DRAWING THE HUMAN BODY
ART DRAWING THE HUMAN BODY 原 Sterling Publishing Co.,Inc. NEW YORK
Tpas byEdgr Loy Fankboer Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available 10987654321 Originally published in Spain n 2003 under the tite Dibjoe Fgura Humana by Toront.Ontario.Canada M6K 3E7 aRSaS2s Distributed in Australia b n Link(Australia)Pry Ltd. BO.Box 704.Windsor,Australia NSW 2756 Sterling ISBN:1-4027-1148-4
ART DRAWING THE HUMAN BODY
Introduction6 STUDY OF THE NUDE FIGURE 8 The Body and Its Proportions Io Dn the uman Figure 12 Proportions of the Female Figure Basic Anatomy and Synthesis 24 The Hands:Structure and Outline 32 Contents CONSTRUCTING THE FIGURE 38 The Geometric Sketch:Structuring the Whole from Simple Forms46
ATTITUDES OF THE HUMAN FIGURE:THE POSE 60 the Figure:Open and Closed Approaches7 Seated and Reclining p ontraposto 72 Motion:The Expressive Line of the Body 78 wing the Nude in Perspective 8o LIGHT AND SHADOW IN THE HUMAN FIGURE 82 Sketching a Tonal Drawing 88 of Hatching:Creating Volume 90 Chiaroscur Effects:Working with Absolute Contrast94 STEP BY STEP 126 Figure and Its Context 104 u Fore :Drawing Building on stains 134 VTEXTURES AND EFFECTS 106 Up 140 The artist's resour 42 CreatingVolume with Accents Modelin a Figure 148 Erasing:Opening Up Spaces 8 Figure of a Young Woman and a Girl on the Beach Is. Expresive Lines:Rhythm and Tension The Qualities of the Skin 1 Index 159
6 Introduction The FIGURE AS ARTIST'S OBJECTIVE human figure that are absent with other subjects.This ut into practice cverything e ow abou 1. e1。 Dringh human body preentgreater challenge than any other subject,because both artist and viewer are intimately fami of the uman figure.F still live n,an artist whe Drawing the human figure requires a an figure.We often which will to ker gaze s a pro uct of his particular draw us to adjust our
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