How to Draw a Foot Print

A footprint sample will vary based on your subject, but the basic shape allows for continuity in your drawing.

Drawing or sketching allows for an artist to encapsulate an image in its simplest form. Use various art tools, such as pencils, pens, or charcoal to provide depth to the subjects. For artists, especially beginners, taking a subject and breaking it down into manageable parts can allow for more focus. In drawing the body, this process may prove necessary, as some regions require more attention. Sketching the foot, depending on its perspective, may prove initially difficult. The skills needed when drawing and sketching grow only with repetition and training, so when tackling a potentially formidable subject, such a the foot or footprint, use a few tips.

Things You'll Need

• Drawing tools
• Washable Paint
• Paper
• Paintbrush

Instructions

1. 

   Start simply, with a blank sheet of paper and your tool of choice to start drawing parts of the body,

   Obtain the necessary drawing tools. Purchase a drawing pad, pens, pencils, and charcoals. Practice with the tools in order to familiarize yourself with their affects. Draw repetitive shapes, such as circles, in various sizes, to determine color strengths. Try drawing freehand on a simple tabletop or flat surface. Locate pictures of feet from both men and women, in varying shapes and lengths. Focus on the heel, ankle, then toes. Practice each section of the foot separately.

2. 

   Washable paints, as in that used for fingerpainting, offer a simple reproduction tool.

   Make an actual footprint, using your own foot as a subject. Use washable paints, taking a cloth or absorbent sponge and dabbing the paint onto your foot. This process requires immediate clean-up, but the print provides a basic drawing sample. If concerned about applying too much color, simply place the paint on your toes and around the outline of your foot. This will highlight the primary shape, without completely discoloring the area. Once the print's outline offers a satisfactory model, wash the foot with warm soap and water. Repeat if necessary, and if possible, obtain the footprints of other subjects, as well.

3. 

   After your skills improve, attempt to master other footprints.

   Draw the footprint. After obtaining the paint sample, either from your own foot or another's, attempt a light sketch of the print. Allowing the ink to dry sufficiently, and simply tracing the footprint, provides another option. After experimenting with pencil strokes and technique, try drawing the print without assistance. Draw a curved line the length of the foot, then fill in with the curves on either side, drawing the toes last. Methods improve with repetition, so draw the subject repeatedly, using your various tools. Pen, pencil, and charcoal provide different effects, so determine which tool you prefer. The shape of the foot provides a drawing model of curves and lines which will guide the artist in future works. Save your drawings, at all levels of mastery, as they may provide instruction when drawing the footprints of other subjects.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are a beginner, look into an online art class, or one offered in the community.

References

• Drawing Professor: Drawing Measurements of the Human Figure
• Charcoal and Pencil Drawing: How to Draw
• Drago Art: How to Draw Footprints - Footprint

Resources

• DrawingNow: Foot