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How to Draw
People

Art Lesson:
Human Body
Proportions
for a Man

Learn how to draw people in scale using the head for measurements. This helps figure drawing to look more realistic.

man drawing with proportions shown

The human body is seven and a half heads in length. Use the head in scaling the body for correct proportions.

A man's shoulders are across in length by two heads. A man's hips are one and a half heads across in length. The foot is one head in length.

A woman's body has slightly different measurements for the shoulders and hips.
The differences are shown in the drawing tutorial for Drawing Woman.