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How To Draw CHARACTERS for Kids and beginners!
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(104 ratings)
2,547 students

How To Draw CHARACTERS for Kids and beginners!

This Course is Intended For Purchase By Adults
Last updated 6/2022
English
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What you'll learn

  • basic drawing skills
  • how to follow drawing instruction
  • how to understand shapes in relation to characters

Course content

1 section15 lectures2h 4m total length
  • Introduction1:01

    Learn to draw characters for kids and beginners using stick men, shapes, and basic design steps, then build them into fun face designs and familiar characters.

  • For Parents2:05

    A parent and their child created a child-friendly drawing series that emphasizes supervised viewing and guided navigation for safe, engaging learning for kids and beginners.

  • Character 110:52

    Draw characters for kids using Timmy Turner, starting with basic shapes and introductory anatomy. Learn articulation, facial features, and step-by-step techniques with pause-friendly practice.

  • Character 210:43

    Learn Blossom’s proportions: two heads tall with an oval head and circle eyes. Build with simple shapes, outlines, light boxing, and plenty of practice.

  • Character 39:17

    learn to draw Jake the Dog using simple potato-like shapes and circles for eyes and muzzle, emphasizing a rubbery, stretchy body and playful, easy-to-pose forms suited for animation and stickers.

  • Character 413:42

    Learn to draw Johnny Bravo by breaking him into basic shapes and chevrons, sizing with a ruler, and refining proportions from chest to feet.

  • Character 510:48

    Practice mirroring and flipping to draw Charlie Brown facing another figure, starting from simple shapes like a circle head and christmas-tree torso, then refine lines, shoes, and expressions.

  • Character 616:25

    Learn to draw Garfield by breaking the character into simple shapes, roughing in head, body, belly, feet, and using a grid, then add facial features, stripes, whiskers, and a halo.

  • Character 717:41

    Learn on model character drawing by using shapes and proportions to build Mickey's head, ears, and bendy torso, then practice new poses to create your own characters.

  • Character 812:28

    Identify the main shapes and proportions of a character, using Homer Simpson as a reference. Practice sketching with guided lines to develop your own characters rather than copying.

  • Character 913:41

    Identify important shapes and landmarks to master character proportions, practice constructing a full character from top to bottom, and apply the rule of eight while developing personal style.

  • Bonus Warm Up - Circles1:44

    Perform a warm-up of circles and ovals to loosen your wrist and build fluid drawing motion. Practice circles big or small, horizontal or vertical, as you ease into character drawing.

  • Bonus Warm Up - Lines1:31

    Practice hand-eye coordination with dot drills and learn to draw straight lines as a warm-up before sketching characters, helping kids and beginners improve with each session.

  • Bonus Warm Up - Shading1:28

    Practice gradient shading by drawing hard, then fading to lighter strokes from dark to light or light to dark to warm up for drawing characters.

  • Thank You1:08

    Finish the course and celebrate your progress; I hope you enjoyed it and had fun drawing characters, and message me on Udemy for the best discount or a coupon code.

Requirements

  • The How To Draw BASICS course

Description

Welcome to How To Draw CHARACTERS for KIDS!!

This course is designed to take young and new learners through some of the basics of drawing all while helping them learn to copy, and then create, cool characters.

This course can stand on its own, but it is HIGHLY recommended that new learners study How To Draw BASICS for Kids as a prerequisite.

You'll note that the instructors are a parent/child team, so this course is definitely designed for kids in mind - that includes tempo, material, and language. At over 2 1/2 hours, this course is perfect for new artists of all ages!!! And of course, the banter with this father/daughter team helps to bring the student along in the process - feeling like one of the family.

So join us as we bring these new learners into a new level of enjoyment in their drawing passion.

  • This course is primarily designed for learners from 7-12, but may be enjoyed by all who are interested.

  • I notice that many of the reviews are from young students... and they are accidentally hitting an unintended review. Parents, please take a look at the review rating when you can and ensure it matches your intention.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner artists
  • Students from ages 7-12