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.
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Amazon Customer –
Very substandard book. And, by the way, strangely he has chapters on drawing females, children, the elderly and the obese and nothing on drawing the male body. I guess he’s repulsed by it?
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Mario –
I can’t believe they let such a terrible illustrator release this book. The drawings are awful and the text is very basic, mostly with clichés. Try another drawing book.
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Carib Leather –
Great book, loved experimenting with it
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deedee –
Good for a beginner. Showed motion lines of the body, shading and tonal drawing.
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Happy Gal –
Excellent examples of the basics of figure drawing. I wish I had bought this book first, it would’ve saved me a lot of money that I wasted on other books. It takes the reader through a logical progression of approaches and drawing techniques. My figure drawing has not only improved immensely, I’m not getting so frustrated trying to get basic things like proportions right. It also contains some excellent practice exercises and suggestions.
I’m kinda scratching my head at the reviewers that gave it a poor rating; I’ve spent a LOT of money on figure drawing books and this is one of the few that really helped me improve. To each his own, I guess. Buy it from the Marketplace and it won’t break the bank to check it out.
Amazon Customer –
Very substandard book. And, by the way, strangely he has chapters on drawing females, children, the elderly and the obese and nothing on drawing the male body. I guess he’s repulsed by it?
Mario –
I can’t believe they let such a terrible illustrator release this book.
The drawings are awful and the text is very basic, mostly with clichés.
Try another drawing book.
Carib Leather –
Great book, loved experimenting with it
deedee –
Good for a beginner. Showed motion lines of the body, shading and tonal drawing.
Happy Gal –
Excellent examples of the basics of figure drawing. I wish I had bought this book first, it would’ve saved me a lot of money that I wasted on other books. It takes the reader through a logical progression of approaches and drawing techniques. My figure drawing has not only improved immensely, I’m not getting so frustrated trying to get basic things like proportions right. It also contains some excellent practice exercises and suggestions.
I’m kinda scratching my head at the reviewers that gave it a poor rating; I’ve spent a LOT of money on figure drawing books and this is one of the few that really helped me improve. To each his own, I guess. Buy it from the Marketplace and it won’t break the bank to check it out.