How To Draw The Human Body?

Drawing the human body is the foundation of learning. How to draw the human body?

Body painting is an indispensable basic skill for every character painter.

Only when the artist fully understands the functions of various parts of the human body in motion can he draw dynamic figures.

In the art field of fashion painting, you have to live and learn and practice. There are always some unknown areas waiting for people to explore. In the learning process, you often feel that you have made some progress, and your lines are becoming more fluid and more lively.

This chapter introduces you to the techniques of human body painting, with the aim of enabling students to lay the foundation of human body painting.

Illustrations of various parts of the human body help students understand the proportions of different parts of the human body. The vertical line represents the size of the model on the paper. The line is divided into 8 equal parts, and the head is L / 8. The entire vertical line is divided into two parts from the midpoint, and then the sub two parts are divided into 2 parts. The 4 parts are divided equally from the middle, and then 8 equal lengths are obtained. Each part is the length of the head of the model. The average person's body is the length of 7 or 8 heads, and the proportion of the body and head in fashion drawing is often variable to 1:9. The model on the next page shows how the human body is divided into 8 equal parts. The head of the model is oval and the shoulder width is 3 times the width of the head.

The human body is represented by cylinders, cuboid and oval.

Remember, the human body is also an object with its particular shape. In order to make this point fully demonstrated, it is necessary to show different parts of the human body with different schematic diagrams.

It's best to start with a pen. sketch And show the model by way of illustration. At this point, you can use this method to model other actions, your actions in the mirror or a good one.
The action in the photo shows. Diligence and practice are very important. You have to practise one after another, and three more.

At first, we drew an ellipse of suitable size on the human body to represent the head of the human body. For the factory's facial features, such as eyes and nose, we have to use the auxiliary line: as shown in the picture, we first make a vertical line and then make a horizontal line passing through the midpoint of the vertical line. On this basis, we will make two horizontal lines. The middle line is the place where the eyes are painted, the most important. If it is a side image, it will tilt the ellipse at an angle.

As the final work shows, the auxiliary line can help you locate the eyes, eyebrows, ears, nose and mouth. When drawing a real person, we always imagine several lines to draw the ratio of the various movements of the head and the corresponding parts.

When we draw the head, we always imagine a few auxiliary lines, because it can help us correctly depict the location of the eyes, nose and mouth. As shown here, these hypothetical auxiliary lines are several lines around the outer edge of the head, though we can not actually see them.

Manifestation of various parts of the human body

Eye:
The eyes are spherical and embedded in the orbit. When painting, remember that the eyes are spherical.

Nose:
In painting, the basic shape of the nose can be imagined. wedge And the nose on the fashion picture is only a little bit.

Mouth:
Lips are made up of muscles and have various forms. When models open their mouths, we can see their teeth, but we do not draw them one by one while we draw their mouths.

Ear:
There are only a few strokes in the fashion picture, but we should know how to draw all the details of the ear.

Neck:
In order to correctly understand the rotation of the neck and its various parts of the changes, and to show them, we list three directions showing the neck muscle tissue status. In fashion pictures, necks are usually painted longer than normal people, which makes people feel more graceful. With the interlacing of the neck contour, the rotation of the neck can be displayed.

The basic shape of the neck is a cylinder. If you want to show the neckline of a garment in fashion picture, you must show the feeling of cylinder, which is why you need some auxiliary lines when drawing necklines.

Arm:
When painting characters and limbs, we must always bear in mind that they are three-dimensional and have space modeling.
In order to make this clear, we use the simple method of curve, circle and so on to show the arm. The contour lines here coincide with the basic shape of the human body that we begin to show you, and draw the outline of bones at the joints.

Hands:
The length of the hand is equal to the length of the face from the chin to the forehead. Because there are many joints on the hands, the movements on the hands are very rich.

We begin to learn from gestures.

We use graphic This is the way we decompose and display the movements of our hands. This is also the way we draw the whole body. Only in this way can we describe the details of our opponents and draw each finger.

It is difficult for a man to draw his hand and draw it well. Practice drawing various movements of your own hands or drawing the hand movements in the photos.

