How To Draw a Girl
- February 3, 2010
- 2,694 Views
Writer
Sally_Barber
Music
Edison Music Corp
Voice Over Artist
Ryan Feyk
Sharpen your pencil, grab some sketch paper, and learn how to draw the girlish charms of the female species.
You Will Need
- A graphite pencil
- Paper
- An eraser
Step 1: Draw body and head shapes
Draw an upside-down triangle to represent her shoulders to her waist, and then a right side-up triangle whose top point overlaps the bottom point of the first triangle by about a third to be her waist to her hips. Add an oval on top of the shoulders for her head.
Step 2: Add legs and feet
Add two legs extending from the bottom of the lower triangle and attach small elongated ovals for feet.
Every girl has an individual shape and proportion with thinner arms and larger hips than men.
Step 3: Add arms and neck
Add a thin rectangle extending from each shoulder. For bent arms, divide the rectangles into upper arms, elbows, and lower arms. Connect the head to the shoulders with a small, thin trapezoid.
Step 4: Refine the form
Round your shapes and refine the contours of your drawing, adding two half circles on the chest for breasts. Erase the unnecessary guidelines.
Step 5: Add face and hair
Divide the face oval in half vertically and horizontally, and draw eyes along the center horizontal line, one on either side of the vertical line. Add a nose along the vertical line, and a mouth below the nose, bisecting the vertical line. Then erase your guidelines and add outer and inner hairlines.
Use sweeping strokes when sketching hair, following the natural direction of growth.
Step 6: Add clothing
Give your girl style by adding clothing, jewelry and shoes.
Step 7: Add shading
Add shading to shadowed areas to create a realistic look.
Did you know? In the 19th century, Sioux women decorated their clothes with porcupine quills.
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Comments (4)
I didn't find is to useful, it did say what to do (which is obvious) but not how to draw eyes, the nose, proportions, to draw light, etc. It's not for beginners, and more experienced drawers already know this!
over 2 years ago by natanz
There are many videos on Howcast.com that show how to draw eyes, how to draw a face, etc. You could try drawing these sections before putting it all together.
over 2 years ago by lazydiamond
Ah, I get the purpose now
over 2 years ago by natanz
thank you
about 1 year ago by musiclover1998
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