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How do you draw hands and feet in proportion to the head when life drawing?

By Lacey Lewis

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Article
Level
Intermediate
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Free
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About this lesson

Explains why textbook hand/foot-to-head ratios break down under foreshortening, then teaches a comparative pencil-measuring method: measure the ratio between a body part and the head on the live model and reapply that ratio in the drawing rather than copying raw measurements.