How to Draw Feet

Welcome to this drawing tutorial! Make sure to grab the free worksheets below and take time to practice. Drawing is a skill that requires hands-on practice so make sure you spend more time making art than consuming tutorials.

Simple Forms

Drawing feet can be quite challenging because they are usually in positions that are difficult to draw. To make it easier to practice we can break the foot into 3 major parts. Draw a box for the heel, sphere for the ankle and a tapered box (slightly triangular) for the front of the foot.

When you first start practicing I would recommend skipping the toes as we did on the worksheet. Focusing on the 3 major parts will make the learning process smoother.

Drawing the triangular box in perspective can be difficult so practice from reference and do some tracing if you can, this can help you see how the basic forms map onto a real foot. Stay at this stage of practice until you feel comfortable drawing these forms at multiple angles

I also have a tutorial on basic forms that you can check out here (Opens in a new window) if you want more help with drawing forms in perspective. This method of drawing is very versatile because you can construct very complex objects from these simple forms.

Complex Forms

Drawing in the organic forms becomes a lot easier once we have the simplified version as a guideline. To connect all the major forms, the front of the foot will connect up towards the sphere (almost looks like a tent attached to the ball) & we add in a rounded form for the toes. When drawing the rounded form for the toes make sure that the shape is longer towards the center of the body (where the big toe is located)

One thing you will notice as you practice is that the gap between the box and the triangular box is where the feet will bend the most. When drawing the inner side of the feet you will draw in the arch of the foot between these forms. 

I hope that this tutorial was of some use to you, if you want further practice with drawing the figure I have a set of worksheets below that you can grab and I also have tons more tutorials on the site that you can check out~