How to Draw Chubby Cheeks

How to Draw Chubby Cheeks
Written By
Alina McKee
Alina McKee
Published: May 26, 2010
Updated: Feb 14, 2019
1 minute read

Chubby cheeks are a feature of plump characters and chubby babies. They are a relatively simple feature to add to any character's face. There are two ways to draw chubby cheeks, depending on what type of drawing you are doing. When doing a cartoon drawing, chubby cheeks are simply an extra shape under the eyes. When drawing more realistic characters, shading and highlighting are used.

Cartoon Cheeks

Draw a downward facing C-shape under one eye.

Draw another C-shape underneath the first. Make sure that the "C" is lighter than the first and that the opening to the "C" is facing upward.

Repeat steps 1 and 2 underneath the other eye.

Realistic Chubby Cheeks

portrait drawing image by PinkShot from Fotolia.com

Shade the area under the eyes so that the shading creates a C-shape that cups the eye.

Add a J-shape of shading from the outer edge of the nose to the hairline. The "J" should lay beside the bottom of the nose and the top of the lips and flare outward to the hairline to define a high cheekbone.

Shade the inner area of the "J" so that the shading forms a three-dimensional ball.

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Erase a little shading from the top of the cheek for a highlight.

Alina McKee

Since 1998 Alina McKee has written for dozens of traditional and online beauty, fashion, health and parenting publications including Pregnancy.org, Mama Health and Real Beauty. As a professional artist, her articles about these subjects…

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