How to draw a person lying on his back or stomach in stages with a pencil

Drawing a character is easier with a pencil. Such a pattern will look beautiful. It is difficult for a beginner to cope with this task, therefore, to simplify the work, it is better to use the right lessons. This saves time, and the result is a high-quality picture. Therefore, you need to know how to draw a person lying beautifully.

Art inventory

For work, you need a minimum of accessories. The cost of art tools for pencil drawing is very low. List of things:

• HB, B4, and B7 pencils
• a piece of fleece;
• gag eraser;
• high-density landscape paper;
• source image for redrawing.

To draw the exact proportions, use a ruler: symmetrically mark the border of the thallium, neck, knees. But it is better to work out these elements by hand "by eye".

The image for copying is selected with a high resolution, not dark and not too bright. In Photoshop, a color print is made black and white. Correction lightens the picture a bit. This will help to better see the many small details and overlapping black and white areas.

Position on the back and stomach

Despite the position in which the person will be - on the stomach or back, the drawing technique does not change from this. And for drawing people in different positions, they learn anatomy. If, without studying the structure of the body, to get to work, it is unlikely that the print will turn out beautiful. Here's how to draw a man lying on his back, following the rules:

1. Body pressure is evenly distributed on the bed. The recesses and folds on the matter will be almost the same.
2. If hands are wound behind the head with elbows extended, touching the back of the head with your palms, then there will be many folds in the area of ​​shoulders and neck on a T-shirt or sweater.
3. If the person in the original picture is with his legs crossed, then in this case the character of the folds on the pants will turn out different, not the same as with straight limbs.
4. Deepenings, lumpy matter on the pillow and chiaroscuro should also be drawn correctly. Therefore, the anatomy and behavior of matter under certain loads should be studied.

A person located on his stomach, unlike a character lying on his back, has a different distribution of clothes, and pressure on the bed. How to draw a lying man on his stomach correctly? Take into account the nuances:

1. If the person is located with raised legs and head, with elbows apart on the sides of the bed, and palms on the cheeks, then the pressure on the center of the bed will increase, as well as at two points of the arms. There will be many folds on matter, and they will be deep.
2. T-shirt in the lower back crumple a little. If denim pants are depicted instead of shorts, then on the back of the knees there will also be many folds.

If you know how the fabric reacts correctly to a change in the person’s position, the picture will turn out beautiful.

Proportions and Outline

After the artist has decided on what position the person will be in, auxiliary contours should be made. These lines in the future will help to work out the picture. Here's how to draw a recumbent person step by step from the outline:

1. A horizontal axis is plotted at the place where the body touches the bed.
2. Draw lines in the center of the trunk, arms, legs, head.
3. Knees and elbows are indicated in small circles.
4. The head is marked with an oval.
5. Outline the external contours of all parts of the body.
6. Outlines the toes and feet.
7. Indicate the boundaries and designate the form of clothing and hair.
8. Create the shape of the eyes, nose, mouth.
9. Work out the shape of the bed.

The character needs to be drawn in exact proportions. If you can’t do the work “by eye”, then the ruler will help, but in the case when the person is located in profile directly, without raised limbs.

Bringing the general contours

Accurate contour lines are drawn from the sketches made. They should be thicker than auxiliary dashes. Here's how to draw a person lying on a bed according to the instructions:

1. Work begins with the head. From the oval create human outlines, draw hair.
2. They work out a T-shirt, pants or shorts, drawing lines along the outer borders of the character’s body.
3. They depict knees, elbows, arms, legs, so that they look like real ones.
4. Draw folds on clothes, you can not all at once, but indicate the most pronounced. The rest will be added as you work.
5. Draw indentations on the bed and folds of the sheet.

All sketches are gently erased with an eraser. Therefore, initially they are created with the HB pencil with light movements, so that after removal there are no scratches and dirty lines.

The study of the face and hair

Particular attention is paid to this stage, since the painted face of a person will certainly attract the attention of the viewer. In this case, you need skills to work on the face. How to draw a person lying? Brief Instruction:

1. The face is divided into the near and distant plan, so the vertical border is set. In the event that the head appears half-sided.
2. A line is placed horizontally in the eye area. An auxiliary figure will appear in the form of a cross.
3. The borders of the eyes are marked with vertical short lines. Pupils indicate dots.
4. Horizontal and vertical lines are placed under the base and across the width of the nose.
5. They work on the lips, chin, eyebrows, eyelashes and other facial parts so that they acquire a look close to realism.
6. In the direction of the hair draw the main lines. Curls draw with dashes.

The face will be in the foreground, so it is made as detailed as possible.

Drawing clothes and beds

Folds are drawn on things. If it is a T-shirt and shorts, then the work will be faster, and if the denim pants and sweater, then longer, because there will be more bending lines. Here's how to draw a person lying down with things:

1. Draw pockets and lines at the seams. Work out the upper and lower parts of the pants. Oblique and rounded lines are created at the knee points so that they form the shape of the legs.
2. The t-shirt depicts large and small folds. In this case, there can be no identity, dented areas are different. Curved lines can be long and short, thick and thin.
3. On things you can draw any picture - this will enhance the effect.
4. The bed is created from the base, legs, foots and headboard. A sheet and pillow are added, they are also drawn with folds.

In the course of applying the main curved lines, small thin lines are drawn so that there are more elements.

Detailing the picture

They study the texture of the face and the texture of clothes, beds. Take into account what material the bed is made of - metal or wood. The shadow and light on the iron lie evenly and smoothly, on the tree there is a roughness, and the dimming and lightening will turn out to be a bit steep. Here's how to draw a man lying on his back, step by step and in detail:

1. The denim texture looks like dots and short dashes located close to each other. It is not necessary to depict maximum detail, it is enough to at least designate pants or shorts as really jeans.
2. Draw the texture of the face and skin, small hairs, locks on the head.
3. Create a texture on the sheet so that it looks like soft fabric.
4. Refine black eyelashes, eyebrows, hair.

The texture of the skin and fabric is indicated with an HB pencil, its graphite is light, and with light touches it is weakly expressed.

Hatching and chiaroscuro

The final stage of work is the imposition of hatching and black and white sections. You need to create a realistic character volume. How to draw a person lying with a pencil realistic? Some nuances:

1. Hatching makes the body parts of the character voluminous and draw dashes in the right directions in certain places.
2. If a person is lying on his stomach, then the upper parts of the legs, back and head will be bright, and the lower parts shaded.
3. The crease base should be dark and the top light. Thus, form the volume.
4. In those places that are closer to the light, put light glare. If the bed is metal, then the legs will turn out bright.

In the end, the work is corrected, defects are eliminated and new details are added that will improve the picture. You can think of an interesting background, draw a window with access to the forest.