THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO LIST 10 DIFF APPROACHES TO DRAWING CHILDREN. THE FIRST 6 APPROACHES WILL CONSIDER THE AGE. THE LAST 4 ARE MORE STYLISTIC APPROACHES.

First consider the age and development of the child before you begin. Refer to one of the age groups that I list below for how to draw children. There are instructions for different age groups.
<h2>Consider the Age of the Children</h2>
<h3>1. Infants</h3>
Notice the proportions of a infant. The majority of the body is the head and the rest of the body is almost the same size. There is little to no difference between boys and girls.

Drawing infants or babies is quite simple. You can break it down in a couple of steps.

<strong>Head:</strong> To create the head, just create one circle for the face and then another circle for the head.

<strong>Body:</strong> The body should be about an equal size with the head. Figure out how many heads you need for the body.

<strong>Details:</strong> Draw softly for details like eyebrows, hair, and face features. Draw shapes for the cheeks, eyes, and the outline of the head.

<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2526" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1-2-180x300.jpg" alt="1" width="180" height="300" />          <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2527" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2-1-180x300.jpg" alt="2" width="180" height="300" />

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<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2528" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/3-2-180x300.jpg" alt="3" width="180" height="300" />          <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2529" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/4-2-193x300.jpg" alt="4" width="193" height="300" />

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<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2530" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/5-2-180x300.jpg" alt="5" width="180" height="300" />           <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2531" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/6-2-240x300.jpg" alt="6" width="240" height="300" />
<h3>2. Toddlers</h3>
There is only a slight difference between infants and toddlers. The largest difference is how big the child is. Depending on the age of the toddler, he or she will still have infant proportions. The overall body shape of a boy and a girl is still very similar.

Note that toddlers should have a longer body than an infant. So you add a half or a full head, depending on age.
<h3>3. Early Childhood / Kindergarteners</h3>
There are significant changes at this age. It is possible for children at this age to be approximately one-half the size of an adult. The general body shape is still similar to that of a toddler, but you will start to see a difference.

<strong>Boys:</strong> It's the same idea as drawing a toddler, but taller and older.

<strong>Girls:</strong> The body shape starts to change. You also begin to notice a difference between girls and boys. Be sure to draw as carefully as possible, or your child will look older than she is.
<h3>4. Elementary School Years</h3>
Girls partially start developing early. Notice also other important changes in the body as children get older.

<strong>Boys:</strong> Between 3rd grade - 5th grade, boys will catch up with girls and start surpassing them in height. They will also have overall larger bodies.

<strong>Girls:</strong> Go through a change of body shape again, typically 2 or 3 years before boys.

<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2532" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/7-2-180x300.jpg" alt="7" width="180" height="300" />         <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2533" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/8-1-180x300.jpg" alt="8" width="180" height="300" />

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<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2534" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/9-1-180x300.jpg" alt="9" width="180" height="300" />          <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2535" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/10-1-180x300.jpg" alt="10" width="180" height="300" />

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<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2536" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/11-1-180x300.jpg" alt="11" width="180" height="300" />           <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2537" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/12-1-180x300.jpg" alt="12" width="180" height="300" />
<h3>5. Middle School / Preteen</h3>
Proportions are about the same as elementary school kids, but girls are a lot more mature and will start looking like teenagers. There is a wide range so you may need to refer to a different body shape/age group, depending on the child.

<strong>Boys:</strong> At this age, boys should be about the same size as girls or bigger. However, for the most part, the overall body shape is still the same.

<strong>Girls:</strong> At this age girls will change quite dramatically as they start blossoming into young ladies.
<h3>6. Teenager/ Young Adult</h3>
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allot of young girls look like full adults in body but still hold on to a child like face, where boy will change drastically from looking like little kids to looking like a man in body. However ,There are key difference for both boys and girls from looking like a teenager to looking like an adult. Both boys and girl still have a young looking appearance in the face, you can do this buy creating a slight exaggeration of the eyes, drawing a smother face, softer details like neck line. As you get older details like the neck are more defined.

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<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2541" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/16-180x300.jpg" alt="16" width="180" height="300" />                  <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2542" src="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/17-180x300.jpg" alt="17" width="180" height="300" />

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<h2>Consider the Style in Which You Want to Draw the Children</h2>
7. Free style drawing or sketching
When you don’t know how old some one is look at a reference and draw what you see. Don’t get married to proportions because certain thing give people characteristic and drawing a person “ how they are supposed to look “ will give a good sketch of a child but maybe not the person you are drawing.
Understanding each persons physical appearance is different will help you draw some ones “character” or personality instead of just a person. Children tend to have certain mannerisms for example drawing a child pose thing like sitting crisscross, or playing.

8. Cartoon like:
consider drawing personality like being silly, funny, or at play, this will create a more cartoon like or child like image. Create slight exaggerations of the body to transform your child in too a cartoon which will capture a child like image.

Physical features
Head : is largely disproportionate compared to the body for a good amount of your life.
Eyes : a slight exaggeration of how big the eyes are will both give the child a more childish look and also cartoon like appearance.

Body: like an adults body but allot smaller, just think make every thing smaller, also knowing the key difference at certain ages will help capture the correct age group.

9. Children with Family or environment: One of the best ways to draw a child is to draw them next to some one else, keep in mind the smaller the child the younger they will appear.

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10. Appearance: Consider clothing, face exprensitions, being uninventive or any child like mannerism you can think of, drawing a character of that person, or capering that person personality will help not only make your drawing like that person but will create a sense of realism.

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