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How to start a gure drawing For Beginners
In order to start drawing realistic gures, we need to know about the proportions of the human gure. If you are not yet familiar with proportions, I highly recommend that you go through the Proportion for Figure Drawing tutorial rst. I would then also like to suggest that you make a quick drawing on proportions in your sketch book, so you can refer back to this when you need to remember something.
Drawing the skeleton An easy way to start with a gure drawing when you are just starting out, is to start with drawing the skeleton. In doing so, you make sure that you have the proportions right before adding detail. A good way to practice this is to keep an A5 sketch book with you and to do speed drawings (around 30 seconds per drawing) of people sitting or passing by when you’re at a coffee shop, waiting in line for something, etc. This will drastically improve your observational skills as well as to help you apply the correct proportions to your gures. Use a pen or marker when doing this. It might be a bit more tricky than a pencil at rst, but it will greatly boost your con dence in drawing. It teaches you to be more bold in your decision making.
Start by drawing the skeleton of the gure
Gesture drawing Once you have drawn your skeleton, you can add more detail to the gure. This is where you focus on the impression of the person and what their body language is saying. For example, a woman walking in the rain with an umbrella might have hunched shoulders with her arms close to her, whereas an angry man might have his chest pushed outward with his hand making a st. These subtle details in your lines make a big difference in the story you tell with your drawings. Start by asking yourself what emotions you feel you are getting from the person you are drawing. Useful tip: There is no line in the human body that is straight.
Gesture drawing
Once you know proportions well enough, you can go straight into gesture drawing, without drawing the skeleton rst. This is important to do, since the technicality of the skeleton drawings can sometimes make a drawing appear very stiff and rigid.
Materials recommended for this project A5 Sketchbook Uni Fine liner drawing pen set
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