People Drawing People

Learn to sketch people with confidence.

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People are fascinating—but capturing them in your sketchbook can feel intimidating.

How do you get proportions right? How do you sketch someone in motion without losing their energy? And how do you make a portrait actually look like the person you’re drawing? That’s exactly what this course is here to help with.

I brought together six other incredible instructors—each with their own unique style and approach—to guide you through the process. We start with the essentials, learning how to break a figure down into simple shapes, get proportions right, and use tone and volume to give your drawings depth. From there, we move beyond the basics, exploring how to capture likenesses in portraits, sketch people in action, and approach tricky angles and foreshortening without fear.

But drawing people isn’t just about getting the details right—it’s about capturing life, movement, and emotion. You’ll learn how to work quickly and intuitively, whether you’re sketching a fleeting moment on the street, drawing a self-portrait, or creating a more detailed study. And with dozens of narrated, step-by-step demos, plus videos of real models to practice with, you’ll have everything you need to develop your confidence at your own pace.

By the end of this course, your sketchbook will be filled with people—drawn with freedom, energy, and personality.

In this course, you’ll learn:

Dozens of narrated, step-by-step demos
Videos of models for you to draw
Basics of proportion
Capture a likeness
People in action

Work at your own pace
Draw a quick portrait
Self-portraits
Tone and volume
Angles and foreshortening

Dozens of step-by-step demonstrations

Learn to capture people in motion

Learn the basics of foreshortening

Drawing (self) portraits

What students say

“Seeing the variety of styles taught in this course really lends itself to ME thinking about my own style and how ALL of us are doing great work—especially when we draw in our own personal way.”

Suzanne G, Langlois, OR

“When I signed up for the course I was very hesitant about drawing people because they are so challenging. Now, I feel so much better about drawing people...even myself.”

Karin M, Chandler, AZ