PEOPLE
Proportion
The people we use to populate adrawing should be in
scale with the environment. We therefore need to draw
human figures in proper size and proportion.
• First, we establish the height of each figure and then
the proportions of the parts, the most critical being
the sizeof the head.lf we can divide thestanding
hum figure int o seven or eight equal parts, the
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head is between 1 and 1f8 of the total body height.
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• We should avoid drawing outlined frontal views of
people that appear like flat, cardboard cutouts.
Instead, figures should be given a sense of volume,
especially in paraline and perspective views.
• When drawing a person sitting on a bench or chair, it
is usually best t ofirst draw a figure standing
alongside the bench or chair. Thentheestablished
proportions are used to draw the same person
sitting down.
• The attitude of each human figurecan be established
by paying particular att entionto t hecontour of the
spineand support points for the body.