ABSTRACT
Children very seldom do not have some sort of prop with them while playing. The children’s play area at a local shopping mall is another one of the author favorite places to sketch. A visit to a local park with a skateboarding facility gave the author the opportunity to sketch the youngsters skateboarding, a sketching challenge that paid dividends in unique action poses. Be ready for the action that is sure to come when sketching children. Whether mimicking adults or just moving to music, children dancing are uninhibited and will throw themselves into the fun the movement. From spindly legs to chubby baby fat, the body types of children are all over the anatomy landscape. When drawing children pay attention to proportion. They are not miniature adults. Heads are larger in proportion to the body, facial features sit low on the cranium, and there is lots of “baby fat” with short arms, legs, and a stomach that usually extends out.
