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People Skills | Part 3: Limbs & Appendages

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To draw a full body, you need to know how to draw each part. In this course, you'll learn simple methods for drawing limbs and appendages, working from small to large. Through engaging videos and a variety of fun exercises and homework assignments, learn how to draw fingers, hands, arms, toes, feet, and legs!

Contents

Introduction

People Skills is a series of lessons, tutorials, and assignments that will get you familiar with the basics of drawing humans and help you develop your own people-drawing style. 
Welcome to People Skills: Limbs & Appendages
Supplies

Fingers

Step one in learning how to draw hands, is learning to draw fingers! Click through to get some finger-drawing practice.
About this Lesson
Watch: How to Draw Fingers
Minimal Depiction & Basic Elements
Reference Photos: Fingers
Homework: Draw Fingers & Thumbs
How to Draw Hands: Pinterest Board

Hands

Tackle one of the most difficult aspects of drawing people: the hands! You can do it!  
About this Lesson
Watch: How to Draw Hands
Minimal Depiction & Basic Elements
Exercise: Create Your Own System for Sketching Hands
Reference Photos: Hands
Homework: Draw 5 Different Hand Poses
How to Draw Hands: Pinterest Board

Arms

Time to flex your drawing muscles! In this lesson, you'll learn how to draw arms. 
About this Lesson
Watch: How to Draw Arms
Minimal Depiction & Basic Elements
Arm Curves: The Almond/Drumstick Method
Exercise: Make an Armball
Homework: Draw an Arm on a Torso
How to Draw Arms: Pinterest Board

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?)
About This Lesson
Watch: How to Draw Toes and Feet
Toes: Minimal Depiction & Basic Elements
Reference Photos: Toes
Homework: Draw Some Toes!

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!
About this Lesson
Watch: How to Draw Toes and Feet
Feet: Minimal Depiction & Basic Elements
Reference Photos: Feet
Homework: Sketching Feet
How to Draw Feet: Pinterest Board

Legs

You better not skip leg day. Learn all about how to draw legs in this lesson!
About this Lesson
Watch: How to Draw Legs
Minimal Depiction & Basic Elements
Curves of the Legs
Homework 1: Draw Three Sets of Legs
Homework 2: Draw a Legball
How to Draw Legs: Pinterest Board
Next Steps