Installments 10 and 11 of my figure drawing tips, in which I field some reader requests about the dark art of head and face sketching.

For the ninth installment of the figure drawing tips series, we venture into the scary realm of faces. I have a new trick for quick-sketching these, which I’ve been dying to share with the world…

A frivolous figure drawing focus this time. It’s time to give butts their moment in the sun!

A new round of figure drawing tips commences! This time, I reveal my secret technique for quick-sketching figures, and I have some stuff to say about planting people on the ground plane.

One final round of figure drawing tips for 2025. This time we investigate what happens when you stick your hands in your pockets or plant them on your hips.

Figure drawing tips, round five. It’s time to discuss hands, and how to cope with the impossibility of quick-sketching the little monsters.

A fourth round of figure drawing tips. This time we’re talking about shoes, with a brief digression about breaking down the body into chunks of clothing.

Figure drawing tips, part three. This one’s about drawing groups of humans, adding people one by one according to a consistent point of view. Plus a tip about elbows!

Below the fold (as they say in the newspaper racket), a selection of sketchbook pages illustrating some of these viewpoints.

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Round two of my figure drawing tips. This time, we’re simplifying the characteristic forms of human limbs, and thinking a little bit about the magic of knees.

Commencing a new series of drawing tips! Here I’ll attempt to break down my process for quickly sketching living human people.