Female Figure Drawing

This instructional drawing video discusses the differences between male and female faces. The artist draws the male and female face side by side to demonstrate the exact alterations you may need to make when drawing angular male and curved female characters.

Learn the basics of drawing stick figure cartoons with this video tutorial. You need just some drawing paper, a pencil and some imagination for this! Draw a round head and a straight line body and 2 stick legs and 2 stick arms. Bring it to life by drawing feet and hands. The ...more

You see people every day, but for some reason drawing them is always so difficult. Have a look at this tutorial for tips on how to draw very easy people. This video is meant for beginners and will show you how to turn a simple stick figure into a lifelike drawing of a person. ...more

This video demonstration series shows the process of creating an armature for stop motion animation, claymation specifically, out of aluminum foil and polymer clay. Armatures need to be flexible to withstand the positioning and repositioning required to make stop motion animat ...more

Draw a realistic man! This how-to video shows the steps of rendering a sketch of a human man. There are no audio instructions, but the process is detailed very closely in a visual guide. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to sketch the male figure.

In this series of educational and instructional videos, you will learn how to draw a cartoon figure using Microsoft Paint. Our drawing expert Paul Louis gives a step-by-step demonstration on drawing a colorful “toon.” Part 1 of 21 - How to Draw cartoons in Microsoft Paint. Dra ...more

The basic idea of the figure 8 is to manipulate the glowsticks in a way that creates a trail of light resembling the number "8." One glowstick is drawing the outline of an "8" while the other glowstick follows in its path. One way of doing this is using your arms. This video d ...more

In this clip, Mark Rilley teaches how to draw male and female eyes in the Japanese manga style. Breaking down the anatomy, he distinguishes the gender differences between the two in order to give your drawings more masculine or feminine qualities. For more information, and to ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw female body proportions in the manga style. First, you will need to mark your paper evenly with lines to see where you want the head to be at. After this, draw down the rest of the body, looking at the lines as you continue to draw. Use t ...more

Who says you can't be feminine and powerful at the same time? This female superhero, equipped with a skintight bodysuit that leaves little to the imagination, a cape, and belt, also posses a nice set of...muscles. Not the type of gal you want to mess with, she's uberfeminine y ...more

Ask any major artist in any time period about the beauty of the female form, and we bet they could go on talking forever. Idealized and revered for as long as time itself (remember the Venus fo Willendorf?), female bodies and their lithe, undulating curves make for great paint ...more

"Miki Falls" manga artist Mark Crilley shows us how to draw a realistic manga girl's face. Manga has its own look, and it takes practice to draw manga girls so they look appealing. This video takes you through the process of drawing manga girl faces, step by step. Mark Crille ...more

This video tutorial features all kinds of tips on drawing the human head; in this case you will learn how to draw Luke Skywalker and make starships out of simple shapes. Learn how to sketch Star Wars by watching this drawing video.

Look at these examples to begin drawing figures in space. It always helps to begin with a cube. Even if the form isn't anatomically correct, it will appear believable of the forms are drawn in relation to other objects. Watch this instructional drawing video to draw human figu ...more

This four part instructional drawing video to draw human figures that sit within a space. It helps to begin by drawing a series of cubes. This warm up exercise allows you to arrange objects within a field of vision. You can then arrange human proportions in relation to the oth ...more

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw a female eye using Photoshop. Begin by creating a rectangular box. This will contain the eye. Now draw the shape of the eye in the box. Now add in the details. Draw in the shape, eyelashes, eye brows, eye lids and eye ball. Whe ...more

This tutorial shows you everything, from the overview of the shape of the face to the proportions to all the little details that will make your drawings realistic. Here is the best way to draw female face from a side view.

Interested in creating anime-style characters within Fireworks? See how it's done. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular bitmap and vector graphics editor (formerly known as Macromedia Fireworks) or are a seasoned web design professional simply looking for a fun project, you'r ...more

Learn how to draw the female body with this tutorial from AEROblivion taking you through an extensive step by step process, hopefully making it easier on you, the artist! By starting at the head and working your way down, and with this tutorial at your side, results are sure t ...more

In this video, we learn how to draw a basic human figure. Start with a circle first as the head, then draw cross hairs over the circle to indicate the tilt and direction the head is facing. Then, add in the chin, shoulders, then circles where the joints are. Draw in the rib ca ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a female face with hair. First, draw the head and then draw the shape of the chin. From here, you will draw the bangs and the hair. Draw the hair with wavy lines to make it appear curly. After this, draw on the features of the face with a ...more

Kathryn Hagen teaches us how to draw female heads in this tutorial. Start with an oval and dissect it horizontally and vertically. Draw in the hairline, as well as the eyes, nose, and mouth. You can measure out where everything should go by using the lines as a reference point ...more

Learn how to draw a moving figure. This helpful video is a bit fuzzy, but still informative.

