Many novice artists can easily paint flowers, trees, houses. But when it comes time to draw people on paper, they are lost. Because they don’t know how to draw a human body. If you, too, do not succeed, do not even give up. Thanks to several techniques, you can quickly learn this.
General recommendations
They are quite simple. At the same time, these useful tips will help you cope with the necessary task:
- Even if you do not plan to turn your sketches into color illustrations, use a pencil anyway at the very beginning. It will allow you to correct the picture at any time.
- Do not push hard. Perform all movements only with light strokes. If you make a mistake or want to redraw an element of the picture, you don’t have to suffer, erasing thick lines with an elastic band.
- Practice every day. Do not be discouraged if you do not know how to draw a body. Believe in yourself!
- Watch your posture. You will not be able to give all your attention to the drawing, sitting incorrectly.
- If you are seriously interested in art, study the technique of other people, go to art galleries, buy thematic books. Experienced artists are well acquainted with how to draw a human body.
- If you are drawing from an already finished drawing, do not be afraid to make mistakes. Remember that you do not have to portray exactly the same character. It will be much better if it turns out different.
Body proportions
At all times, special attention was paid to the ratio between the parts of the body of the figure. Before you draw a body, you need to know its correct proportions. The height of the figure of an adult is 8 of his goals, a teenager is 7. This part of the student’s body can be positioned 5 times in length, the baby is 4. The size of the arms should reach the middle of the thigh, while the elbows should be on the same level with the waist, and the knees should be exactly in the middle of the leg. The length of the legs is 4 heads, and the head along with the body is half the height of the whole figure. The fingers of the lowered hand are located in the middle of the thigh. Foot height - nose size. And its length is the same as that of the forearm. The height of the female head is equal to the distance between the prominent points of the chest, the male - half the width of the shoulders.
Differences between male and female parameters
The average height of a man is about 170 cm, women - 160. The hands of a strong half of humanity are long and muscular, when the girls' hands are a little shorter. But the legs of women are longer (in relation to the torso). Men have a strong physique, broad shoulders and a short body. The female body is longer, the shoulders are often shorter than the hips. Men have a thick neck, girls - on the contrary, thin. As for the musculature, in men it is marked strongly. In this case, the contours of the body are sharp. At the same time, women have soft outlines, round shapes, the fat layer is larger. The male foot is massive, large, and the female foot is much smaller.
Draw a man
The following workshop shows how to draw a man’s body:
- Start on top. Draw a small circle, draw a curved line from below. You should get the shape of an egg, just turned upside down.
- Draw a neck by sketching two straight lines. As a guide, take the distance from ear to ear.
- Draw a long (2-3 head width) horizontal line so that it is perpendicular to the neck. It determines the location of the clavicles.
- At the end of the two lines, draw small circles of the same size - these are the shoulders. Sketch two ovals a little lower, a little longer than the height of the head - these are the biceps.
- In the place where the biceps begin, outline the body. Geometrically, it will look like this: an inverted trapezoid - a chest, vertical lines - a torso, an inverted triangle - a basin. Mark a place above the last geometric figure with a dot - there will be a navel.
- On both sides of the triangle draw two circles (most should be outside), and immediately below them are long ovals. They will be hips.
- Below are two small ovals for the knees. Let a little intertwined with the hips. And even lower - for the legs.
- For the legs, draw two triangles, at the very bottom.
- Try to draw body contests, add details, create clothes for your character.
Draw a woman
Now that you know the basic proportions of a person and have learned how to work with a male silhouette, you can learn how to draw a female body:
- Start with the most important thing - draw a vertical line. To indicate the torso, place the inverted triangle in its upper part.
- Inside the resulting triangle, draw another one looking up. At the corners of the inner figure, outline two circles, representing the chest. If you did everything correctly, the first one should be on the right, and the other on the left of the line drawn earlier.
- Just below the main triangle, draw a circle of equal size. Its upper part should go slightly beyond the triangle. It will be a basin.
- To draw the hips and legs, draw two curved lines from the top of the circle. And below - two more, but already shorter. Some should look like brackets.
- Add lines and details, dress the girl.
Done, now you know how to draw a girl’s body.
To summarize
Using the techniques presented above, you can draw almost any person - an adult man and woman, a teenager, a child. The main thing you need to do is follow the instructions, learn how to work according to the scheme. After a while, you yourself, without any help, will depict beautiful and proportionately correct characters on paper. Do not be discouraged if something is not working out for you. You can try again at any time.
Remember one more important rule: the artist’s work does not end at the moment when he understands how to draw the body. It is also necessary to think over the character’s hairstyle, his style, endow him with emotions, portray the character. In other words, use a pencil to “breathe” life into it. Learn the art of drawing, improve your skills - and you will surely succeed!