How to Draw Billie Eilish: Step-by-Step Beginner Guide and Facial Proportion Tips
The transition from the eyes to the nose bridge must stay subtle. Billie’s nose features a smooth, straight bridge terminating in a rounded ball with soft alar base wings. Heavy outlines here will instantly age your portrait or make it look like a caricature.
Map the nose using three faint graphite circles: a central circle for the tip and two smaller adjacent circles for the nostrils. When rendering nostrils, never draw stark black ovals. Instead, lay down a soft, rounded crescent with a 4B pencil, feathering the edge into the nostril wall with a tortillon or dry brush. The light source should catch the top of the nasal bridge and the apex of the tip, while the underside receives a soft gradient shadow falling over the philtrum.
Her lips are naturally plush, with an undefined, soft Cupid's bow. Draw the wet line, where the top and bottom lips meet, as a wavy horizontal contour rather than a straight cut. The bottom lip reflects substantial ambient light. Outline it with tone rather than lines, using an eraser to pull a clean curved highlight along the center cushion, which immediately creates three-dimensional volume.
