Tips for drawing the human body

One of the most difficult things from my point of view, is draw the human body, first to be able to capture every detail of this and then to put it on paper as faithfully as possible, it is a challenge that many times cannot be overcome.

Fortunately not all is lost, do not be discouraged because there are ways, techniques, tricks and tips that can be very useful when drawing a human body. It would not hurt to start with investigating some of the body anatomy, since the more details we know about it, the less difficult it will be to draw it, the best thing is that you can find a lot of information on the web and in books.

What do you need to know to draw a human body?

We will provide some information, to complement and as a help mainly for those who begin in the world of drawing the human body.

It is important to know each of the parts that make it up, investigate what are the bones and muscles most prominent and important and / or those that stand out at first glance, you can find this information in texts on anatomy.

Know the proportional differences between a woman and a man, which standard measurements are handled anatomically in these cases, who has the longest legs or the largest hands, proportions between parts of the body in the same gender, etc., since all this will be very useful, of course, without losing sight of the fact that not in all cases it is the same, there are certain differences.

Make a habit starting from basic lines as taught in drawing schools (circles, rectangles, etc.) and after having roughly the complete body, begins to detail each part of the body adding other features

Observing in detail the people around us will provide you with different perspectives of how the body's anatomy may vary depending on your age, sex, occupation, if you are thin or fat, what parts of the body stand out more in one sex and the other, what forms are characteristic and common in each sex and others

Each situation and shapes that you can observe are important, do the lights in contact with the body, how does the perspective change? If on the contrary there is presence of shadowsHow does it affect visual perception, what adds to it or takes away from it? Take note of all this or better yet, put it on paper at once.

Start your sketch starting from the skeleton itself, choose the position, rehearse with several and go perfecting your work; When you feel satisfied, continue adding the muscles until you reach the drawing as you want it.

You practice a lot, draw without stopping to perfect each of the details of the human body.

Once you feel that it is your domain to draw a drawing, another stage comes through which you can add elements that exaggerate the figure initially conceived, it can give you more personality and make them unique.

How to achieve depth and movement in your drawings

Once a first stage has been overcome, a new obstacle appears to be overcome, such as give a sense of depth and movement to your drawing. In advance I tell you that practice and patience are essential to achieve this.

Dedicate yourself to observe how the human being moves, detail the way of walking, if it is through long or short steps, if it runs, how it moves its arms, legs, how the muscles contract and when you take it to the paper, try to represent the most grotesque of what is seen to achieve the expected effect.

Observe people from angles that give you perspective, like from above, for example, see how some parts look bigger than others, how light and shadow play, this will be very helpful.

Use photos as a reference to draw smaller and more complicated parts and he investigates in texts about drawing, on the web he observes images and details that are what stands out, which parts look bigger or smaller depending on the angle.