How to draw a child in stages with a pencil?

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How to draw a child in stages with a pencil?

To begin with, you should determine how youwant to draw a child: portrait or in full growth. After that, read the practical drawing tips presented in our article How to draw a child. The same article contains information on how to draw a toddler infant in full growth, as well as a portrait of a preschool child.

How to draw a child in pencil: step by step instruction

To draw a baby lying on his back with his legs up, follow these steps:

1. Draw a circle, draw a midlineface. Note that the brain portion of the child's head is larger than the facial, so the midline when the head is rotated by three quarters will be moved closer to the upper edge of the circle.
2. Note also the lines of the eyes, nose and mouth.
3. Draw the shape of the child's head, ear and shoulder. Remember that once a child is lying, then part of the head will be blocked by a line depicting the surface.
4. Proceed to draw facial features. Iris of the eyes in children has already formed, so it looks great in comparison with the size of the incision of the eyes, the nose is usually snub-nosed, and the upper lip is slightly longer than the lower one.
5. Schematically represent the body of the baby. Mark the line of the pelvis, the position of the hands and feet.
6. Draw the lines of the child's back and chest, mark with a point of the nipple.
7. Draw a hand. Usually babies are plump, therefore in a wrist area there will be a fold of a skin.
8. Draw the baby's legs also with characteristic folds in the area of ​​the arch of the foot.
9. Remove excess and auxiliary lines, paint the iris of the eyes and apply shadows.

How to draw a portrait of a boy in stages

The portrait of the child is as follows:

1. Draw on the sheet the circumference of the head, the shape of the trunk and shoulders. Connect the body parts with the help of the neck line.
2. Draw the middle line of the face, and mark the eye line.
3. Figure the child's hair - disheveled locks, and draw your ears.
4. At the edges of the median line, draw two additional strokes on the level of the pupil of the boy. In addition, at the same level will be located corners of the mouth, stretched in a smile.
5. Draw a nose, eyes, eyebrows and mouth. Draw your teeth and decorate all parts of your face.
6. It remains to draw a boy's shirt. To make it realistic, draw, for example, a picture in a cage or ruler.
7. Add a few strokes to decorate the print on the clothes. Draw the buttons on the bar and sleeves.
8. Remove unnecessary strokes and apply shadows.

The pencil drawing is ready.