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Shen Xiaoting looked at the photos for a while.

She didn't rush to write anything, but stared at the photo for about two minutes.

After looking at it for a while, she picked up a pencil and began to draft.

She first drew the outline of the little girl's head—round, with a pointed chin, and her whole face shape was like a small melon seed.

She drew very lightly, with faint lines, because this was just a draft and would need to be revised later; if she drew too heavily, it wouldn't be able to be erased.

Then she drew the position of the hair and the hairline.

The little girl's hair is in the front, her hairline is just above her forehead, and her two little tufts are on the left and right sides of the top of her head.

She used a few light lines to mark the approximate positions of the two little buns, not drawing them too carefully, just setting a point.

Next, she drew the proportions of the facial features.

This is the most crucial step in drawing figures; if the proportions are wrong, the person won't look like them.

She drew a horizontal line where the eyes were, and another horizontal line where the nose and mouth were.

The line for the eyes is located on the midline of the head, the line for the nose is located between the eyes and the chin, and the line for the mouth is located between the nose and the chin.

The three horizontal lines are parallel and evenly spaced.

After drawing the scale lines, she stopped, looked at the photo again, and confirmed that the scale lines were in the correct positions before continuing to draw.

[Ding! Sketch completed. God-level drawing experience points +132!]

Viewers in the live stream witnessed Tingting's drafting process, and the chat section was filled with professional comments.

"Tingting first draws proportion lines when sketching, which is an academic drawing method."

Many art students neglect this step, jumping straight to drawing the eyes and nose, resulting in distorted proportions.

"The anchor taught well, and Tingting learned solidly."

"Basic skills are something you have to practice every day; there are no shortcuts."

"Look at her proportions, the position of her eyes, nose, and mouth, they're all right."

This sense of proportion cannot be developed in a day or two.

Shen Xiaoting began to draw the facial features.

The eyes are the most crucial part.

She knew that when drawing a person, if the eyes were drawn well, the person would be half alive.

She first drew the outline of two large eyes, with oval-shaped eye sockets, but the outer corners of the eyes were slightly higher than the inner corners, which is the normal eye structure.

The pupil should be positioned in the center of the eye socket, and the curves of the upper and lower eyelids should be drawn naturally, neither too round nor too flat.

She drew the pupils inside the eyes, the darkest part, pressing the pencil down hard to make it completely black, leaving no white at all.

A highlight was drawn next to the pupil, which is a small white dot formed when light shines on the eyeball. This small white dot is very important; it makes the eyes look bright and lively.

She painted a reflection between the pupil and the highlight, a color lighter than the pupil but darker than the rest of the eyeball.

She only drew a few eyelashes, not many, but just right.

Chen Hao had taught her that children's eyelashes shouldn't be drawn too much or too thick, as too many would make them look old; just a few strokes would suffice.

She didn't spend too much time on the nose because the child's nose bridge is not high and the nose tip is round. It was enough to lightly outline the position of the nose bridge and nose tip with lines, without needing to draw shadows to emphasize it.

She drew the outlines of the upper and lower lips for the mouth.

The little girl is smiling, with the corners of her mouth slightly upturned. She drew the curve very accurately, and the height of the upturn is exactly the same as in the photo.

The cupid's bow of the upper lip is M-shaped, and the curves on both sides should be symmetrical. She drew it twice before it was done. The first time, the right side was higher than the left, so she erased it and redrawn it. The second time, it was perfect.

[Ding! Facial features completed. God-level drawing experience points +136!]

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"The eyes are drawn so realistically! The placement of the highlights and reflections is exactly the same as in the photo."

Tingting even noticed such details; her observation skills are amazing.

"Tingting's observation skills are too strong. A five-year-old child can draw such a lifelike picture. It's not just a resemblance in form, but a resemblance in spirit."

Many people spend their entire lives drawing and only manage to capture the form, never the spirit.

"Clouds in the Wind, your daughter has been brought to life by Tingting's painting. Look at that smile, that look in her eyes, it's obviously your daughter."

Shen Xiaoting began drawing hair and clothes.

The little girl had black hair, tied in two small buns.

Her method for handling hair is not to draw it strand by strand, because that would result in a messy and fake look.

She used the side of her pencil to draw lines, group by group, each group representing a strand of hair. She drew from the scalp outwards, with the lines going from dense to sparse and the colors from dark to light, to create the volume and shine of the hair.

She deliberately left a little white at her hairline, which blends naturally with her skin, making it look like her hair is growing on her scalp, not that she's wearing a wig.

She drew the two little pigtails very carefully, each pigtail being round, like two little balls growing on top of her head.

She drew the light and shadow relationships of the puffy shape, with the top being bright and the bottom dark, making it look puffy and three-dimensional.

The princess dress has a lace trim around the neckline, with layers of lace and pleats in each layer.

She used fine lines to draw out the folds and layers of the lace little by little. The lines were very thin and light; they couldn't be drawn too heavily, otherwise the lace would look stiff and lack that soft texture.

There were also some wrinkles on the skirt, which were formed by the fabric naturally draping over.

She used light and shadow to depict these folds, leaving the bright areas blank and lightly adding a few lines to the dark areas to create a strong contrast and give the skirt a three-dimensional feel.

[Ding! Hair and clothing drawing completed. God-level drawing experience points +140!]

Finally, draw the background and sunflowers.

The little girl was holding a sunflower, which was very big, almost as big as half of her face.

The petals are oblong, growing one by one around the center of the flower.

Shen Xiaoting drew the petals one by one, each one facing a different direction—some upwards, some to the left, some to the right, and some downwards—and their lengths and sizes also varied slightly, making them not uniform.

If all the petals are drawn exactly the same, it will look like a plastic flower, very fake.

The center of the flower is round and darker in color than the petals.

She used fine lines to arrange them in concentric circles inside the flower center, representing the texture of melon seeds.

She paid attention to the direction when laying the lines, arranging them from the center outwards in a radial pattern, which looked very natural.

The entire sketch is complete.

The five-year-old girl in the photo is standing on a piece of paper, with two little pigtails, wearing a white dress, holding a sunflower, and smiling so hard her eyes are curved into crescents.

Tingting's paintings aren't exactly the same as the photos; she doesn't copy them stroke by stroke. But the little girls she paints are even more beautiful than the photos.

It's not a pixel-perfect likeness, it's a likeness that captures the spirit of the subject.

She captured the innocent, cheerful, and lively spirit of the little girl; you can immediately tell she's a lovely girl.

The comment section exploded!

"It's finished! Tingting's finished!"

"So alike! Absolutely! Not just in appearance, but in spirit! That smile, exactly the same!"