How to Draw a Human Character

Presented by David Clemen

Learning how to draw people? Get some expert tips and advice from an artist on figure drawing, including tips for drawing the mouth, eyes, hands, hair and backgrounds, in this free video art lesson.

Series Summary

Drawing the human figure suggests the outline of a figure against a background, as opposed to painting which involves filling in the figure that is drawn. When drawing the human form, you must first choose the materials you will need for creating the drawing. Your medium can be dry (graphite, charcoal, pastel, pencil) or wet (marker, pen, ink) or a combination of the two. You will need to choose the appropriate paper, erasers, blending stumps, and sharpeners to accompany you.

In this series of videos, you will learn how to apply the materials and translate what you see to paper. Our expert will teach viewers how to draw human characters. You will learn how to draw the human form and face. Watch as our expert uses shapes and shading techniques in drawing the human form. Learn how using a human dummy can help you draw different types of faces and forms. If you want to draw characters for cartoons, fashion drawing, or just for fun, the tips in this free video series will help you.

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Picking Characteristics for Drawing People

With so much variety to choose from, you may need help picking characteristics for drawing people. Get tips from an expert on how to pick a style for drawing people in this free video art lesson.

How to Draw a Mouth

Drawing a mouth can be difficult, so get tips on drawing lips and teeth in this free video art lesson on how to draw people.

How to Draw Hands

Learn how to draw hands for your next figure drawing with expert art tips in this free video art lesson on how to draw the human body.

Tips on How to Draw People

Get some general tips on how to draw people from an art expert in this free video art lesson on figure drawing.

How to Draw a Human Body

Drawing the human body can take practice and skill. Get expert art tips for figure drawing in this free video art lesson on drawing people.

How to Draw Clothes

Give your next drawing of a person some clothes to wear with the expert art tips in this free art lesson video on figure drawing.

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