How to draw a body?

The figure of a person is by no means the simplest objectfor drawing. However, by starting to create a drawing from the simplest baselines, you can observe all the proportions and perform a neat and beautiful drawing. Our tips will help you with this.

Preparation for work

So that at any time you can correctdrawing, choose a hard pencil for work. First you will need to draw the body in a sketchy manner. Do this without strong pressure on the lead to avoid scratching the paper. After the completion of this stage, take a softer pencil. Take care also that the eraser is of good quality - this will easily remove imperfections and will not leave any stains and stains on the sheet.

Drawing the body of a girl in stages

To draw a step-by-step body of a girl, first determine the position of the figure. Next, we will outline the baselines, on the basis of which we will build a silhouette.

The simplest thing is to draw a girl's body,standing directly facing you. Having successfully coped with this task, you can try to draw a girl standing sideways, sitting on a chair or lying on the beach, for example.

1. Draw the oval and divide it by two cross lines into 4 parts. Below draw a vertical line of the spine and horizontal lines of the shoulders and hips, in the sides we draw dashes-the axis of the hands.
2. Taking as a basis simple geometric figures (rectangles, rhombuses, squares), we can draw a female body with the correct proportions. In this way we plan the upper part of the trunk and thigh.
3. Draw a line of the chest, trying to do bothyou can have smoother lines. We make the first sketches of hands. We round the lines of the hips, we draw the upper part of the legs, the stomach. Remember that you need to draw a body with a waist - then the figure will look feminine.
4. We finish drawing hands with an elaborate drawing of brushes.
5. We pass to the person: we execute sketches of eyes, a nose and a mouth. With several smooth lines, we mark out the hair. You can also dorisovat girl swimsuit, hiding piquant areas of the body.
6. If you managed to be plausible enoughdraw a girl's body, then you can delete all the auxiliary lines and start working with a softer pencil. They go through all the elements of the picture, applying shading and distributing shadows - this will give the image a greater realism and volume.

Similarly, you can draw a body of anyrights. The only thing to consider is that the male figure has several other proportions and less round shapes. In case you want to draw a body in nude style step by step with a pencil, you will benefit from our article How to draw a naked woman.

If you want to draw an anime body, then youit will be necessary to depict more hypertrophied features: very large eyes and very curvy and long hair, voluminous breasts and hips with a very thin waist, and very long and slender legs. More on this you will learn from the article How to draw an anime body.