How to Draw Arms and Legs From Any Angle

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We continue to discover how to quickly sketch dynamic figures using RHYTHMS. I'll show you my template to draw the legs, arms, feet and hands from any angle and make every part of the body feel connected. We’ll focus on visual alignments and flow between the forms, helping you move beyond disjointed and stiff figure drawings.
If you missed PART 1, make sure to watch it to learn how to use rhythms to draw the head, neck, and torso - • Draw ANY Pose From ANY...
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:17 - Legs
09:24 - Arms
16:45 - Outro
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Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high-quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching.
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[@ProkoTV]

If you missed part 1, make sure to watch it to learn how to use rhythms to draw the head, neck, and torso - kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3-8i5KEqLmWaJYsi=HtBqpIbW32hJhAoa

[@MonicaAugusta70]

Perdi a parte 1 vou assistir ela primeiro e estudar. Seu processo de ensino é diferente de todos e muito mais eficaz e lógico. E você é muito divertido. Muito obrigado, Proko

[@doclouis4236]

I feel like the hardest thing to draw is perspective or the distance between someone or an object.

[@OTTERSandKNIVES]

honestly Marshall has his old college perspective coarse on his site for 12 bucks! I highly recommend it cause duhhh lol its Marshall. But seriously, I have only watched 6 of the 12 videos and each video had blown me away and given me an ahaa moment!

[@doclouis4236]

@@OTTERSandKNIVES So you're telling me it's under a paywall and he's not going to make a video about it?

[@houndgirl7365]

​@doclouis4236 saying he is giving college level info for 12 bucks that can be used for other creatures to create a stable foundation that 'pay wall' is actually pretty cheap and just to note artists not too long ago DID have to go to some kind of school, have a know how, or just have good artistic instinct. Pay walls help pay the artist it's one way to make money, so yes if you want to learn either apply the knowledge what you have here and work on it yourself or save to buy access so that you have professional Guidance/community access. Honestly yes the technique is important, but to an experienced person the critique is beyond invaluable because that pushes you to grow if done so right (some people don't know how to critique) I learned this from my college art courses.

[@mrsplosh999]

​@@OTTERSandKNIVESis this Marshall Vandruff? Does it go over perspective in terms of 1/2/3 point perspective too etc? Another awesome resource is Framed Ink for both perspective and composition

[@adam01120]

​@@mrsplosh999this is Stan. Marshall is his co-host on the Draftsmen podcast. He sure does go over the different points of perspective. Highly recommend

[@patrickmcvay2390]

I think I have a better grasp of what artists like Bruce Timm are trying to do, and why their art evokes realistic movement with an abstract figure, because of this video.

[@stevehutch]

I’ve studied the Burne Hogarth, Andrew Loomis and Michael Hampton figure drawing books. Proko makes this complicated topic much easier to learn.

[@ProkoTV]

That's awesome to hear! Glad we can help.

[@MrChochichon]

This serie of video is by FAR the best gesture-wise class out there. For pro artists, gesture is like a second nature at this point, and they have a really hard time explaining it to beginner artists, like it's hard for us to explain how to walk or breath in detail. But you really put in the effort of explaining exaclty what you're doing, what you're looking for, and the whole process. This will very certainly increase the level of many beginner artists. Thank you.

[@diamarii_art]

proko makes way better videos that what I paid for at an art school.. I’m finding myself relearning a lot of stuff!

[@katie_cant_compute]

LOVE the delivery of this, and also just watching you draw :) It’s really reigniting my fire to sketch and make fun expressive yet structured poses!

[@biohazardbin]

this helped me more with arms and legs than literally any other tutorial, thank you Proko!

[@AChip-nc9oz]

Watching this man drawing is the most entertainment thing in this channel

[@niajamelah8878]

i've been struggling with legs and arms for years and its like this video flipped a switch in my art brain, thank you!!

[@littlemais]

I have been practicing anatomy for the past year or so like delving all my focus to improve my anatomical skills. Understanding and apply the muscles helped with the legs (for its my most difficult part of the body to grasp), it just always felt stiff than I wanted it to be but you basically saved my life with just this video and I am absolutely grateful as always 😭💜 thank you thank you thank youu!

[@Thollis1987]

Thank you Proko for the free lessons.❤️❤️❤️

[@michaelcohn2585]

When I started drawing I used to think of Proko as just and artsy student/teacher that could not help me get better cause of his high brow way of thinking of art. Today everything I can do on any medium is due to how he teaches ….you live and you learn ….i am humbled

[@AyanBabaL]

This is so good that I literally sat up to appreciate how good this is

[@marcianocastillo3511]

MR.PROKO YOUR TEACHING THE SAME LIKE YOUR SOLDIERS IS LIKE THE RED WINE IS GETTING RICHER WITH THE AGE GRACIAS

[@Sd0k1_ALT]

Thanks for this video! ur tutorials always come in the best times when i need them most! ❤

[@ReimPrim]

I was having trouble trying gesture drawing but now that I actually know how to it’s become a bit easier, thanks proko

[@barbi111]

This series is so easy yet so powerful, thank you so much!

