Hey guys, in this video lesson, I am going to be walking you through my process for sketching the female arms and legs. I'm going to be covering each one separately. And for both the arms and legs, I'm going to be covering gesture breaking the forms down into simple and basic shapes as per usual, and we're going to explore both the arms and legs in several dynamic poses that really show the muscles in action. So with that being said, let's get to it. Alright, let's get started here. First off, we're going to draw the arm from the front view.

So begin by sketching a circle to represent the shoulder or the deltoid, and then sketch a smooth fluid line and draw a circle halfway down where the elbow joint will go. Next, draw another rough circle at the end of the forearm to show the hand placement. Okay, and then before we move forward, make sure that you nail down the gesture of the arm first because if the gesture is off Then when you start building the muscle structures, the pose of the arm may look a little bit stiff. So you want to make sure you get the nice fluid gesture down first, because as I always say forms follow gesture. Next, we're going to rough out the bicep, draw the supinator muscle, the extensor carpi radialis longest muscle on the left side of the forearm, along with the flexor carpi radialis muscle on the right side, along with the small pronator.

Terrorists muscle up top above that. Next define the deltoid. And remember the deltoid muscle is going to be split into three sections. But from the front, we're really only going to see that first section and then a little bit of the middle. Since the arm is being fused from the front here, we're not going to see the tricep. And then lastly, just rough in the hand, though we're not going to go into too much detail on that right now.

But we'll cover hands in more detail in the next video lesson. All right, now we're going to sketch arm from the side view. So much like before, start with the circle to show where the shoulder is going to go. And then sketch a smooth flowing line downward to show the upper arm and forearm. From the side, the arm is actually going to be slightly curved, not too much, but just a slight bend and then draw the circle for where the elbow is going to go. And then another circle at the end of the forearm to show where the hand is going to be placed.

And again, before moving forward to building the muscle structures, make sure the gesture of the arm is nailed down first before going with details. This will ensure that the flow of the arm is smooth and fluid rather than rigid instead. Now we're going to sketch in the bicep, the supinator muscle and the extensor carpi radialis longest muscle. After that, we're going to sketch the extensor digitorum and the tricep along with the final The deltoid muscles. From the side view, we're going to be able to get a clear view of the three sections of muscle that make up the deltoid. And then as before, also we're just going to sketch in the hand real quick, just keep it rough and loose as we'll cover the hands in more detail in the next lesson.

All right, in example three, we're going to draw the arm from the back view. So again, begin with that circle for the shoulder placement. And then we're going to sketch a smooth fluid line to show the upper arm and the forearm. Draw a circle halfway to show where the elbow joint will go. And then another circle at the end of the forearm to show the hand placement. After the gesture has been nailed down, we're gonna sketch in the tricep muscles along with the elbow joint.

Next sketch the superior muscle on the left side of the forearm along with the flexor carpi radialis muscle on the right side of the forearm. Alright, and then we're going to sketch the extensor digitorum muscles just beneath the elbow joint, and then define the deltoid. Much like with the front view, we're only going to see the back section of muscle and a little bit of that middle section. And then we're going to just lightly sketch in the hand so you guys can get a sense of the placement. But in the next lesson, we'll cover hands in more detail. Now that we've drawn the arm from those three points of view, we're going to explore the muscles in action by drawing the arm in a couple of different dynamic poses.

So when the arm flexes forward, the bicep is going to contract and bulge outward while the tricep expands. The opposite is true when the arm flexes straight. In that case, the tricep will contract The bicep will expand. And as I mentioned before, the muscle structures of the female arms even in different poses are still not going to be very muscular and bulky like that the male figure they're still going to be very lean and thin. Another thing to keep in mind is that when the forearm rotates, as shown in this third example, the supinator and the extensor carpi radialis longest muscles are also going to rotate and that central point where they both meet is going to flow and point downward towards the pump. Okay, now we're going to sketch the legs.

So first we're going to draw the leg from the front view. Start by sketching the hips. And as I discussed in the torso lesson, the hips are going to be a lot wider and more curvy than that of the male figure. Next, we're going to rough in some smooth gestural lines to form the legs, similar to how we did in the arms portion of this lesson, because remember, forms always follow gesture. Once the Rough Guides and the gesture looks good, we're going to start building the structures. So first, define the kneecap and then sketch the vastus externus and vastus internus muscles.

Then the rectus femoris will be placed right in the middle of the knee. Next, draw the muscle that flows from the hips down to the lower leg called Sartorius and the tensor fasciae latae muscle on the outermost region of the upper leg. Lastly, we're going to sketch out the calf muscles and from the front view, the calf muscle on the outer part of the leg is going to be placed a little bit higher than the calf muscle on the inner part of the lower leg. Now we're going to sketch the leg from the side. So much like before, we're going to start off with the hips section. And remember the hips are going to be slightly tilted forward.

And then we're going to sketch a circle for the hip joint and then proceed forward with the upper leg and lower leg just lightly sketching in the gesture from the side, the front of the upper leg and back of the lower leg will be curved while the back of the upper leg and front of the lower leg will be straight. And then as always make sure that gesture is smooth and fluid before moving forward with details and muscle structures. Next sketch the vastus externus and the tensor fasciae latae on the upper leg, followed by the rectus femoris above the knee. Next, we're going to sketch the side of the glute muscle over the hip joint and draw in the calf muscle on the lower leg. also include the biceps for Morris behind the upper leg as well. All right, now let's draw the leg from the back view.

So much like before, we're going to start off with the hips and then form the glute muscles. After we've done that, we're going to sketch the upper and lower legs with smooth fluid gestural lines like we did before, and we're going to rough out the back of the foot. Next, draw the semi tendonosis and bicep for Morris muscles on the upper leg, along with the calf muscles on the lower leg. And now that we've drawn the leg from those three points of view, we're going to explore the legs in motion and a couple different dynamic poses. So if you can nail down the muscle structures when drawing the legs from the front view, back view and side view, you should have no trouble at all practicing drawing the legs from different positions, different angles, different dynamic poses, because once you get a sense of the muscles and how they move and flow, you'll have no trouble at all translating them to different points of view.

Now keep in mind when you're sketching leg poses where the toes are pointing out forward, the top of the foot is going to fall right in line with the lower leg and the heel is going to point backwards Now I'm only showing three examples here. But to get better at sketching legs in different poses and positions, be sure to study and practice a lot from real life reference photos. Some good sites that I like to use are Pinterest, and quick poses calm. There's many different photos you can draw and study from, to improve your anatomy skills, even more. Great work. Congratulations for completing lesson three of the course.

After watching these videos, you should now have a much easier time sketching the arms and the legs. Before we move on without let's do a quick little recap. So when you're drawing the female arms and legs, always remember that forms follow gesture. So before going in with any details, or building the structures, you want to make sure the gesture is nice and smooth and fluid. And then once that's down, you want to construct the forms using basic shapes. And then you also want to practice sketching both the arms and legs in a variety of different poses that really show the muscles in action.

Thank you guys so much. I appreciate it as always, and I'll see you in the next lesson. Take care