How to draw a nose step by step

How to draw a nose two options are described in this article! The nose is the most prominent part of the face. It is the first thing you notice when you meet someone, followed by other features, as scientists have established through experiments involving direct eye tracking. At the same time, nine out of ten women are dissatisfied with their noses—too long, too thick, too large, too hooked, too flat, etc.

The nose is the part of the face that forms the initial section of the respiratory tract. The nose has an external and internal part. We are only interested in the external part. It starts at the bridge of the nose and ends at the nostrils, which are used for breathing and smelling.

Structure of the external part of the nose:

Bridge. There is cartilage under the lower part of the bridge and bone under the upper part. Where they meet, approximately in the middle of the bridge, there is a hump.
Septum (columella). Separates the nostrils.
Tip. Located under the bridge.
Wings. Soft tissue around the nostrils.

The pyramid of the nose consists of bones, cartilage, and fibrous fatty tissue. They are covered by muscles and skin. When a person is born, their nose is mainly cartilage, and the bone is only formed by the age of three. Let’s divide the nose visually into upper and lower parts. The bones are concentrated at the top, and the cartilage at the bottom. The nasal bone is located in the upper part of the bridge of the nose, and the frontal processes of the upper jaw are adjacent to it on both sides.

The cartilage is located under the bones, and here is how it is arranged:

lower part of the bridge of the nose – the upper lateral cartilage;
wings – the large alar cartilages;
tip – the lower lateral cartilage;
along the outer edges of the wings – additional cartilages.
fibrous adipose tissue is located in the wings of the nose.

The nose is surrounded by muscles. Let’s list them in order, corresponding to their location from top to bottom:

frontalis muscle (forehead and bridge of the nose),
muscle that raises the upper lip and wing of the nose (on either side of the nose in a longitudinal direction, stretching from the bridge of the nose to the lips),
nasal muscle: transverse part (in the area of the bridge of the nose) and wing part,
anterior nasal dilator,
small nasal constrictor,
muscle that lowers the nasal septum.

The anatomy of the internal nose structure is complex and not particularly relevant to the context of this article. It is sufficient to imagine that it consists of the nasal cavity with its conchae, passages, and olfactory elements, as well as the paranasal sinuses (maxillary, frontal, and sphenoid).

Let’s start drawing the nose right away!

How to draw a nose easy (option 1)

Step 0

For ease of drawing, you do not have to draw a beautiful face, you only need to draw the contours of the head, eyebrows, eyes and lips – these will be your reference points for drawing the nose (but this is up to you)!