Art of Drawing the Human Body (Practical Art)

Book Description
Budding artists can master the toughest and most treasured technique of all: portraying the beauty, grace, and personality of the human body. This wonderful tutorial, and a variety of inspiring sketches on every page, provide the solid technical foundation needed to depict every type of figure—young or old, male or female, standing, sitting, or in motion—and with style. Intricately detailed drawings, some with grids, help capture the correct proportions for head, torso, arms, and legs; add light and shadow for tonal depth; and create texture, volume, and expressive lines. A thorough study of the nude and the development of preliminary sketches make this an extraordinary value.


...The critical element in any figure drawing text is the HUMAN FIGURE PUPPET. Artists can demonstrate these figures with several geometrical devices. For example, the PUPPET can be drawn using BLOCK shapes for torso & limbs. Alternatively, the author can show the PUPPET with EGG-SHAPES or CONES. Another method is to use TRIANGLES for the torso, limbs & head. The important thing is that the author have sufficient examples for the student to copy. .....

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