Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses

Overview

“Let's continue to use volume to build a figure that conveys the feeling of 3D. With the torso complete, I will show you how to sketch out the head, shoulders, arms, and legs. ”

In this video lesson Alexander Steenhorst addresses the topic: Building a Human Figure, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses. Fill your sketchbook with expressive artwork by learning a variety of drawing techniques to illustrate characters with dynamic poses.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson we're going to finish our figure. Just like we did with our torso, we're going to start by marking the top and the bottom of the figure. Let's start by adding the ground plane. It makes it easier to add the feet. Now, we see in her head it's a little bit tilted, so we're going to use that for drawing the head. We're also going to use a box, so let's grab our cube. She's looking a little bit to the left. For the shoulders, we're going to add some spheres. And the arms. And then, we know that the hands are over here. We're not going to go all deep into hands, just draw somethin...”

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Course summary for: Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses

• Level: Beginner
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• 10207 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 21m)
• 1 download

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Sketchbook, Sketching