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POLL: What would you like to learn about sketching PEOPLE?

  • The step by step process of sketching a person 44
  • How to measure out proportions while sketching 70
  • How to outline the main shapes 33
  • How to add the details 26
  • Difference between small sketches and larger sketches of people 35
  • A simple template for remembering proportions 53
  • All of the above! 107
  • 2025-11-07
  • —2025-11-10
  • 368 votes
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UPCOMING TUTORIAL:  Friday 14th November: People Sketching - Fundamentals

This is our last fundamentals tutorial for the year! How to sketch people for beginners.

What do you find most challenging about sketching people and what would you like to learn? Please let me know in the poll and the comments below!

I'll be going through the basic steps of sketching a person as well as the theory of proportions for beginners. So this is more of a general fundamentals lesson rather than going through very specific details like sketching hands for example.

Thanks for all the support and feedback for these fundamental tutorials that I've been doing lately. They take a lot longer to plan and produce but it's well worth it to keep developing and updating my teaching methods as well as building some great resources here! 🤗

WHAT'S COMING UP:

Friday 21st November: Urban Objects - How To Sketch A Tram

Friday 28th November: Urban Sketching - Building

Friday 5th December: How To Sketch Anything Series - Simple Objects

EXPLORE MY TUTORIAL LIBRARY:

Remember to explore my entire tutorial library using either of these webpages:

Patreon Index | My Website Index | My Welcome Video / FAQ

SHARE YOUR WORK:

I'd love to see your sketches in my Patreon community chat! It's a great place to share your progress and be motivated by others: ('Community'>'Gallery:Share Your Sketch')

Look forward to hearing from you below,

Scottie

POLL: What would you like to learn about sketching PEOPLE?

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Comments

Melissa

Although I picked only three, I am very open to any and all of the above offerings. I always learn lots from your tutorials each and every time. :)

Xaviera Rabenjamalala

I find myself to struggle a lot with the faces. I find eyes, nose and mouth quite difficult. Especially in different mimics. Like smiling (with or without teeth) or when do outlined an eye completely when to only to a line and dot... All this kind of things. 🙃

Fat Panda

The head shape, nose, mouth

Kerry Methot

hands for me are my total weakness, they get me every time. Any tips on hands would always be appreciated Scottie!

Lorna Graham

People are a favourite of mine so I will love going through all of the points you have raised. I think I tend to over sketch sometimes. I would love to just make a confident mark ie facial features and leave it there ( hope that makes sense Scottie) ☺️

Christina Rodriguez

I would like to learn how to sketch a person in real time (not from a photo), for example, where to start and what should be the main focus.

Espen Torgersen

How to sketch people in different gestures. How to draw those damn hands.

Helen M Sutherland

Love to learn how to draw shoulders/upper torso so that it doesn’t resemble someone auditioning for a role in the Munsters!!

Barbara

i find people sitting quite difficult !