GRID STEP. You can print out the base construction lines and start drawing on tracing paper, or you can draw the grid layout yourself using the following steps.1) Draw a rectangle that will define the conditional proportions and boundaries of the chosen drawing. 2) From the middle of the rectangle, draw one vertical and one horizontal line equally dividing the shape. 3) Draw another horizontal line equally dividing the upper half of the rectangle. Similarly, draw a horizontal line equally dividing the bottom half of the rectangle. 4) Draw a vertical line equally dividing the left half of the rectangle. Similarly, draw a vertical line equally dividing the right half of the rectangle.

STEP 1. Mark off the width and height of the picture. Add guidelines for the biker’s body and bicycle. Draw an oval for his head. Outline wheels.

STEP 2. Draw the body and neck of the bicyclist. Add a frame to the bicycle.

STEP 3. Add guidelines for his arms, legs and facial features.

STEP 4. Outline the arms, hands, legs and helmet of the BMX biker.

STEP 5. Add more details to the helmet. Sketch the sport shoes, T-shirt sleeves and fingers of the sportsman. Draw circles for hubs.

STEP 6. Detail the biker’s clothes and the frame of his bike. Add a saddle.

STEP 7. Work on the figure, paying special attention to small details.

STEP 8. Contour the BMX biker, trying to vary the thickness and darkness of the line. Add more detail and add the ground. Erase all guidelines.