Leg:
The way to draw arms is also applicable to legs. Feet and hands are not easy to draw. They must be constantly practised. Sketching is the best way.
 

Simple anatomy:

Before you really begin to paint the human body, it is necessary to understand the muscle tissue and bone structure below the human skin. It is these muscles and skeletons that give the outer form of the human body, which can be seen under the skin.

In order to see the scene below the skin, please carefully study these two pictures. And compare them with your own body structure, so as to help you understand the relationship between the entire internal muscle tissue structure and external manifestations.

It is not important to know the names of muscles and bones, but anyone who wants to learn fashion painting art has to learn anatomy.

Practice drawing the composition of bones, functions of joints, and structure of muscles. These exercises can make you relaxed in studying body painting, and can also make the figures in your paintings more dynamic.

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When you know something about the basic structure and anatomy of human body, you can try to draw real human body paintings.

Prepare a drawing board, try not to be smaller than the size of A3 paper (29cm * 42cm), then prepare a soft pencil (such as HB, B, 1B or 2B) or a charcoal pencil.

You have to prepare an eraser, but try not to use it without it. Before your brush falls, look carefully at the mannequin and find the lines that best show her dynamic body. Only in this way can you show her gently on a piece of paper.

If you take this step, you can see clearly whether your painting is properly constructed. Maybe you were too full at the beginning. Maybe you didn't have feet to draw. Maybe you drew too far on the left or too right, maybe you had to overthrow the repainting.

These mistakes can be corrected at the very beginning when you outline the outline with a few strokes. As you have learned, Hugh starts drawing from the auxiliary line, then compares the sketch with the model to see where it is wrong. You have to constantly compare your own painting with the model until you think the picture is right, so you can really begin to paint with some thick tones. At this point, you can keep the correct lines drawn from the beginning, and not wipe all the lines.

Be careful not to spend too much time sketching.

It's not necessary to draw too many details at the beginning. This is a particular problem you should avoid at the beginning. You can put it in the last step, because this is often a way for beginners to cover up their mistakes. You should start with clear and concise lines to draw the outline of the model. There is no light and dark tone, no luster changes, only simple line drawing. At this time, the most important thing is to understand the basic expression of the posture of the model, understand the proportion of each part, and draw these pictures with simple lines.

Not everyone can draw right from the beginning. Pose of a model Don't let it discourage you. You can't expect to draw the right lines at a time. You just need to keep practicing, believing that hard work will pay off in the end. After a period of time, you will be satisfied to find that you have improved.

Once you have overcome the difficulties you encountered at first, you can begin sketching. Each sketch takes only a few minutes. In these few minutes, the most important thing is to show the posture of the model, the twisting of the body and the lines of each part. Use a series of sketches to show the whole process of a movement, which can make your eyes sharper and faster. Sketch is a good exercise, it can make you progress. Doing this exercise will enable you to master all kinds of performance skills. When you paint with a pencil, you can still try to use pen and pen. This technique applies only to small paintings. Because the lines drawn by such strokes can not be changed, this forces you to quickly grasp the characteristics of the model. This is a great exercise. It can make your observations more sensitive and the lines drawn are smoother. You should try the brush again and draw with ink. You can't make any changes at this time. If you do not draw a picture at once, draw another picture at once. This exercise is very useful. For large paintings, you can use charcoal and chalk to make you familiar with how to use these painting tools.

Changing the size of your drawing paper is also very important. You can use a pen when you have a smaller picture, and chalk or charcoal on larger ones. It is good for you to win self-confidence, and it also helps you to master various skills. The following pages of human body painting will provide various methods of painting for the painter and show you how to apply it.

Paint with brush and watercolor:

To focus your attention on the whole shape of the model, you have to do the following exercises: draw the silhouette of the model body with a light watercolor first. At this time, lay a heavy color, while the paint is not dry, use dark lines to outline the outline. If you don't feel right, you don't have to follow the watercolor. Contour line Go, you certainly do not need to hook the whole body up the contour, this kind of technique enables you to grasp the essence to carry on the performance.