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How to draw the female body for absolute beginner's.

I am writing this tutorial as a learner myself so if you have never put pencil to paper before, do not despair because if I can do it I'm sure you can. I'm not an accomplished artist and the main reason I am doing this is because it has always been something I have wanted to accomplish and also to help my 14 yr old son who is showing promise as an artist and has developed an interest in cartoon caricatures and Manga.

The first thing you need to do is study the female form. There are many ways to do this, in fact it is almost impossible not to be able to do it as it appears virtually everywhere we look.

Stage 1:

Scale: In order to get your drawing/sketch in proportion you will need to use a sheet of A4 lined paper.  Place a sheet of blank A4 paper over the top. Next draw a light line down the centre of the page using a ruler and then divide the line into equal parts. I  made a mark 4 lines down from  the top of the page then counted every 3 lines and continued to mark the page until I had 8 equal parts. It isn't compulsory that you use an A4 sheet of paper. You can use any size you like, Just make sure you divide your line into eight equal parts. I'm using A4 simply because it fits into my scanner. As far as I know the principles of the tutorial are the same for any size sketch.

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Stage 2:

The head. Firstly draw an oval with its narrower end at its base in the first space marked 1. Don't worry if it isn't perfect, as we are beginners.

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For now we will be setting out the general positioning of our female body.

Stage 3:

Setting out the shoulders.  I am going to set out my points for the shoulders starting about 1/3rd of the way down space number 2. To do this I am going to draw a horizontal straight line across my centre line.  At the end of the line I am going to draw a small circle approximately one head width from the centre line to designate the shoulder joints on my female. Try to take into account the fact that although not in all cases a woman's shoulders are usually narrower than a mans. Using the end of your pencil to check, make sure they are spaced equally apart. It is important that we get this bit right as the shoulder width will be used to designate the width of the hips later.

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Stage 4:

The Chest. and Naval. Set out the centre of the chest at approximately 1 head  lower than the chin. The way I prefer to do this is to imagine a capital D and use the line I have drawn for the shoulders as the back of the D and then  join the two points for the shoulders with the front of the D. The naval will be roughly at the bottom of section 3.

Stage 5:

The hips and groin. The hips need to be about 1/2 way between the naval and the groin area which will be 4 head lengths down the body. When setting out the hips make sure they are positioned inline with the shoulders.

 

Stage 6:

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Legs. The legs are fairly easy to set out. If you imagine that the point 5 heads down is approximately the centre of the thigh. The point just above 6 heads down is the knee joint. The point at 7 heads is the centre of the shin/ calf muscle and the point at 8 heads is the top of the ankle you can line in roughly the centre of the leg. Remember to position the leg taking into account that the hip point is the widest point. This means you will need to position your point for the top of the leg slightly in from the hip. See below.

              

Stage 7:

Arms. Again the arms are fairly easy to set out. Pick a point around the naval area at 3 heads down and mark where you want the elbow to be. Next pick a point around the thigh area about half way between the 4 and 5 heads mark and mark where you would like the hands to be. Line in roughly the centre of the arm the same as you did with the leg. See above.

 

 

 

 

          

How to Draw for absolute beginners.

The female body.          Breasts.                   The head & face.     Lips & Mouths.           Arms.                  Hands.                   Legs Feet.                                 

 

 

 

 

   
 

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