How to Draw Alexander Hamilton

1. Begin the Alexander Hamilton outline by sketching his nose and eye. Use curved lines to outline the eye, the eyelids, and the nose. Draw two consecutively smaller circles inside the eye and shade the smaller one.

2. Draw the remaining eye and eyelids, including the circles of the iris and pupil. Then shade the thick eyebrows above the eyes.

3. Use long curved lines to outline the shape of the face, noting the indention near the eye and the pointedness of the chin.

4. Use curved lines to sketch the mouth and to contour the upper and lower lips and cheekbones. Then begin sketching the ear and hair using overlapping curved lines.

5. Continue drawing the hair using overlapping curved lines.

6. Continue drawing the hair using overlapping curved lines. Notice how some of the lines texture the hair and others are spirals, indicating curls.

7. Draw more curls and texture within the hair. Then, begin sketching the cravat and lapel of the suit using long curved lines.

8. Use curved lines to enclose the knot and lobes of the bowtie, and to texture the fabric. Use additional curved lines to continue drawing the layers of the cravat and the front of the shirt.

9. Use a series of intersecting curved lines to draw the suit's wide collar and lapels and the man's shoulders.

Your Alexander Hamilton outline is now complete. Color the portrait. In Hamilton's day, men often wore powdered wigs that made their hair appear gray.