portrait art. Usually, there will be some shading (subtle, but there) at under the lower lip, and around the corners of the mouth. The mouth isn’t just plopped on the face, it is a three-dimensional thing, with surrounding muscles and structure. This shading indicates the structure of the face around the mouth. The highlighted area in green shows shows a shadowed area around the mouth that should not be forgotten. But, remember - the bottom lip is usually lighter than the top lip because it is facing upwards, and gets more light cast upon it. The closer to the edges of the mouth, the darker (or, in shadow) the bottom lip gets. ![]() This is where the lower lip especially curves in. Now, the bottom lip: The highlighted area in orange shows an area of the lower lip that sometimes is a little darker, or gets a little more shadow. When you draw the mouth, be looking for these subtle (or not so subtle) “sections” to the lips. Depending on how much of a “cupid’s bow” the person has, you will emphasize these “sections” a little, or a lot. Notice how there are 5 basic “sections” to the lips. This ties in especially with the “sections” of the lips, that I show in the illustration below. This is where the lips curve “in” to the inside of the mouth. If you look at the original mouth drawing above, you’ll see the particular shadow of this area-like the lips go “in” there especially. As a general rule, all of the upper lip is darker (compared to the lower lip) but the area highlighted in purple is especially darker. The purple highlighted areas in the illustration above show a particular shadowed area of the upper lip. You will often want to make the corners of the mouth very dark. And notice how the corners of the mouth have more shadow. Notice how the lower lip comes out, which makes it lighter (more light on it). Notice that the upper lip “dips in” (and therefore usually is darker, since it has more of a shadow). The contours of the red lines gives you an idea of how the mouth is constructed in a more dimensional way. To begin, notice the “contour lines” drawn over the mouth in the above illustration. Here are some tips and observations about drawing the mouth. The mouth and lips are a fascinating part of the face.
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