Drawing People in ActionFor drawing people in action, you'll need: SUPPLIES: ·Drawing Paper ·Scrap paper ·Pencils ·Pink Pearl Erasers When drawing people in action, it’s often easier to draw them from the inside out, beginning with a basic “skeleton” and adding on from there. PRACTICE: Before we begin drawing a person in action, we’re going to practice drawing a stick man which will later serve as the “frame” of the people we draw. 1. Let’s start at the top. What shape is the head? Answers can include a circle, an oval, etc. Draw the head on your paper. Be sure to draw it near the top of your paper so you don’t run out of room. Remember, we’ll be drawing the whole body.
2. Now, what is the head connected to? Right – the neck! Draw a short line from the head as a neck.
3. Keep going. What is the neck connected to? No, not the body, torso, or trunk of a person, but the SHOULDERS. Draw a line straight across indicating shoulders. Our person looks like this:
6. Now come the legs. These come right off of the hips. Legs are, on the average, about 3 “heads” long. Use your scrap paper with the measurement of the head to measure for the length of the legs. Be sure to put some feet on the bottom of those legs so your man can stand up.
7. Now let’s add the arms. If you stand up straight and let your arms hang by your sides, you’ll see that your fingertips actually come to the center of your thigh. Make sure the arms of your stick person are long enough. Add some hands at the ends.
8. Now, let’s draw a few circles on our skeleton man. These circles will indicate joints, or the places where the parts of the body can bend. We’ll place the circles at the shoulders, the elbows, the wrists, the hips, the knees, and the ankles. Arms, then, can only bend at these places. A ballerina’s arm seems to form a beautiful flowing curve, but she is actually only bending it at her wrist, elbow, and shoulder. We don’t want our people to have broken bones – only bend them at the circles, or joints, you just drew
9. Finished? Great job! Now try drawing the stick man with both hands on his head. Your drawing should look something like this:
10. Now, let’s try drawing him doing a split. Your drawing will look something like this:
Once you can draw a stick man in action, it's easier to draw the whole person in action. By drawing the stick figure before you draw the rest of the person, you insure that the person will fit on the page and that his body is in the correct position. Ready to give it a try? Continue to the NEXT LESSON about drawing people in action. Return from DRAWING PEOPLE IN ACTION to DRAWING IN PENCIL
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