Like any other art form, dance and drawing are interpenetrating. The best artists at all times adored depicting a dancing person as the quintessence of self-expression, passion, impulse. And there are several techniques to help artists in this difficult task.
It is necessary
Any drawing tools of your choice and images of dancing people
Instructions
Step 1
Dance is life, movement, dynamics. You can draw a ballerina in a beautiful pose, accurately and subtly convey every detail of her fragile figure and costume, but the drawing will end up looking lifeless and static. First, in order to capture movement in a drawing, you need to choose a good position of the body. For example, you can depict a girl jumping up and down while dancing over a stage. Pay attention to the position of the arms, legs, head, what muscles are tense in the girl at the time of the jump.
Step 2
Sketch the shape first. Pay attention to the proportions if you want the drawing to look realistic. However, proportions can be neglected to convey the dynamics of the dance. Excessively stretched lines, unusual curves can sometimes even emphasize movement.
Step 3
The dancer's costume is very important for conveying movement. If you are drawing a dancing girl, then her dress or some ribbons should flutter in the air. The same, by the way, applies to long hair. If you are drawing a dancing man, whose costume is not as lush and airy as a woman's, and whose hair is not so long, then in this case pay special attention to tense muscles - exactly in those places where they should contract for a given body position.
Step 4
A slightly blurred, unclear background is another good technique for depicting fast motion. Among other things, he focuses the viewer's gaze on the dancer.
Step 5
Try to play with color. Sometimes color spots alone are enough to depict a passionate and fast dance. By the way, you can stylize the drawing somewhat, make it more unusual by adding natural elements that are constantly in motion to the dancer or dancer. For example, draw a girl dancing among flashes of fire or with waves of the sea instead of a dress.
Step 6
This technique is suitable if you are drawing, rather, a cartoon dancer. Draw additional lines to outline the movement. For example, if the dancer is spinning, draw light spiral lines around him. Sometimes the entire dance movement can be replaced with a few lines to convey the dynamics of the dance.
