Learn to draw Monstrous Expressions!

We didn't wait until the end of the year for Halloween to arrive to keep a Monster theme...we enjoyed instead in April itself. It is just that the kids are simply intrigued by the very word MONSTER and creepy, scary and so on...hence the theme for this month was randomly selected MONSTER....its not that we have a theme every month...but this month I thought let's just do it...let the Monsters rule!

We learned to draw and sketch different types of cute monsters this month. We made monsters with one or more eyes, of varied shapes and expressions and numerous compositions...the month has ended but we still have so many ideas...maybe we'll continue with this theme again...our little students at Art Hours just don't want the Monsters' rule to end!

This post will provide the guidelines in general to sketch the eyes of the monsters. Most of us are used to making realistic eyes with detailed eyeballs, eyebrows and so on..but when you are drawing monsters it's difficult to keep away from being realistic, as your mind subconsciously tends to draw what you observe in your daily lives. Hence, the mantra I gave my students this month was: Stretch your imagination....feel free to experiment with different shapes and sizes.

Learn to draw Monstrous Expressions

Below I have posted a picture tutorial for sketching the Monster Eyes, ranging from single eyed monster to 3 eyed monsters, and vary the facial expressions at the same time. These guidelines can also be used when you are drawing cartoons.

Now, let's begin with the One-eyed monster faces. We have 4 options as shown in the Reference Guide 01 below. Start with 4 concentric circles as shown in the picture below. Keep changing the size, the location of the inner circles or the corner cuts as shown in the options to get different types of the eyes. 

Monster Eyes - Reference Guide 01

If you are bored of drawing single eyed monsters then let's learn to draw a monster with two eyes. You can make one big eye and another small one to make it look scarier. Bored with round shapes for the eyes? Then switch to different shapes as shown in option-7. The picture below shows how to make monster eyes using just two simple circles as well.

Monster Eyes - Reference Guide 02

You can experiment with different shapes, for example, try oval shapes for the eyes now. Add eyelids or make 3 oval shapes for the eyes. You can also overlap the eyes to give a scary look again. The picture below shows how you can experiment with oval shapes to make the eyes.

Monster Eyes - Reference Guide 03

Have a look at the painting below that shows the monster eyes combined with different shapes of the mouth and this will give you a better idea to learn to draw some cute monsters. The picture depicts the various eyes we learned to draw above combined with varied mouth shapes. Draw simple shapes for the mouth and add details like the teeth or the tongue and make it look weird, funny or scary. Our students had fun as they learned to draw the varied expressions.

Monster Faces Reference Guide

Here's a glimpse at some of the work from our students' gallery this month. They have learned to draw some cute monsters, draw monsters alphabets, sketch some monster mountains, painted some cute monsters and more...Below you will find monsters of different shapes and sizes, as our students learned and experimented with different monster forms!

Student's work 01

Student's work 02

Student's work 03

Student's work 04

You can visit our FB page to view more details of the activities undertaken by our students at Art Hours. Here's a link to the page: FB.me/arthours.

Hope the above guidelines and drawings helps you to learn and develop your drawing skills further.

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a good day.

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