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How to Sketch People Quickly and Simply

<p>Next you can work on checking alignment so that your figures can look more accurate. E.g. Compare one body part to the location of another. E.g. Where are the palms are in relation to the chin, where XXX in relation to YYY. </p><br />Another area to work on is try not to draw with too much scribbling lines. Try to have a single line when a single line is sufficient. This will make your sketch look more confident. Don't worry about making mistakes or drawing a line wrong during this learning stage, just draw a new line over the wrong line and learn what's wrong earlier. <br />You can also challenge yourself to drawing people in public. Just glance with your eyes and don't move your head, and people won't know you're drawing them. You can improve really quickly this way.

Thanks for the great advice!  I've never been very confident with my initial lines, so I will practice with that in mind.  I didn't even notice I was doing that.  I think the scribbles make me feel like I'm "sketching faster" when I don't really know where I'm going with a line haha.  Great advice with drawing people in public where I would need to work quickly.  Alignment isn't something I normally think about much, so I will certainly put more emphasis on considering where parts are located in relation to each other.  Thanks again for the tips!! 

Sketching People Quickly & Simply

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