Some painters may focus on the five senses of organs and deal hair simply in portrait painting. Hair expression is truly difficult, it has not obvious structure like senses or features, lays on the head, hard to find the point to paint. But hair has a large part of the head, even occupies a large outline. Besides, hair can reflect one’s personality. So, painters should pay attention to the expression of hair.

(1) Hair should reflect the main physical features. Whatever hairstyle is, pay attention to its sphere characteristics. Hair and face are an integral whole, both have light and shade, reflection of light and highlights. Due to the smooth of hair, so much bended hair go together and appear highlight. Notice the forms of highlight expression, otherwise the hair would become “hickie” or gray-white head.

(2) Pay attention to the change of hair’s outer contour. Different hairstyles have certain effect towards outer contour. Simple hairstyle, out contour’s change is simple too. The tone of hair is vital, so, the change of outer contour mainly uses ideological and practical ways of sketch to deal with.

(3) Pay attention to the join ways of hair and face. The part of temples is one join way, and hairline part should have certain thickness, this thickness would bring a shadow to forehead.

(4) Hairstyle not only reflects the gender of character, but also a important factor to express the features of character.

The expression of hair is important in head sketch, hope the learners can regard the hair as five senses, and take care of the primary and secondary relations in the whole head.