[@emilywhittemore6482]

So great to see new videos, I think I've seen all the others! This channel has given me soooo much to work on for skills and confidence. Can't thank you enough

[@piuskiih]

Thank you so much!! I was waiting for this since you posted part 1 🥰🥰

[@sonalikumari543]

Great!! As always..😊 It was like learning the same thing but with new perspective. It's been 6 years learning from Proko. It helped me a lot to improve my drawing skills. Thanks Proko Love from India❤

[@nhatminhnguyen190]

I love this series. Keep it up

[@AFR1i]

massive help, thank you💛

[@mareneltomale]

Thanks for the tutorials Stan, i really appreciate it❤

[@nul3e.]

Bendito sea el dia en que encontre este canal, he mejorado mucho desde entonces, muchas gracias.

[@asheisty18]

I needed this so bad I have such a hard time with these

[@queeneywarren9474]

This is very interested thank you

[@giorgoszinonos6604]

Proko i am stuggling to draw dynamic poses with the correct anatomy. I love your work and i am a big fan

[@ametistarr]

this video suddenly gave me lots of inspiration to draw! Thank You)

[@varundate4081]

*THIS IS A MSG TO PROKO* If this comment gets more than 100 likes within the next 10 days, you have bring back the whistling intro!!! (guys please complete this I love that intro)

[@seanramsey]

We also love the intro, but KZbin does not 🥲 - It's still in all the premium videos though!

[@Thecoolkidjames]

Amazing I was always bad at drawing people but I was super good at drawing buildings you have made so much better at drawing people I can now combine my two skills to make way better are thanks❤

[@ProkoTV]

That's awesome to hear about!

[@RSA-zv9hd]

Thank you @Proko

[@Mirashome]

Yo bro, that is really helpful, thank you!

[@ramilrafikov539]

Thank you for this video hundred times !!!

[@ramilrafikov539]

I bought one course - head drawing, it’s really worth it!

[@tamjeedvlogs7353]

This video is very helpfull for new artist

[@TimBurtonsSkeleton]

Thank you

[@ahmedkamal323]

Stan, you are my hero 😍

[@nyima1257]

Thank you sir ❤😊

[@mask9380]

Thanks for the Videoooo

[@UyenNguyen-cl2pb]

Thank you so much for this. I'll definitely submit my pose study when I'm confident with it 😊

[@ProkoTV]

Do it even when you're not confident! If we wait until we feel really good about our work to get critiques, we might feel gutted when someone says something less than positive about it. Getting some advice on what to improve while your work isn't the top tier best is a good thing and helps us to be better. I hope you do share your in progress work.

[@warrior87803]

Thanks for the important lesson. I always had trouble with legs and arms😅😅😅

[@PaulEnochArts]

6:45 that leg is so beautiful

[@icositetracoronciclosincro5448]

I just learned to draw a more fluid and stylized human figure. The characters of Gustave Klimt and Egon Schiele helped me realize

[@Univerzocker]

Great Video.

[@Pumkim-stew]

This helped thanks

[@ProkoTV]

Glad to hear it!

[@impureneighbour9792]

Good choice for a picture.

[@samankucher5117]

awesome :)

[@omurarslanturk656]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👍exelend

[@Short-N-sweetshorts2024]

It’s always that S-curve! Can’t escape that foundation!

[@sassyfavy1007]

I wish proko could make a perspective course, I am really struggling with that right now 😢

[@christiansoto6396]

never skip leg day 🔥

[@I0amARES]

There is a saying that all artists in the world say: practice practice and practice.

[@XonixDerps]

Love this, helepd me a lot though I find myself for the arm portion at the 15min mark changing the elbow abit - going for like a lil L shape to remind myself its "locked" in, in a sense? TY!

[@user-vw7du7vw1m]

جميل

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Great video thanks. Life drawing in America, all the models have handguns!

[@currentlyplayingmorrowind3167]

Hi Stan, I really think you should do a section dedicated to how to draw foreshortening whilst keeping anatomy in mind, because it is so unbelievably difficult, as well as a section on facial features that goes more in depth. I've been studying for a long time and still really struggle with these things and no book, video or online course has helped me much, because there is so much missing information or it isn't straightforward enough, I mean for example you can't really just draw a standard eye or mouth and have it convey different emotions, you have to know how they change shape/are pushed or pulled by muscles, or how perspective affects how the features are drawn, hair as well. Hair changes at different angles, but there is no information for that. Anatomy is very simple to me, but foreshortening, perspective and how all of the anatomy changes through this confuses me to the point of frustration and tears, as someone who struggles to draw from observation, studying has failed me, because there are no explanations for these very specific issues.

