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How To Draw People The Easy Way (Step-By-Step Tutorials)

Learning how to draw people is one of the most motivating aspects of learning how to draw in general for artists!

But it can be tough to learn to draw every part of the human anatomy.

I’m here to help!

Follow each drawing tutorial below for a COMPLETE step-by-step guide on drawing people. You can even just go to the specific body part or theme you want to learn today!

And most importantly: have fun!

(Click or Tap each image to check the corresponding tutorial!)

How To Draw The Head

Everything you need to know to learn how to draw the head and its elements step-by-step! Learn to draw eyes, ears and more with this selection of easy-to-follow tutorials.

image of a sphere with guidelines, showing how to draw a head
Learn how to draw the Basic Head shape step-by-step!
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Learn how to draw the 3/4 View Head step-by-step!
image showing how to draw the Ears step by step
Learn how to draw The Ears easily.
image showing a drawing of an Elf ear, and how to draw it
(Bonus) Learn how to draw fantasy Elf Ears!
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Learn how to draw Lips on the face.
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Learn how to draw The Nose on the face.
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Learn how to draw The Eyes on the face.
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Learn how to draw The Eyelashes in 4 different styles.
image showing how to draw the eyebrows
Learn how to draw The Eyebrows on top of the eyes.
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(Bonus) Learn how to draw The Eyes From The Side View.
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(Bonus) Learn how to draw Cute Eyes for your characters!

How To Draw The Upper Body

Learn to draw the Torso, Arms, Hands, and more in this section about drawing the upper body of people!

image showing how to draw the torso of the human body, with guidelines
Draw the Torso step-by-step!
image showing how to draw the arms of the human body, with guidelines
Learn how to draw the Arms step-by-step!
image showing how to draw hands, with guidelines
Learn how to draw The Hands once and for all.

How To Draw The Lower Body

Let’s now go over the lower body of drawing people!

Learn to draw the Legs, Waist, Feet, and more in this section about drawing the lower body of a person!

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Learn how to draw the Legs with this drawing tutorial.
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Master how to draw the Feet easily.

(Extra) Figure Drawing And Gesture Drawing

And that’s it, that’s all you need to start drawing people!

But what about drawing the entire figure?

Well, here are some more advanced topics for you to learn.

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Get started with all the Figure Drawing Basics you need to know!
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Learn Gesture Drawing step-by-step.

And that’s it for now.

You’ve got a lot of useful resources here to master how to draw people!

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See you there and as always:

Keep on drawing!