Sketching People In Pen And Ink: The Armature Process

[@atelierthhun1165]

Another clever, generous and practical approach to drawing that I look forward to trying. It is so refreshing to have achievable exercises that encourage without promising instant magic . I am still at a loss why people accept practicing sport to improve but prefer to attribute artistic excellence to something gifted rather than worked at ! Thanks for more of your inventiveness.

[@mkompan]

Thank you! Talent is involved, but definitely over emphasized. I've seen many talented yet lazy students rest on their laurels and get surpassed by those that outwork them.

[@dfinchermd]

Excellent instruction and examples, again. From your videos, I gain as much or more than from all the books I bought.

[@mkompan]

Thank you!

[@billmccaffrey1977]

Love your approach to teaching. The examples are easy to follow and practice.

[@mkompan]

Thanks!

[@davidwang3222]

This is a great demo of how to draw human in such details for the beginners. I have heard a lot of such method but no one explain why we must do so . Until today I watched your video. I also watched some of your other videos which produced recently, some of which has the photos to show when you draw , this really help the students understand much better the techniques you applied. As they can see the result by comparison. I am sure your channel will be more popular with such newly uploaded videos. Well Done ! I am looking forward to your next project! Thank you for your hard work.

[@mkompan]

Thank you so much. I'm always trying to make improvements in the way I make my videos, and I'm glad my efforts are being appreciated.

[@maryf.1956]

Thank you this was awesome information!

[@mkompan]

You’re welcome!

[@lindakacer6453]

Thank you Mark. I confirm that since I used your armature process I really improved my skills in figure drawing. I appreciate a lot all the videos you made on this subject.

[@mkompan]

Thanks for the confirmation, Linda. I wish I had learned this process when I was art school. The system taught to me didn't use it.

[@entretantosmundosgaming4974]

Great lesson, Marc. Thank you for making it. I think I’ll try to replicate it on paper just like you did.

[@mkompan]

You’re welcome!

[@mayorenstein3931]

Thank you for this video!

[@mkompan]

You’re welcome!

[@eric_the_egggremlin]

This is genuinely such a funny and helpful video. Thank you so much for the walk-through of how tall each section should be individually; I've never seen that explained before, every other reference just says "make it 7-9 heads tall and figure it out from there".

[@mkompan]

Thank you Eric! There's lot's of information of human proportion out there but I find it's either too complicated or doesn't;t go into enough detail. This system (at least in my opinion) is simple enough to easily remember, and yet detailed enough to get things right.

[@TheDynamite333]

This is an excellent lesson, thank you Marc.

[@mkompan]

Thanks again!

[@sjuvanet]

I used to only sketch armatures and never knew how to complete them. thank you for this insight :-)

[@mkompan]

You're welcome. I'm glad this video was helpful to you.

[@audiovalet]

Вподобайка.

[@mkompan]

Дякую тобі!

[@jbross9802]

Hi Marc, very useful vid If that's a vintage nib in your kaweco sport, another good pen to try is the noodler's charlie pen (included free with some large bottles of ink) it fits some vintage #2 nibs very well and has an ebonite feed that can be heat-set. It's a small eyedropper pen with a large ink capacity, so very suitable for field kits!

[@mkompan]

Thanks! I have vintage nibs in my Boston safety pens and the Creeper, but haven’t considered the Charlie. I’ll have to buy a big bottle of Noodler’s black and get one.

[@dintoons1]

Excellent!! Thank you, Marc! :)

[@mkompan]

Thank you!

[@dfinchermd]

Thanks!

[@mkompan]

Thank you!

[@dfinchermd]

@@mkompan figure I owe you since I screen captured your armature guide.

[@mkompan]

@@dfinchermd Well, that's very generous of you nonetheless! I'm happy you found this video useful!

[@thegraedler]

For me it‘s easier to start at the hips - try it.

[@mkompan]

I’ve tried every possible variation of this, believe me. Many artists start with what’s called “the bean,” which is a simplified torso.

[@Kajurasu]

I’ve found the method

[@mkompan]

Glad this was useful to you!

[@TJRostas]

Thanks!

[@mkompan]

So nice of you! Thank you.