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How To Draw People (From Scratch)

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12 sessions

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This series was cancelled by the tutor on July 21, 2025. We're very sorry–you can explore more Enrichment series here. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

Every session or so, we'll cover a new topic that will help you get a good understanding of the fundamentals behind drawing people (or characters) in semi realistic and other styles (such as webcomics).

What we will work on:
- Gesture and Figure drawing (dynamic poses)
- Heads (planes of the face, features and expressions)
- Simplified Colouring and Shading (digitally)
- Stylization (comics/manga styles)

For getting started, all you need is a pencil and some paper. Watercolours and digital drawing software such as IbisPaint/Krita will be needed later in the course for sessions covering digital art.

Tutored by

Adi K 🇮🇳

Certified in 7 topics

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I'm a high school student from MH, India. I love Chemistry and Physics with everything in me. I attempt at art sporadically. Having a greater understanding of the world gives me the ability to enjoy it better. Madhyama Purna in Hindustani Classical Music (Distinction). I like books ( fiction and philosophy), comics, movies and tv shows. Figure skating enthusiast. Looking forward to more learning!

Aeparish M 🇮🇳

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Hey I'm Aeparish! I'm from India and I'm 14- in 9th grade with the power of home/online schooling. I’m here to expand on my interests and try learning new topics! ‎ Updated: 06/09/2025 (👉゚ヮ゚)👉 Check out the sessions I'm hosting! ‎ I’m extremely interested in astronomy- be it with physics or biology. Some topics I love and am getting into are exoplanets, black holes, quantum physics and more. I can’t say I’m super well versed with them but I’m always up for a nice discussion on it or simply researching! I’ve been into it since I was a little 6-year-old, drifting from indecisiveness but ending back here. I've even participated in the NASA Hackathon 4 (+more to come) years in a row so I have experience including multiple courses and events. For my future, I know I’ll be doing something involved with these. I also have taken an interest in finance and history—from bitcoin and investments to unknown chapters in our past. ‎ I love drawing both digitally (on procreate) and on paper, including animation whenever I feel like it. Using blender to 3D model is something I’ve been loving recently, even building Legos from time to time (mostly original builds which I cherish). I'm writing a research paper related to rigging and UV maps, nearing completion so I can then publish. ‎ Outside, you'll probably see me taking photos of different bugs or collecting sticks and rocks. I also collect shedding and exoskeletons of bugs or snakes so... Be prepared for extensive talking on this in some of my sessions! I guess I’m the ‘explorer’ type. ‎ Lastly, I code in a bunch of languages (Scratch, Gdevelop, C++, Python, HTML & CSS) and use game development for projects involving hackathons or competitions for example getting into semi-finalists globally @ Technovation 2025. I also speak a bunch including English, Hindi (not writing or reading), and French. ‎ Feel free to message me for any doubts on these topics/subjects. Even programs I've mentioned! I'm happy to help guide you. ‎ Being a dialogue club president here at schoolhouse means I've also attended over 35! I actively host one-off’s so if you’d like to see more, feel free to follow me. Discussing topics about the future, history, and philosophy is interesting and I highly recommend you try it.

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

No strict attendance policy, but all proceeding sessions will be based on skills we've covered before.

Resources for every session will be shared in the chat, which learners can use to catch up in their own time. If you miss a few sessions and need help catching up, I will try to host a catchup session.

As always, try to attend every session, no worries if you're not able to make it!

SESSION 1

28

Apr

SESSION 1

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM UTCApr 28, 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM UTC

Introductory session! We'll be looking at important things such as:

- How do I start drawing?
- Where to find resources for drawing?
- References
- Expectations going into the series
- Warmups, doodles and sketches, and where to start
- Sketchbooks
SESSION 2

5

May

SESSION 2

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCMay 5, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

Simplifying references
Gesture drawing
Exaggeration

SESSION 3

12

May

SESSION 3

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCMay 12, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

Anatomy and Form basics
Clothing basics
SESSION 4

19

May

SESSION 4

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCMay 19, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

Drawing structure
Mannequinization

SESSION 5

26

May

SESSION 5

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM UTCMay 26, 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

Fun side quest session, discussing favourite pieces of media (manga, shows, etc) from an artistic view!
Maybe what makes them unique!
SESSION 6

2

Jun

SESSION 6

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCJun 2, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

Heads
Facial features (pt.1)
SESSION 7

9

Jun

SESSION 7

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCJun 9, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

Facial features (pt.2)
SESSION 8

16

Jun

SESSION 8

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCJun 16, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

Simplified Colouring
SESSION 9

23

Jun

SESSION 9

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCJun 23, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

Colouring (demo)

SESSION 10

30

Jun

SESSION 10

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:10 PM UTCJun 30, 3:30 PM - 4:10 PM UTC

Lighting and Values
SESSION 11

7

Jul

SESSION 11

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCJul 7, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

Stylization
SESSION 12

16

Jul

SESSION 12

Art

Art

Wed 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM UTCJul 16, 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM UTC

Analysing the use of composition, perspective in storytelling.

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Apr 28 - Jul 16

12 weeks

30 - 60 mins

/ session

SCHEDULE

Mondays

3:30PM