An easy guide to drawing people for budding artists ages 9 to 12
Grab a pencil and an eraser—it's time to explore the world around you and illustrate the people in it! Featuring a step-by-step format for beginners,
Figure Drawing for Kids
is a great way to start sketching friends and family, pop culture icons, and epic superheroes—one simple exercise at a time.
Project-based activities
—Learn how to draw people with 13 different projects that will advance your skills from basic shapes and shading to full, detailed illustrations.
Guided practice
—Explore essential drawing concepts like proportion, negative space, point of view, composition, and crosshatch, and practice with a range of human sizes, shapes, skin tones, and abilities.
Bonus drawing tips
—Learn to draw from life or a photograph, how to set up a model station, and how to complete your drawings with additional objects and landscape elements.
Dive in and let the doodling fun begin with this beginner's guide to drawing for kids.