How to Draw + Shade Lips in Pencil

Learn how to draw and shade REALISTIC lips, step by step with pencil. There are many ways you can customize your drawing to make it extra unique, which I’ll explain in the tutorial. With this lip drawing tutorial, you can learn how to draw any lip shape from SCRATCH!

For more examples, check out my other lip drawing videos which are linked down below…

✅ RELATED TUTORIALS
Understanding light / How to shade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WR-FyUQc6I
Shading Techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGx4sypoPjY
Learn to draw different lip shapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjzB1qIvVkk
Triangle method for drawing lips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFVTfgXDBWg&t=1s
How to Draw a Smile w Teeth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GFcOaKXYyk

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⏰ SKIP TO TIMESTAMP ⏰
Tools – 0:20
Lip construction – 1:00
Shading base layer – 6:17
Light planning – 9:50
Bottom lip shading – 11:49
Bottom lip highlights – 22:43
Top lip shading – 26:58
Bottom lip cast shadow – 30:32

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