The teardrop is like a balloon shape turned upside down. However, water can take all forms and the teardrop shape can be played around with. The most important aspect of capturing a tear shape is working with rounded and circular shapes. This means we can elongate the tear to fall down the face or shorten the length of the teardrop, but we want to maintain the rounded bottom of the water drop. The rounded bottom or head of the teardrop also implies that gravity is pulling the water drop downward, where the bottom of the tear is larger than the upper section of the tear. This gives the tear a unique falling quality, with a pointed or narrow upper section and a ball-like or rounded bottom section. As you create the teardrop drawing, you can give the tear an elongated quality as long as you maintain the rounded bottom section, thus creating a realistic teardrop effect.