Drawing a stilettoed foot is hard, but drawing a checkmark (✓) is easy!
After you've gotten comfy with this, begin to think of the long plane of the checkmark as the arch of the foot, and the small plane of the checkmark as the toe of the foot. Plant a cone behind the toe for the stiletto heel, running up to the top of the arch. Whether drawing high-heeled feet from your imagination or from a model, this primitive construction tool will help you flesh them out.
Observational note : The thumb of a weight-bearing hand is not unlike an offset stiletto heel. This is another place where we can employ the "foot check."
Bonus nugget : While we're on the topic of planes, notice how fingers A, B, and C [above] are the same shape. If we shove the fingernail to the top (as in A) the finger looks like it's tilted away from us. If we shove the fingernail to the bottom (as in C) the finger looks like it's tilted towards us. Fingernails and toenails are basically tiny, slightly curved planes. Use them!
If we extrude a 2D checkmark into 3D space, we get two planes : a long one and a short one, each pointing in a different direction. Practice drawing this 3D checkmark from above, below, in front, behind and everywhere in between.
After you've gotten comfy with this, begin to think of the long plane of the checkmark as the arch of the foot, and the small plane of the checkmark as the toe of the foot. Plant a cone behind the toe for the stiletto heel, running up to the top of the arch. Whether drawing high-heeled feet from your imagination or from a model, this primitive construction tool will help you flesh them out.
Observational note : The thumb of a weight-bearing hand is not unlike an offset stiletto heel. This is another place where we can employ the "foot check."
Bonus nugget : While we're on the topic of planes, notice how fingers A, B, and C [above] are the same shape. If we shove the fingernail to the top (as in A) the finger looks like it's tilted away from us. If we shove the fingernail to the bottom (as in C) the finger looks like it's tilted towards us. Fingernails and toenails are basically tiny, slightly curved planes. Use them!
