Tag: draw people

  • I Went Out to Draw Geese… But Things Happened

    We have been having a lot of heatwaves this summer. It’s been unusually hot. Having built my new studio in the spring the heat has kept me out of it for most of the summer. I thought I’d go down to the canal with my sketchbook and draw the geese. There have been a lot…

  • How to Draw Hands for Character Design and Illustration

    So you want to draw hands for your character illustrations and… Dang! It’s hard. But there are easy ways to look at a difficult problem. Creating characters is not about accurate life drawing as a serious Artist – (capital A!). Many characters only ever need one or two hand-shapes for a whole book or series.…

  • Draw action poses from simple stick figures – Here’s how for all artists

    Every masterpiece begins with a stick figure drawing. Real artists, yes even the really great ones, work out their art with thumbnail drawings and stick figure sketches – often on the backs of envelopes or paper napkins in restaurants. To draw a stick figure is easy. To draw an action stick figure needs a little…