Are you afraid of drawing and sketching people? Let's change this. Learn several different people illustration styles from simple to more complex ones that you can use in your urban sketches.

Who this class is for

You may struggle with people illustration; maybe for this reason, you try to avoid them. But deep inside, you probably feel how great it would be to be able to sketch people with confidence in all kinds of body gestures. It’s time to overcome your fears.

What you will learn

I’ll teach you how you can sketch people with ease for your urban sketches. We’re going to start with very simple illustrations that architects use. Then step by step, I’ll show you several different illustration styles that you can practice with me, and after the class, you can use in your own illustrations.

The main benefit of sketching people is that your observational skill will develop by each character you draw. We will practice all sorts of body poses, and I’ll show you how to apply shadows on your subjects to create the illusion of depth; how to make your figures more realistic and more believable to the viewer.

I'd like to show you that sketching people is always a good fun.

What tools you need?

2 sheets of sketchbook paper: A4 (US Letter size) - 120g
a waterproof ink (eg: a Pigma Micron archival ink or a permanent marker)

Some kind of coloring tool. I'll be using watercolor, but feel free to use color pencils, markers or whatever is your favorite medium.

For watercolor you will need:

watercolor paints
round brushes: size-1 and size-12
water container
mixing palette
paper towels

Learn & practice

Now, I hope you’re excited to dive into my People Sketching session... let’s make some fun by sketching all kinds of exciting human figures together.

I’ll see you in the first video.

Jennifer Capes

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