How to Draw People in Simple Steps

by Susie Hodge

Artists, whatever their skill levels, will love this easy approach to what is normally regarded as a challenging subject. An instructional introduction to drawing people, the book completely demystifies the whole process, showing how to build up great pictures using simple shapes and step-by-step illustrations. Words are not needed, as artists will be able to follow the sequences without any difficulty. Two colours are used effectively in a helpful way in each of the sequences and the superb collection of twenty eight drawings offers a range of different ages, ethnicities and poses. People at home, at work and at play are included, and using the building blocks in this book, beginners will soon find themselves producing fantastic finished drawings. More experienced artists interested in drawing figures will also find inspiration amongst the demonstrations on every page.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2005

Reviews

[Jeanette · Rating 3 out of 5]

How to Draw People in simple steps gives one great tip - start with oval & lines for shoulders, hip, spine and limbs - to show posture and then build the drawing up around the lines.

The rest of the book gives a series of examples of people of different backgrounds and ages in a variety of activities - but no more tips (eg on proportion or how the different elements might change when drawing children for instance). So helpful to a point, but seems to assume a lot of knowledge that isn't explained.

If you want to know more about the how and the why, this may not be the book for you. If you are after practice exercises where you copy what someone else has done and then apply it to your own drawings, then you would no doubt find this book helpful.