Learn How to Draw Human Figures in Correct Proportions by Memorizing Stick Figures

The human body is a work of art in itself and it seems impossible to draw it. However, there are proportions of the body that you should memorize and always keep in the back of your mind…and once you do this, the human body isn’t so hard to draw at all. It is just these facts that should pull all everything together for you. Bookmark this page and come back to it for when you need it.

Learn How to Draw Human Figures in Correct Proportions by Memorizing Stick Figures : Drawing People Tutorial

After you memorize the proportions of the human figure and know the relationships between different body parts, practice sketching it out, over and over again. Then go ahead and draw the human figure in different poses….making sure that you keep the same relationships between the body parts.

Now Lets Show You the Human Proportions of Different Age Groups

I will break these different age groups down into separate sections below

Teen Body Proportions and How to Draw Them

This guy is about 7 and 1/2 heads tall. A full-sized adult is 8 heads tall.

(1) Draw a line like you did with the adult.

(2) Draw a half line notch in the center…and then 1/4 lines as well. Draw his head.

(3) Draw the torso line and an arrow head representing the crotch line.

(4) Draw the shoulders 2.5 heads wide…making sure to draw it down far enough to leave room for a neck.

(5) Draw the elbows a bit above the 3rd line down…and draw the wrists a bit below the crotch line.

(6) Draw the hands about the size of the face…and draw the arms in. Draw the hips about 2 heads wide.

(7) Draw Knees at the half way point between crotch and feet.

(8) Draw feet and legs in.

Drawing a Pre-Teen in the Correct Proportions

This guy is about 7  heads tall. A full-sized adult is 8 heads tall.

(1) Draw a line like you did with the adult. Draw a half line notch in the center. Draw a head.

(2) Draw 1/4 lines. Draw notch line between the half and the 1/4 mark (above the half). Draw the shoulders 2.5 heads wide…making sure to draw it down far enough to leave room for a neck.

(3) Draw the elbow dots a bit above the 3rd line down…and draw the wrist dots a bit below the crotch line.

(4) Draw the hands about the size of the face…and draw the arms in. Draw the hips about 2 heads wide.

(5) Draw the elbows a bit above the 3rd line down…and draw the wrists a bit below the crotch line.

(6) Draw the hands about the size of the face…and draw the arms in. Draw the hips about 2 heads wide.

(7) Draw Knees at the half way point between crotch and feet.

(8) Draw feet and legs in.

Drawing a 5 Year Old Child in the Correct Proportions

This little guy is about 6  heads tall. A full-sized adult is 8 heads tall.

(1) Draw a line like you did with the adult. Draw a half line notch in the center. Draw a head.

(2) Draw a half way notch. This is where we would normally draw the crotch area, however, children have shorter-proportional legs. So please draw the half way mark down lower…as I did.

(3) So now, since proportions are off, please use the child’s head height as the measurement of how far down (from the shoulders) to draw the elbow.

(4) Then draw the wrists slightly below the crotch line, like we always do.

(5) Draw the arms in and draw the hands the size of the kid’s face.

(6) Draw waist in as 2 heads wide.

(7) Draw the knees at the 1/4 mark.

(8) And as always, the feet are at the bottom line.

Drawing a 3 Year Old Child in the Correct Proportions

This little guy is about 5  heads tall. A full-sized adult is 8 heads tall.

(1) Draw a line like you did with the adult.  Draw his head.

(2) Draw a half way notch. This is where we would normally draw the crotch area, however, children have shorter-proportional legs. So please draw the half way mark down lower…as I did.

(3) Now draw the shoulders a bit down from the head, making the shoulders only 2 heads wide.

(4) So now, since proportions are off, please use the child’s head height as the measurement of how far down (from the shoulders) to draw the elbow.

(5) Then draw the wrists slightly below the crotch line, like we always do.

(6) Draw the arms in and draw the hands the size of the kid’s face.

(7) Draw waist in as 2 heads wide.

(8) Draw the knees at the 1/4 mark.

(9) And as always, the feet are at the bottom line.

Drawing a 1-2 Year Old Child in the Correct Proportions

This little guy is about 4 heads tall. A full-sized adult is 8 heads tall.

(1) Draw a line like you did with the adult.  Draw his head.

(2) Draw a half way notch. This is where we would normally draw the crotch area, however, children have shorter-proportional legs. So please draw the half way mark down lower…as I did.

(3) Now draw the shoulders just below the head because baby’s have very little neck. They aren’t very wide at all, as you can see.

(4) So now, since proportions are off, please use the child’s head height as the measurement of how far down (from the shoulders) to draw the elbow.

(5) Then draw the wrists slightly below the crotch line, like we always do.

(6) Draw the arms in and draw the hands the size of the kid’s face.

(7) Draw waist in as 2 heads wide.

(8) Draw the knees at the 1/4 mark…And as always, the feet are at the bottom line.

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