These are the instrutions on how to draw people by Victor Perard:
First, draw a perpendicular line indicating the placement of the figure.
This will be the balance line or line of gravitation.
Next, indicate by a line the action of the shoulders, leaving room enough above for the neck and head, then indicate the tilt of the pelivs.
Use egg shapes for the start of the head, the torso and the pelvis, and in this way it will be easier to judge the proportions by eye.
In the above drawings, most of the weight is resting on the right leg, which forces the pelvis to tilt in an opposite direction to the upper part of the body, and the foot touches the line of gravitation.
There are a few points to observe when drawing the human figure.
The neck is lower in front than in the back.
A man's chin is often on a level with the back of his collar.
The muscles of neck should be studied as at every turn of the head their forms are modified to balance the head which weighs from twelve to fifteen pounds.
In a back view start the line of gravitation at the seventh vertical vertebra (the prominent vertebra).
Draw these stick figures lightly, and then add some of the anatomy.
If you're not very familiar with human anatomy, Victor Perard wrote a book called Anatomy and Drawing, which is an excellent resource artists use as a reference for their sketches.
But if these instructions are too advanced for you, perhaps you should consider doing some more work on how to draw stick figures, in one of the links below (coming soon).
