Haha! What I know of pencil drawings are dangerous...
I'll try my best though...
Firstly, gather some source material:
Genie Image SearchPeople often underestimate the importance of planing beforehand what you actually want to draw, is it the Genie from Aladdin? or the Mythological Fiery Creature?
Then also decide how much you want to draw of it? Only the head? The full body? or even the lamp?
Now that you have an idea of what you want your genie to look like, you can move on to the drawing...
Say for this example we will use the Genie from Aladdin. Now he has a small tail linking up to a larger body with large arms and a medium sized head. Always remember these facts in order to make sure you are drawing in proportion.
Draw the head first, start with an oval and work your way from there. Also draw a cross over the entire face, one line running down through the nose and the other across from ear to ear. Also notice how he has a pronounced chin with rather large eyes as well as a beard. Draw these lines OVER your 'construction' lines. The most important would be to realize that you have an eraser but not to use to it too quickly; in other words keep your 'construction' lines until you are happy with the pencil sketch and are ready to begin shading/colouring...
Now that you are done with the face, you can move on to the body. Start at the curve of his chin and draw lines protruding out and then curving back in to form his body and tail. This shouldn't be too difficult if you study your source material. Leave the lines there and move on to the arms. The easiest would probably be to draw them folded, paying special attention to the biceps and forearm muscles. Therefore the hands should be behind the biceps, eliminating the need for fingers (that often are difficult to draw)
Once you have finished this your pencil sketch is nearly complete... The final task would be to compare it to your source material: does it have the same proportions? does it look and feel like a Genie?
After making minor adjustments, erase your construction lines carefully but not fully as they will help you with the shading, but thats a whole other ball game...
Hope this helped a bit...
Oh, final admonition: BE PATIENT... that is the key factor to any artwork: If it takes you 100 tries to get that line right then do it 100 times, don't give up!
Look forward to seeing the results.
If you need any more help just shout or have a look at this:
Genie Drawing
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