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Drawing the
Human Body
A PRIMER
Created exclusively for Craftsy by
Sandrine Pelissier & Paul Heaston
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover image by Roberto Osti
Instructor of
Figure Anatomy for the Artist
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Meet the Experts
5 Tips for Drawing the Human Body
Drawing Human Anatomy: Hands
Drawing Human Anatomy: The Torso
Drawing Human Anatomy: Feet
Perfecting Proportions
Getting the Most Out of a Life Drawing Session
Tips for Finding and Working With a Model
MEET THE EXPERTS
Sandrine Pelissier
Sandrine Pelissier is a watercolor, acrylic and mixed
media artist from Canada. She is inspired by the
West Coast landscapes but also enjoys painting
portraits and life drawing. While her paintings seem
to be fairly realistic, she likes to experiment and add
a touch of abstraction. She has been published in art
books and magazines, including the
Splash,
best of
watercolor series, the mixed-media book Incite,
The
Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor Artist
magazine and
International Artist
magazine.
Paul Heaston
Paul Heaston was born and raised in San Antonio,
Texas. He received his BFA in painting from the
University of Texas, San Antonio, in 2002 and
his MFA from Montana State University in 2008,
where he continued on as a faculty member. He
is an obsessive sketchbook-keeper and spent 6
months between 2008 and 2009 meticulously
drawing every building in downtown Bozeman,
Montana, in a pocket-sized sketchbook. Heaston
is a correspondent for Urbansketchers.org, an
internationally known website showcasing visual
journalism all over the world, and in addition
maintains his own sketch blog,
T
hree Letter Word
for Art
(
http://paulheaston.blogspot.com/
). He
lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife, Linda, and
their dog Freddie.
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5 TIPS FOR DRAWING
THE HUMAN BODY
By Sandrine Pelissier
Figure drawing is definitely an interesting and fascinating activity, but
there are specific challenges. The human body is very complex —
there could be foreshortening, capturing movement can be tricky, and
hands and feet are notoriously difficult to draw.
Wondering where to start
when it comes to drawing
figures? Here are 5 tips to
keep in mind:
1. Take some time to look.
The initial reflex, especially when
poses are short for gesture
drawing, is to rush into drawing
without too much planning and try
to get every detail. If you actually
take a bit more time to look, you
can decide what is necessary and
what can be omitted in
your drawing.
While you are looking at the
model, you can also pay attention
to the way the light is falling on
the model as light and shade areas
can be part of what you will choose
to describe, even if it is a short
pose drawing.
Life Drawing by Sandrine Pelissier
One of the first decisions to
make while looking at the model will be the orientation of your paper
(landscape or portrait) — this will depend on your figure height and
width. Then you will need to make sure your drawing fits onto
your paper.
2. Make sure that your drawing fits in the page.
A common and frustrating mistake when first learning how to draw
figures is to start drawing the figure as a whole and then realize
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somewhere along the drawing
process that there is not enough
space to fit a hand or a foot.
Here are two techniques to use to
ensure your drawing will fit on
the paper:
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Draw an external envelope of
the figure, you can see it as a
block of stone you would use
if you were to carve the figure.
Make it large enough for the
entire figure to fit in it, and
then refine it step by step.
Draw a quick sketch of the
whole figure to help with
getting the main proportions
right, and then work on refining
that quick sketch.
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3. Get the proportions right.
Proportions can be challenging to
get right, here are a few tips that
can help with accuracy:
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Figure Drawing by Sandrine Pelissier
Imagine a line for the shoulders, the pelvis and the knees and look
at the angle of those lines on your model and draw those lines on
your paper. Getting these angles right helps with gesture.
Looking at the negative space can help, especially with
complex poses.
The length of the body is about 7.5 to 8 heads long — you can
check this to make sure the head is the right size on your drawing.
Instinctively, we often imagine that the hand is way smaller than
the head, but actually the head is about the same length as the
hand, and also about the same length as the foot without the toes.
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4. Make it fun!
If you become frustrated or bored with your drawings, you can try
changing medium, I noticed that for some life drawing sessions if I had
trouble with a medium and switched to a different one, things seemed
to flow easier after that. Changing mediums can also make the life
drawing process exciting again by experimenting.
Here are a few mediums to try:
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“Blind” contour drawing by Paul Heaston
Paint instead of drawing or add washes to describe the shadows.
Use colored pencils, Conté crayons, charcoal or markers.
Make a toned background with pencil or charcoal powder and
carve out lighter areas with an eraser.
Draw directly with the dropper of an ink bottle.
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