Article · Urban Sketching World
An Urban Sketchers Guide to People Sketching
By Taria
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
Walks through contour-line figure drawing, a head-and-hands shorthand for capturing who someone is and what they are doing, using shoulder and hip slant to convey weight distribution, adding simplified watercolor silhouettes, and anchoring figures with cast shadows.
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