Art Lesson #30: Drawing People, Part Two

Now you can draw a stick figure walking!

Let’s put people in motion

Welcome to part two of our little series on drawing people. If you’re new here, please go back and start here with Part One.

And remember…we’re starting with more detail and larger figures, but we’re working our way to less detail and smaller figures. That might sound backwards, but after teaching this a few times, I’ve decided that this is the easiest way to learn it.

By next week, we’re basically going to be doing some version of this kind of sketch, where we’re dropping tiny figures into a quick, casual scene:

This week, we’ll practice doing smaller (but not yet tiny) figures doing what people tend to do in public places—walk!