For those among you looking to improve you small-scale pencil-and ink graffiti skills, you could not ask for a better silent teacher than Wizard. His viewer-requested drawings always demonstrate a high degree of skill while being simple and slowly-done enough to allow his fan ...more

The artist begins by sketching house the outline of the face and body using a pencil. Then he begins to form the eyes, nose, hair and ears, and applies a gray mask to the face which is then covered by the tan coloring of the woman. The lower body is applied with a lighter mask ...more

In this how to draw video the artist shows us how to draw an anime face in profile. The artist explains to she doesn't use guidelines to draw the profile, though some people do. She tells us that she used to have a very hard time drawing profiles at first, but practiced a lot ...more

Watch this instructional video to begin drawing figures in realistic poses. Ask yourself, what are these people doing? Human figures are constantly shifting balance. For instance, an elbow should relate to a knee. The human expressions do not have to be anatomically perfect as ...more

Have you ever secretly pined away for a career in interior design, even though you're currently stuck in law school because, well, your parents forced you and gave you no other option? Because law school can be a bit rigid in terms of what you learn (pretty much it's just fact ...more

This video illustrates the quick and easy method to Draw Donald Duck on your own . The process is comprised of the following steps:Step 1: Take a blank sheet of paper and a HB Bonded lead pencil.Step 2: Draw a face that resembles a duck's face. Make sure you don't make the ear ...more

As with most female comic book heroines, Ms. Marvel, created by artist Gene Colan in the 1960s, is a bodacious babe with killer curves and an even more killer abilities of superhuman strength, stamina, flight, and precognition. Get your fill of this beautiful evil doer-smitin ...more

The enigmatic, the inimitable, the sublimely talented Wizard is in the house, this time demonstrating for us how to draw a beautiful Latina kneeling with her arm on her elbow. This type of figure is somewhat atypical for Wizard, but his graffiti penmanship knows no limits, and ...more

Watch this tutorial to learn how to draw shock, fear, and terror facial expressions. Make sure to pause the video after each step and look at the screen every few seconds while you are drawing. Check out the more on facial expressions. "This is a continuation on my series on ...more

Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk shows you how to play a difficult chess study from Ryabinin in this chess video tutorial. GM Kosteniuk tells you precisely her thinking process while solving a difficult chess study by Ryabinin. White plays and draws the chess game, can you fig ...more

Cholowiz13 demonstrates how to draw an anamorphic spray can character, which can inspire your own cartoon characters for any artistic purpose. Without using any words, Cholowiz13 demonstrates the creation of a cartoon spray can character by starting with the eyes and mouth. He ...more

Drawing scales of a dragon could be difficult so lets try this method. First get the basic shape of the body,then draw those curves under the belly. After that,the scales which are on the top. Now the middle scales come in place. As we are done with our basic sketching,now its ...more

Flappers held as their core fashion mantra that they wanted to liberate themselves from the rigidity of female forms of dress, from the petticoats and corsets, opting instead for manly attire. Not only was it more comfortable, but guys' clothing created a straight up and down ...more

We can't seem to divulge ourselves from our stick figures, which we perfected to an art in second grade. But if you're a true artist who's looking to become better at realistically rendering a human body, then you've come to the right place. Not all of us are fortunate enough ...more

Lorraine McKay shows us how to make a Scottish tam o'shanter figure with fondant. First, take a hat shaped piece of cake with fondant, then take a smaller ball of fondant and roll it into a small sausage shape, then glue it onto the cake. Use a smaller piece of fondant for the ...more

A pyramid is a three dimensional figure with the base in the form of a triangle and three slant sides to it. To find the surface area of a pyramid you have to find the area of the different pieces that make it up. The pyramid base can be triangle or even other geometric figure ...more

Can't figure out what you love best? Baseball or art? Well, combine your two favorite pastimes and draw a baseball player. You can even create your own baseball cards if you want to go the extra step. But in this video, you'll specifically learn how to draw a baseball player h ...more

Here is a very easy method to draw a Sasuke in a step by step process by the artist Jack of Jill. First draw a circle for the head part. Then draw two lines crossing through the circle to match the eye part. At the bottom draw a small triangle similar to chin. Now draw the rea ...more

Why make a flip book? Because all animation – even stick-figure Flash animation and multilayered, highly technical 3-D effects – is built on, and can benefit from, the basics of the craft first developed by artists working at the beginning of the last century. And while fancy ...more

In order to create 3D lettered signs in lights, you will need to first create an object. Open Illustrator. Type your letters on the page. Adjust the font to the style you would like. Click on "effect". Then, click on "3D". This will allow you to rotate the image for the angle ...more