How to Draw People with Style!
People Skills is a FREE series of tutorials and assignments that will get you familiar with the basics of drawing humans, and help you develop your own people-drawing style. Watch the Intro video to learn more!
I designed these videos to be followed sequentially over the course of one month. Check back on this page over the course of the month or the day-by-day play-by-play. You can access each lesson below.
Week One // Faces
1: Eyes
Day one! Learn how to draw and stylize eyes. Practice by sketching a page filled with different eyes.
2: Nose
Today we’ll learn how to draw noses. Practice by drawing many different noses in all shapes and sizes.
3: Mouth
Learn the ins and outs of lips and mouths! Draw a page full of mouths: open, closed, and more.
4: Ears
Did you hear? We’re learning about drawing Ears today! Practice by filling a page with as many styles of ears as you can.
6: Hair
Don’t brush off this lesson, learn all about drawing hair. Then practice by drawing a handful of hairstyles.
7: Putting it All together
Spend today putting into practice everything you’ve learned! Draw a complete, stylized face. Mix and match some different styles you’ve developed.
Week Two // Expressions
8: Happy
Let’s get happy! Click through to learn about how to characterize a happy, joyful expression.
9: Sad
Awww, cheer up! Your lesson about drawing gloomy-looking faces is just a click away.
10: Scared
Drawing expressions isn’t scary! Learn all about how to draw a look of terror.
11: Surprised
It should come as no surprise that you’ll be learning how to draw an expression of bewilderment.
12: Angry
Grrrrr! Arrrrrgggggg! Hey now, don’t get mad — get a lesson on drawing angry faces!
13: Silly
Feel like you’re drawing yourself silly this week? Explore some zany, crazy faces in today’s lesson.
14: Disgusted
Hopefully you haven’t found these lessons too appalling. Learn how to draw a disgusted face today.
Week Three // Limbs & Appendages
15: Fingers
Step one in learning how to draw hands, is learning to draw fingers! Click through to get some finger-drawing practice.
16: Hands
Tackle one of the most difficult aspects of drawing people: the hands! You can do it!
18: Toes
It’s like mama always said…you need to practice drawing toes if you wanna draw feet! (What? Your mom never toed you that?)
19: Feet
I made this lesson for the sole purpose of helping you learn to draw feet. I hope you get a kick out of it!
21: Practice Day!
Nothing new today…spend the day practicing everything you’ve learned!
Week Four // Bodies & Poses
22: Body Proportions
Draw bodies that look natural and balanced by understanding the relationships between body parts.
26: Running
We’re starting to run out of lessons at this point. Let’s draw people jogging!
