STRESS BUSTER. Urban sketch people in a meeting? PART 2

Name: STRESS BUSTER. Urban sketch people in a meeting? PART 2
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Learn a simple formula for putting people in your pictures AND gain more confidence for sketching in public

Created byNicola A Blakemore

Last updated 9/2025

English

What you'll learn

Discover an easier way to sketch people.
Learn the basic to draw different postures for variety.
Get to grips with the measurements of the human body.
See how to put people in scale with others and the setting.
Discover an easy way to make the faces look 'human.'
Super simple tips for accessories.

Course content

2 sections • 13 lectures • 1h 4m total length

Finding your way around the Udemy platform4:06
Introduction2:49
A bit at a time.
Please take your time working through this course and practice each bit of the body before you tackle the whole person, you might find it less overwhelming.

Don't be shy.0:30
Nobody is looking at what you are doing.

If you have a daily commute on a train or bus (and you are not driving) that is a prefect time to sketch you fellow passengers. After all they will probably be looking out of the window, reading a book or more likely these days, looking at their phones. So they are not paying you any attention at all. So don't me shy and just do it.
Metro man - look at him in sections.0:52
Look at him in sections
Here I demonstrate how to look at a person and break it into sections.
Metro man - now let's look in more detail.8:21
Look at him in sections
Putting a sheet of glass over the photograph to draw on, I can show you how I divided him into sections.
Start with stick men.6:22
Crawl first then walk then run.
Just as you did when you were a child, start in the simplest way and then gradually build it up.
Heads10:16
Torsos8:19
Think about a block that is almost a rectangle.

Again, don't get bogged down in the detail, look at the body as a series of building blocks.
Arm poses and hands.5:07
Keep it simple.

It does of course depend how far you want to go with your sketching? Are you just grabbing a quick pose then forget about fingers and thumbs, just get the shape and the angles and that will be sufficient to convey the image.

Image the body underneath the garment and use any folds in fabric to help you.
Leg poses and feet.7:44
Something to start you off.
Here are a few things to get you started.
Glasses and bags make things easier.5:56
A few ideas.
Here are just a few things to add variety. Start making your own collection of accessories.
Groups in the distance.3:23
Group of people
Remember they will get smaller and have less detail the further away they get.
NEW BONUS LECTURE- put your marker on my world map of students1:01
Extra resources from me to you as advised by the clever people at Udemy.

Enjoy your painting, thanks Nicola

Requirements

Students will require a sketchbook and a pen.
A 2 B pencil and eraser.
Enthusiasm and an ability to copy.

Description

NEW bonus lecture added August 2023

Learn some BASIC skills so you will no longer be overwhelmed by the thought of sketching people.

Especially if it relieves the stain of that boring meeting.

This is NOT a life drawing course.

No longer will you be overwhelmed by even the thought of putting people in your sketches or even your painting, because I have devised a fool proof method to help you create believable figures. Many people find that drawing people is a real stumbling block so I have created this course to show you how a few techniques can get you past this.
By working through my clear and easy to understand video demonstrations you will discover the secret of how to break down the construction of a person, one bit at a time, to the simplest elements and find it's not as difficult as you thought.

Each lecture will look at one part of the body at a time, this way the learning is in manageable chunks. Take your time and practice each step of the way. Then when your confidence has grown you will be able to create more figures of your own.

This is for those who want to add some feeling of activity and sense of event to there visual representation.

Why choose one of my courses?

Because, as a self taught artist I understand how a lot of people feel about their creative work, sometimes anxious, sometimes overwhelmed and often that it's not 'good enough'. I will hold your hand as you overcome these fears as I offer a friendly, relaxed and sensitive teaching style.

I also have years of experience of teaching people of all levels both in person and via the internet.

Do one of my courses and you will feel as if I am in the room with you every step of the way.

Enjoy your painting, love Nicola

Who this course is for:

This is for anyone who wants to sketch people in everyday circumstances.
For anyone who wants to put people into their sketches.
It is for those who want to make a start on understanding basic figure drawing.

STRESS BUSTER. Urban sketch people in a meeting? PART 2

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Introduction2 lectures • 7min

People - a basic formula.11 lectures • 58min

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