Lessons on How to Draw People and All Other Things

Why learn how to draw people? Because if you can draw people/figures successfully then you can draw almost anything. That is why all the masters studied mainly the human figure over the centuries. Even today, figure drawing classes are mandatory in all art schools and colleges.
I have designed this drawing tutorials assuming that you are a beginner, so feel free to skim through if you are more advanced. Also the tutorials are on the narrow field of representational observational drawing techniques. I have separated the lesson into two different drawing lessons: Lesson 1: Two-Dimesional Tutorials and Lesson 2: Three -Dimensional Drawing Tutorials. One must master and use both when drawing, but I found it more effective when the students practice them separately during their studies, then one day they will find themselves just drawing freely using both methods naturally without any kind of technical aspects in their minds.
their studies, then one day they will find themselves just drawing freely using both methods naturally without any kind of technical aspects in their minds.

Lesson 1: Two-Dimensional Drawing Tutorials

Have you ever seen a kid without any prior training do a great pencil drawing by copying from comic books or photos? They have been gifted with the eyes that's sensitive to shapes and values. But anyone can TRAIN their eyes to see well.

Value Sketching Practice

A great way to train your eyes to see accurate shapes and values through doing a lot of value sketching practice. Click here to see this lesson on how to draw people using values

Lesson 2: Three-Dimensional Drawing Tutorials

Seeing the forms clearly is very hard. I started to understand it very late, well after I stopped studying at the institutions. It requires a lot of knowledge from thorough studies and practice. The task here is not just to see, but observe. You should be able to see through your subject all around, be able to accurately locate the ear on the other side of the head that you don't see,etc. It may be difficult while studying it, but once you learn how to draw people by thinking 3-dimensionally, you will see the forms naturally before your eyes wherever you go, and combined with your two-dimensional method of seeing, you will be able sketch realistically with ease.

Seeing The Forms All Around

Click here to see the tutorial on seeing the forms

If you would like to see the Portrait Drawing Video Demos click here See the figure drawing video demos

See my portfolio of charcoal drawings.

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