Free drawing tutorials and exercises for artists. Learn contour, gesture, negative space, and shading — plus expressive drills to loosen up. Great for beginners and painters sharpening their fundamentals.
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Here are my results from the same assignment. Same time limits, same constraints. Watch my complete process including mistakes, multiple attempts, and exploration across all 4 poses.
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Time to practice. Four poses, four minutes each. This isn't about finished drawings - focus on structure, tubes, gesture, and process. Repetition builds skill.
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You don't always start with the torso. Sometimes the head comes first. Learn a different entry point for figure drawing that locks in head position before building the rest of the body.
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This isn't just about technique. It's about feeling what the model feels. Learn to draw with empathy, using contra angles between shoulders and pelvis, and focusing on gesture before details.
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Time to apply everything you've learned. Here's a complete back pose demonstration from start to finish, using vertical reference, longest sustained curve, pinch and stretch, and tube construction.
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Before you start drawing figures, here are practical tips that'll save you hours of frustration. These mindset shifts and technical habits apply to every figure drawing you'll ever do.
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The masters used the same concepts you're learning. Let's prove it by analyzing Raphael and Holbein sketches to reveal the tubes, eggs, boxes, and curves underneath their masterful drawings.
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Always look for the longest sustained curve. That's your primary gesture line. Here's how to find it on every body part - and why the outside usually wins over the bumpy inside.
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Gesture has another name: the Fundamental Design Line. It's also the Connecting Line. Here's why you need to protect it like your life depends on it - and how to maintain flow through all the details.
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Most poses you see in real life are stiff and boring. Figure drawing isn't. Here's how to handle dynamic poses where the body twists, leans, and rotates in space using the pinch and stretch method.
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Your pencil isn't just for drawing. It's a measuring tool. Here's how to use it to find the exact lean and tilt of any pose, then refine that structure into organic, flowing gesture.
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Structure should be simple. But it also needs to be characteristic. Here's why the tube is your secret weapon for figure drawing - and why boxes can actually make things harder than they need to be.