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 Lar Gibbon. Draw a figure for its head. Draw a line, which will act as the center of its body. Add the tree branches.

STEP 2. Draw the shapes of the body and tree.

STEP 3. Add guidelines for the gibbon’s legs, arms and facial features.

STEP 4. Draw shapes for the legs, arms and cheeks.

STEP 5. Draw the toes and fingers of the gibbon. Add a small branch above the monkey.

STEP 6. Add the nose. Work on the figure, paying special attention to detail.

STEP 7. Contour the Lar gibbon, trying to vary the thickness and darkness of the line. Add more detail and add the branches. Erase all guidelines.