There are many approaches to creating a sketch of a person. There is more than just one right way to go about it. I want to share with you one method that I recently discovered that breaks the whole process down into four simple steps. I knew how to sketch people before, but I didn't do it in this sequence. I find this manner to be really helpful for people considering themselves as beginners. So let's see how to sketch a person in only four steps.
<h2>The Steps Needed to Sketch a Person</h2>
First of all, sketch the outline of the person's figure.

Next, sketch in the apparent human features.

Now is the time to sketch in the clothing.

Finally, bring greater dimension to your sketch by adding values to it. There are three components of adding values to your sketches. The shade you see in this sketch is just one of those three components. In <a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/more/how-to-sketch/">the book I talk about after</a> this lesson, it goes over this and the other two components needed to bring just the right form to any sketch you make.
<h2>More on Sketching</h2>
That is how to sketch a person step by step. I learned about this method while reading a how to sketch book titled, coincidentally enough, <a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/more/how-to-sketch/">How to Sketch.</a> The author of the book, Kerry Godsall, breaks the process down in very easy-to-follow language. That process includes not only how to sketch people but also how to sketch inanimate still life objects, buildings, foilage, and animals. The book also covers in greater detail the three components of adding values to sketches that I mentioned in the tutorial.

Hopefully you will try this lesson out on your own. Try it on different subjects. You can use reference photographs, and you can also sketch from life. Since the steps are so quick and easy, and you are only making a sketch of a person as opposed to a complex drawing, you do not have to worry yourself with excessive details (if you so choose). The more people you sketch, the quicker and easier the steps will become!