Anatomy and Realism Reference Books
Posted on August 14, 2007
If I am not drawing and sketching then I can at least spend my time reading about it. :)
I spent some time in my local Chapters store and found two more good books on drawing the human form.
Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces by Carrie Stuart Parks is the first book. As well as having the ever repeated notions on proportions, I picked it up as it has a lot of good detail orientated information. Focusing on specific shading, creases and using reflected light.
Human Anstomy Made Amazingly Easy by Christopher Hart is also good as it is more orientated toward the freedom of the pose. It covers others areas of anatomy along with muscle and bone structure and gives you a good look into what makes our bodies up and why they look the way they do.
I hope to be posting some more sketches and painting later in the week.
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Face and Figure Books
Posted on August 10, 2007
I recently added two new books to my collection to aid in my drawing the human form. One is called “Drawing the Head and Figure” by Jack Hamm, and the other in a little unconventional - “Strength Training Anotomy” by Frederic Delavier.
The strength training book was recommended by Tony O’Regan from my drawing class, as the book has great illustrations in it for understanding the human muscular and skeletal structure underneath the skin.
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Drawing Face and Figure Workshop
Posted on August 1, 2007
Last Sunday I took a drawing face and figure workshop as I have always wanted to be able to draw the human form. The workshop was put on by Tony O’Regan at The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby.
The class was fantastic! Easy to follow with a lot of information on proportions and formula for drawing the face. Muscle structure plays so much of a role in the details of the face that we went over all the major structures and muscles for a better understanding of what we were drawing.
The figures were a blast as well. Emphasis was on body gesture more than full detailed antomy. It made it so much easier to understand the human form doing it this way. Once I am more comfortable drawing gestures I’ll move on to more of the human form.
Here are some of the results from the class.
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Apples
Posted on July 14, 2007
Two sketches of apples. The first one I focused more on the apple and it shows. Although the background colour compliments the apple well, it is unfinished and lacking definition.
The second sketch I started with the background, knowing that if I didn’t I would focus on the apples too much. There is a sense of harmony between the background and the apples, however there is lack of definition in the apples.
Please post your comments if you have any.
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