How to draw an athlete with a pencil

How to draw an athlete will be discussed in this article. Here you will also be given step-by-step instructions with detailed explanations.

Fundamentals for the novice artist

Today there are cameras, camcorders. Nevertheless, the art of drawing still lives and thrives. And although it is believed that in order to draw well, you need to have talent from God, practice proves: the skills of the artistic image of the world should be studied in the same way as knitting, reading, singing, physical culture. And, of course, it is very important to constantly train, watch the work of experienced masters and draw conclusions. It is also important to read the relevant literature and know the basics of the artistic image of various objects.

The basis of auxiliary constructions in the depiction of a human figure

Not everyone knows how to draw an athlete with a pencil in stages. Therefore, in order for a person to become proportional, one should make additional constructions before starting drawing - to sketch the “skeleton” of the image with hair lines. Since to draw an athlete is, first of all, to depict a person in motion, the basic rules for the proportion of the human body must be strictly observed.

Proportions of the human figure

1. The distance between the tips of the fingers of the arms extended to the sides is equal to the growth.
2. The thigh point - the place where the legs begin - divides the main support line in half.
3. A point dividing the lower half of the auxiliary line in half marks the knee.
4. Dividing the upper half of the auxiliary line in half, you can find the location of the nipples.
5. The upper quarter of the line (from the nipple to the end point), divided in half, will help to find the eighth part - it will be occupied by the head in the figure.
6. The forearm is slightly shorter than the elbow .
7. The width of the hips of a man is equal to the width of the chest.

How to draw an athlete in stages

1. After completing the auxiliary constructions and observing the basic proportions of the human figure, you can proceed to the direct image. First, the artist draws the head of the athlete.
   
2. Marking the nipples with dots in accordance with the proportions, you can sketch the body.
   
3. Then the artist draws up the legs of a person.
   
4. Image of hands is one of the most difficult moments of drawing.
   
5. After drawing the athlete with a pencil, the artist turned out quite correctly, you can erase the additional auxiliary construction with an eraser.
   
6. If the athlete is engaged in water skiing, then the following steps involve the image of sports attributes directly: water ski and cable handles.
   
7. Next stage:
   
8. Now the artist draws smooth lines imitating waves on the drawing.
   
9. Clouds and birds complete a pencil sketch.
   

Master class: “We draw a skier”

Since it is possible to draw an athlete on skis without additional construction, simplified, we will consider this option as well.

1. First, draw the head of the athlete.
2. Now we depict arms bent at the elbows at right angles.
3. It should be remembered that the elbows are located at the level of the waist, and, observing these proportions, draw up the upper body.
4. The legs should be depicted so long that the connection point divides the figure in half.
5. Now you can finish the skis and poles to the skier.

This is the simplest version of the image of a person in motion. Therefore, it is likely to be the solution to the problem of how to draw an athlete to a child.

Preliminary work in front of the image of a skier moving down the mountain

This task will be more difficult than the previous one, when the artist was faced with the task of drawing just a person skiing. Since you need to draw an athlete who overcomes the descent at a speed, in a certain position, at an angle, it would be nice to first look at the photos of skiers in motion carefully.

It should be noted that during a mountain descent the figure of a person tilts almost 45 degrees to the horizon. Also pay attention to bent legs and arms - the body seems to concentrate, leaning sideways and forward.

Additional constructions for the image of a skier moving down the mountain

1. Having clarified the main points in the image of the skier during the descent, auxiliary constructions should be made, that is, the angle of the athlete's figure should be built. The lower beam should not be horizontal, but correspond to the inclination of the surface - the descent. The tilt of the shape will be approximately 45 degrees. But here it is necessary to take into account the following fact: the steeper the descent and the higher the speed of the athlete, the more people bend over and, therefore, the smaller (sharper) the angle.
2. When portraying the body of a skier, the proportions of the human body should be observed, since the athlete must be drawn in accordance with generally accepted standards. Therefore, the location of the hip joint (in the figure at this point is the point from which the legs diverge) should divide the person’s full height in half.
3. The elbow bend of the arm falls on the athlete’s waist, which is slightly higher than the hip joint.
4. The knee point divides the leg line from the point of the hip joint to the ankle of the foot in approximately half.

Master class depicting a skier during the descent

1. After the necessary auxiliary constructions, draw the head of the skier.
2. The next step will be drawing the upper body of the skier to the waist. It should be borne in mind that the chest should be wider than the head.
3. Hands are drawn bent, because the athlete is in motion. The bending angle of the left hand and the right is different.
4. The legs of the skier during the descent cannot be parallel. One leg can only be slightly bent, and the second is located at almost a right angle to it.
5. Skis should be drawn in parallel. The sticks can be either parallel or at an angle to each other.

Image of ski jump skier

Before drawing, it is recommended to consider the pose of the athlete. In the ski jump, the skier concentrates, crouches, tilting the upper body forward. The line of the figure, as it were, takes the form of a zigzag. Legs in this position are usually parallel to each other, skis - too. Sticks are drawn horizontally.

1. The head of the athlete is depicted in a round shape, a mask is painted on his eyes.
2. The hand is extended towards the beholder, so its length is shortened - this is according to the rules of projection. The stick should be located at a very small angle to the skis, you can even depict it parallel to the skis.
3. The back line runs at an angle of 45 degrees to the horizon. Of course, the back itself should be drawn rounded rather than perfectly straight. The line of the femur with the line of the back makes an angle of about 60 degrees. Under the same slope, the leg is drawn after the knee bend.
4. Since the artist depicts the skier as if from below, the ski needs to be drawn not exactly horizontally, but with a slope of about 30 degrees.
5. The second ski is depicted parallel to the first.
6. If the artist decides to make a drawing in color, then you can make the stripes look flare on the glasses.

To become a true artist, you need not only to have natural abilities, but to learn a lot of drawing theory. In order to portray the athlete, the draftsman should study the structure and proportions of the human body. Studying the work of the masters can help in acquiring drawing skills. And the most important condition: practical training for the artist is as important as daily training for the athlete.