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How To Draw People (From Scratch)

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13 sessions

+7

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 🇮🇳

Certified in 22 topics

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Hey I'm Aeparish! I'm from India and I'm in 9th grade (homeschooled). I absolutely love drawing both digitally (on procreate & krita) and on paper! (+ 3d modelling in blender) I'm an aspiring animator and have started on that similarly with game dev! I find them really interesting. Outside, you'll probably see me taking photos of different bugs or collecting sticks and rocks. I code in a bunch of languages (more about it down below) and like astronomy & legos! -I love sci-fi and good thriller movies + reading books. I watch anime and read manga! Some of my favorite shows are interstellar, alien stage, source code, wall-e, etc. -I listen to tons of music, and love seeing people's art. Some of my favorite music artists are Mitski, C!nah, UNIS, Enhypen and more. -I play the violin, sing and can code in Scratch, Gdevelop, C++, Python, HTML & CSS. -I post my art online! -Along with all of this I'm learning French (level B1) and Chinese (HSK1&2). On the side I'm trying to learn others like korean. I find them fun. Accomplishments- -Done a datascience & bioengineering course (by UC Irvine). -Attended an astronomy course by a qualified instructor in the field (Dr. George Roush). -Participated in the NASA Hackathon 3 (+more to come) years in a row. I've got experience. :D -Been in a workshop empowering girls in astronomy by the Dr. Aomawa Shields. -Midway at a Harvard course on computer science (CS50). -Starting (soon) a Modern arts course by The Museum of Modern Arts (Coursera). -Currently in a research paper workshop for undergraduates and highschool students- 4 months long aiming to publish paper(s) (UC Irvine again, Professor. Faisal Nawab). ..There's so much more to come! Feel free to message for any doubts on these topics/subjects!

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

14

Jul

SESSION 12

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM UTCJul 14, 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM UTC

Analysing the use of composition, perspective in storytelling.
SESSION 13

21

Jul

SESSION 13

Art

Art

Mon 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCJul 21, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

Studying the (internet) masters and analysing their art! Doing a study!


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Apr 28 - Jul 21

13 weeks

30 - 60 mins

/ session

Next session on June 2, 2025

SCHEDULE

Mondays

3:30PM