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Sad Face

286 drawings by Artbitrator players — showing top 24

Learning how to draw a sad face is easier than you'd think. The main trick is getting those eyebrows right—inner corners raised, outer bits sloped down—and pairing them with a downturned mouth and slightly droopy eyes. Once you've got that combo down, you can tinker with tears, shading under the eyes, or how much the mouth curves to dial the sadness up or down.

We've got 254 real sad face drawings from Artbitrator players on this page, and you can watch each one get drawn stroke by stroke. They're brilliant for seeing how different people tackle eyebrows, frowns, and teardrops. Give it a go yourself in Artbitrator—the AI judge reacts in real time, which makes practising sad face drawings way more entertaining than staring at a blank page.

Drawings

286

Avg Strokes

713 strokes

Avg Time

59s

Fastest

12s

How to Draw Sad Face

Simple steps to draw sad face, based on what works in the examples above.

1 Start with a simple circle or oval for the head. Add a light vertical line down the centre and a horizontal one across the middle to help you place features evenly.
2 Draw two almond-shaped eyes along the horizontal guideline, angled slightly downward at the outer corners. Make the upper eyelids a bit heavy or droopy—that's what gives sad eyes their weight.
3 Sketch the eyebrows with the inner corners raised and pulled together, sloping down toward the outer edges. This creates that worried, sorrowful look that defines a sad expression.
4 Add a small nose between the eyes, then draw a downturned mouth—both corners should curve down to form a clear frown. You can make it subtle or more pronounced depending on how miserable you want your face to look.
5 Toss in optional details like a teardrop under one eye, some soft shading beneath the eyes or around the mouth, or even a few forehead wrinkles. Once you've nailed the basics, try drawing a sad face in Artbitrator and watch the AI guess what you're sketching in real time.

Tip: Raise the inner corners of the eyebrows and pull them slightly together—that one tweak instantly turns a neutral face sad.

Practice Drawing Sad Face

Drawing Tips

Keep the mouth corners pointing down and slightly lengthen the lower face to emphasise that classic 'long face' of sadness.
Make the upper eyelids droop or cover more of the eye than usual—the more coverage, the sadder the expression reads.
If you add tears, draw them following the curve of the cheek rather than straight down; it looks more natural and less like a cartoon raindrop.

Sad Face Drawing FAQ

How do you draw a sad face?

Start with a circle for the head and guidelines for feature placement. Draw droopy, downward-angled eyes, then add eyebrows with the inner corners raised and pulled together. Finish with a downturned mouth where both corners slope down. Optional: add a tear or shading under the eyes to amp up the emotion.

What's the hardest part of drawing sad expressions?

Getting the eyebrows right. They need to angle inward and upward at the inner corners while sloping down at the outer edges. If they're too flat or angry-looking, the whole sad face falls apart. Practice that shape a few times and the rest clicks into place pretty quickly.

Where can I practise drawing sad faces and get instant feedback?

Artbitrator is perfect for this. You draw a sad face and the AI judge guesses what you're sketching in real time, so you know straightaway if your eyebrows or mouth are reading sad or just confused. Plus, every simple sad face drawing you finish gets saved as a replay so you can watch it back and see what worked.