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Master the art of figure drawing with this practical drawing book, written by experienced anatomical illustrator Jennifer Crouch.
Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 illustrations, Anatomy for the Artist is a comprehensive guide to drawing the human body. Step-by-step drawing projects guide you through various subjects and help you create accurate images with ease.
Sections include:
• Shape and form
• The skeletal form
• Connective...
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The bold form of the human figure has inspired artists for centuries, providing endless variety and interest. In this inspirational workbook, author and artist, Barrington Barber, provides an accessible, introduction to life drawing.
After reading this book, you will be able to:
• Precisely depict the skeleton and musculature
• Use perspective to create realistic images
• Correctly gauge figure proportions and foreshorten limbs
• Portray...
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412 rare royalty-free woodcut engravings of men in every conceivable attitude, costume, activity. Men at work, play, leisure. Eskimos, gladiators, knights, bullfighters, workers, doctors, artists, many more, taken from 19th-century periodicals. Invaluable sourcebook for artists and illustrators.
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An awe-inspiring fusion of science and art, this magnificent single-volume reference features more than 130 ground-breaking anatomical illustrations by history's most brilliant artists. Dramatic and highly studied sketches dating back to the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, these images by Leonardo da Vinci, Bartolommeo Eustachius, Andreas Vesalius, Bernard Albinus, and Pietro da Cortona have given our modern world an unsurpassed appreciation...
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With Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters, you'll learn character design for these popular entertainment genres from renowned concept artist and teacher TB Choi.
• Constructing a Character. Build a character right from the start with the basics of human anatomy and proportion.
• Simplifying Forms for Poses and Gestures. Streamline form to develop effective poses and gestures from a variety of angles.
• Drawing Hair, Clothing, and Accessories....
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This volume offers an impressive sampling of life drawings by 45 of the art world's greatest masters. From Albrecht Dürer's 15th-century brush-and-ink drawing of Female Nude, Seen from the Back and Modigliani's mixed media presentation of Caryatid to splendid drawings by Raphael, Rubens, van Dyck, Hogarth, Constable, Ingres, Gauguin, Matisse, and 35 other outstanding artists, these carefully selected plates display the varying styles and traditions...
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Learn how to reflect the beautifully diverse world around you in the manga-style characters you draw, guided by the talented team of artists at Saturday AM.
Saturday AM is the world's leading showcase of diverse anime and manga stories. How to Draw Diverse Manga features the comics brand's most popular artists, who themselves represent racial identities, ethnicities, and cultures from all over the world, as well as diverse gender identities.
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50) Christ in Art
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Since the dawn of Christianity, artists have been fascinated and stirred by the figure of Christ. His likeness appears in frescoes on the walls of catacombs that date from Roman times; he is featured in the stained glass windows of Gothic churches; and he can be found in various forms in today's pop culture. The Biblical Saviour is not a static, immaterial deity: Christ's mortal birth, unusual life, and dramatic death make him an accessible subject...
51) Figure Drawing
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This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to drawing figures, with information and tips on different styles and methods. Drawing the human body has always been one of the chief challenges an artist must face, and many people struggle to portray their subject accurately. This volume walks the reader through the various techniques and methods of representing the human form and is ideal for the budding artist who finds drawing the human figure...
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La figure du Christ a, depuis toujours, inspiré les artistes. Déjà, dans les catacombes de l'Antiquité romaine, son portrait apparaissait sur les fresques murales. Plus tard, la vie du Christ se découpe dans les vitraux des églises gothiques ou se dessine sur les toiles des artistes de la Renaissance. Cependant, la figuration du Seigneur ne répond pas à une codification particulière et peut prendre, selon les artistes, des traits divers et...
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William Hogarth a rédigé son Analyse de la Beauté en 1753, dans le contexte des Lumières. À travers ce texte captivant, il s'attarde sur une définition de la notion de beauté en peinture. Affirmant qu'elle est intrinsèquement liée à l'usage de la ligne serpentine dans les compositions picturales, il baptise cette dernière "ligne de la beauté". Son essai est consacré à une étude de la composition des toiles, dépendant d'une utilisation...
54) Greek Sculpture
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Greek Sculpture is probably the most well known aspect of Greek art, for a contemporary it expresses the most beautiful ideal and plastic perfection. It is the first of the Ancient Arts that looked to free itself from the imitative constraints, of the faithful representation of nature. Only a small part of the production of Greek Sculpture is known to us. Many of the masterpieces described by Antique literature are henceforth lost or badly damaged,...
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Ready to take your drawing skills to the next level? Success in Art: Drawing Hands & Feet allows beginning artists to master the challenges of rendering realistic hands and feet.
Drawing realistic hands and feet in graphite pencil is a challenging subject for most beginners. With Drawing Hands & Feet, follow along as you study the common forms of the fingers and toes and learn to create and meld basic shapes to build realistic final art. Discover...
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Packed with helpful photographs, hundreds of techniques, and loads of expert instruction, The Complete Book of Posesfor Artists is the perfect resource for artists of all skill levels. The human figure is one of the most difficult subjects to capture in drawing. The Complete Book of Poses for Artists combines photographs and illustrations that demonstrate how to accurately render the human form in hundreds of realistic poses. The book guides artists...
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Learn to draw one of art's most interesting and challenging subjects. Packed with practical advice, helpful tips, and fundamental drawing techniques, The Art of Drawing People explores how to capture detailed poses and likenesses in graphite pencil.
With step-by-step instruction from a variety of artists, you'll find plenty of helpful tips on choosing the right tools and materials, fundamental drawing techniques, developing value and shading, and...
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How often does an aspiring artist read a book or take a class on drawing the human body, only to end up with page after page of stiff lifeless marks rather than the well-conceived figure the course promised? Though there are many books on drawing the human figure, none teach how to draw a figure from the first few marks of the quick sketch to the last virtuosic stroke of the finished masterpiece, let alone through a convincing, easy-to-understand...
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With a wealth of illustrated graphite portrait references and step-by-step pencil lessons, “The Art of Drawing Poses for Beginners” will help you master drawing realistic human figures in a range of different positions.
This helpful 128-page guide reveals the process of drawing the human figure as it pertains to anatomy, proportions, volume, mass, gesture, movement, and expression. From there, discover how these characteristics come together...
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Drawing the human figure with confidence and skill is perhaps the biggest challenge faced by artists, yet the most rewarding when it is achieved.
In Anatomy for Artists, best-selling author and artist Barrington Barber provides clear annotated diagrams of every part of the human body useful to the artist, showing bone structure, musculature and surface views.
Throughout the book he gives practical advice, gained from years of experience, on how...
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