[@thomasfurlano4461]

Prokopinocchio!!!! Nice mannequin ... Good vid

[@OGITHEMAN]

I havent even watched it yet, but I know this tutorial is great. Also I hate to say this, but I was first.

[@adam01120]

Gonna try drawing these with my arm glutes 😤

[@kyubizu]

Frieza is incredibly skilled at making a figure die Namek

[@sweets_Cat88]

*taking notes*

[@impureneighbour9792]

Is there any more information on drawing legs in the Figure construction course?

[@celiathyola9660]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@antonpryadko2181]

дякую

[@genuinestudios5008]

Bro can you give us one video showing you going through the whole figure

[@purpleisdebeste]

The drawing at 4:03 is a great drawing of a prosthetic leg! Not so much a real one tho

[@blackcitadel9]

Sometimes when I was drawing arms and legs, my brain would swap them around and I'd be thinking "Why have I drawn an arm?" or vice versa. All this time I thought I was doing something wrong.

[@SH4D0WCH4RMER]

I have a question. where/What should I start with when I first start drawing humans? (It's alright if you don't have an answer. I'm just curious. Also sorry if this question confuses you, I am not good at talking, Both in vocally and in text.😅)

[@craigmcneil8533]

proko im scared why do you never age

[@144000victor]

I am here, the First!!

[@OGITHEMAN]

I was first. When I opened a video (about 10 sec after it came out) I didn't see your comment. You probably posted it while I was writing mine, since I neede abou 2 minutes to finish. Thanks for your understanding.

[@ProkoTV]

Calm down. Neither of you were first lol

[@nyima1257]

​@@ProkoTV😂

[@impureneighbour9792]

Is this part of the gesture drawing course?

[@ProkoTV]

This particular lesson is from our Drawing Basics course

[@940ARK]

Which course are these videos from?

[@seanramsey]

This is from Stan's Drawing Basics course.

[@940ARK]

@@seanramsey however I didn't see these videos listed under the lessons of that premium course

[@seanramsey]

@@940ARK Ahh, it's called "Draw Any Pose From Any Angle - Rhythms" - it's a longer version that covers body + limbs here (www.proko.com/756)

[@SynthLizard8]

Is there a chance the form could bend?

[@charlienicholson]

Not on your life, my KZbin friend!

[@sejelgangawane6732]

You look like great Scott check out

[@Fethennour]

5:41 Isn’t that the right leg? Sure it’s on the left side of the screen, but it’s the right leg of the model, is it not?

[@Arr2_]

try to draw a perfect circle on nealfun

[@ktbrando]

👀

[@Lesmis-we5pl]

Are thwse references from Pinterest? Because man these are so dynamic

[@priyadarshanrishikumarmehr3585]

But how can we draw these figures by imagination

[@PrincessFeather]

I'm not op but, I do have an answer. That is after you gain a catalogue of different angles and the shapes of your references in your head! First you have to get a good grasp on references, looking up rotations of different body parts is very helpful on that ❤ hope i helped ❤❤

[@TheAnxiousOwl]

How to draw THICC

[@impureneighbour9792]

So, don’t draw legs and arms as cylinders?

[@ProkoTV]

Drawing them as cylinders is a fine thing to do. This is about using rhythms. Just different techniques for different purposes.

[@ArtofReeve]

Just a suggestion, I think the title for this is should be more related like "how to draw arms and leg dynamically / how to draw arms and legs with rhythms" since this is not really explaining on how to draw them from any angles.

[@westminster20]

I don't like the idea of having to curve the leg that much (6:57) just because it's a female body. 😬 I prefer to do it exactly like the first leg, with the knee straighter, rather than rotated on the inside. It remind me of some trashy drawing japanese guides books, where they don't know what a female body looks like, and I hate it even though it's a " style choice" hahaha

[@shrippie-4214]

This guy is like an off brand Jessie Pinkman

[@MusicalRaichu]

sorry i gave up after a few minutes. sure, sticking blocks together makes a robotic pose, but your drawings also look unnatural, like blobs of stretched chewing gum. the leg you drew at the start looks more like cat's than a human's. don't understand why you use the term "rhythm". a rhythm is a repeating pattern.

[@ragingpoop8658]

Maybe a followup video on this but on foreshortened figures and/or limbs? I'm curious as to what happens to the rhythms when the body or the arms and legs are pointed a bit towards the camera or towards the back. What happens to the Reilly Rhythm from the last video?

[@jacobwagner2391]

Can you shout out @MaskedMan17