How To Draw A Realistic Monkey Face Step By Step

1
Draw a circle.
- This will be your monkey's head.
2
Draw the body and the tail.
- For the body, draw a letter "U" under the circle. Try to make the letter U a bit smaller than the head.
- Add a long swirly tail.
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3
Add legs.
- Draw 2 'arms' on the upper body and 2 more legs on the lower body.
- The arms and legs don't have to be proportional to the body; making it a bit long is okay. It depends on the artist's preference.
4
Add ears, muzzle, hands and feet.
- Draw 2 ovals at each side of the head to form ears. Add another oval at the bottom part of the head for the muzzle.
- For the hands, just draw small circles.
- For the feet, draw longer ovals.
5
Add eyes and nostrils.
- Draw a small heart-shaped in the upper part of the muzzle for the nostrils.
- draw two circles for the eyes, making it a bit exaggerated is okay. Again, it depends on the artist's preference.
6
Draw the lineart over the pencil sketch with a pen.
- After drawing the lineart, always remember erase the pencil sketch to keep the drawing neat.
7
Erase the pencil lines and add details.
- Add lines for the ears and the belly.
8

Color the monkey.

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1
Draw a big round oval.
- Make sure that you are using a pencil for the draft sketch so you can erase it afterwards to make it very neat.
2
Add guidelines for the face.
- Draw a vertical line in the middle of the head so you know where the center of the face is.
- Draw a horizontal line on the middle of the face. Afterwards, add another line a bit higher than the first horizontal line. They should be parallel and should form a figure that looks like a rectangle.
3
Add ears and muzzle.
- At the end of the 'rectangle', add two curved line facing each other. This would be the ears.
- Draw a big circle from the base of the face to the bottom side of the parallel lines.
4
Add two circles.
- Draw two tear-shaped circle overlapping the parallel lines. It should skew a bit to the center.
5
Draw the face details.
- Add a horizontal line 1/3 part from the bottom of the muzzle. This will be your guide for the mouth.
- Add two tear-shaped figures at the opposite side from the mouth. They should connect towards the lower-center. It should look like a stretched heart.
- For the eyes, draw an almond shaped figure in the middle of the parallel lines.
6
Using a pen, draw on top of your sketch.
- Put in mind the overlapping lines and parts that should be hidden.
- The lineart might not look perfect and crisp but it should look neat when the pencil is erased.
7
Erase the pencil sketch and add details.
- You can add details like the furs and the lines for the skin.
- Try to add more if needed. Don't be afraid to add more lines than what is necessary. Monkey skin is really wrinkly and their fur tends to be really hairy and coarse.
8

Color your monkey.

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1

Draw two circles, a small one for your monkey's mouth and a larger one for its head. Sketch in guidelines for the facial features.
2

Draw two circles for the eyes, and another two for the nose. Don't draw the mouth too close to the nose; you can make it big or small depending on your preference.
3

Draw two ovals for the ears. Detail it if you want, or just draw another curved line inside.
4

Draw a circle and an oval for the body, and another one inside that.
5

Give it a long tail! Give it a curve like the tail shown in the image, or curl it around a branch so it looks like your monkey is hanging from a tree.
6

Draw the arms. Make them long, maybe as long as the body. You can also make it a little chubby to make it look cuter.
7

Draw the legs much smaller and shorter than the arms. Monkeys don't need their legs nearly as much as their arms, since they spend their lives swinging around using their hands and tails, not their feet.
8

The hands and feet are very much like ours. The difference is that the palms are a little longer if you want to make it a little realistic. If not, just draw a circle and ovals for the fingers.
9

Add details. If you want to add fur, you should do so at this point.
10

Outline and color in your monkey. Add shading/shadowing if you want, mostly using whatever color you primarily used for the fur.

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How do I draw monkey faces with hair?

Just add wavy lines coming out of the face.
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How do I draw a monkey sitting on a tree?

Find a picture of a monkey sitting on a tree and copy it. You can also combine the tips in this article with the tips in this article about drawing a tree on wikiHow.
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How do I draw a monkey sitting down on the ground?

You can draw #3 from the article, and draw a ground line. You could draw trees around the monkey and clouds in the sky to make it look more realistic, if you so choose.
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How do I draw a monkey eating a banana?

Draw one of the monkeys above and just add a banana. You may have to adjust the location of one of the arms/hands.
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How do I draw it swinging from tree to tree?

Draw two trees, each with a limb outstretched. Next, draw monkey #1 with one hand clutching one tree branch and another hand coming to the next.
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How do I draw a monkey hanging from a tree when eating a banana?

Draw #1 from the article and add a banana, a tree branch, and make the monkey clutching both of them.
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What are the step by step instructions for drawing a monkey's face?

Monkey number 2 is a good monkey to draw if you want to draw the monkeys face. Use a pencil and draw how guided. Also, color how shown.

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Draw lightly in pencil so that you can easily erase mistakes.
Trace the monkey with black pencil or a sharpie marker.
If you want to use markers or watercolors to color your drawing, use paper that is relatively thick and line over your pencil more darkly before doing so.

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To draw a cute, cartoon monkey, start by drawing a circle for the monkey's head and a smaller "U" shape right under the circle for the body. At the bottom of the "U" shape, draw a swirly tail, and add arms and legs near the top and bottom of the body, respectively. Next, add small ovals to the ends of the arms and legs to create hands and feet, and place 2 half-ovals on either side of the head to make ears. Draw small ovals inside the head to create 2 eyes, and 1 circle to form a muzzle where the mouth would be. Finally, use crayons or markers to color your monkey. To learn how to draw a realistic monkey, keep scrolling!

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