November 23, 2006
Drawing the figure from the inside out?
It's hard enough to draw the human figure, but to do it from the inside out? OMG...
A recent entry in the Every Day Matters forum linked to this unusual site. It shows an animation (flash) of an artist drawing, first a skeleton, then the body, then clothes on the figure of a woman. How wonderful to know the body that well to recreate the entire thing, from the inside out. If you've never seen it, it's well worth it!
In my Figure class, we recently had a similar assignment, to take a sketch we did in class, and laying vellum over it, draw the skeleton. Whoa, I didn't have any anatomy classes under my belt! Thank goodness for amazon.com and the wealth of books written on "anatomy for artists".
So, here's my sketch:
and here's the skeleton:
The assignment seemed so totally huge, but once I got into it, I actually enjoyed learning about the "human infrastructure". There are several books I would recommend for those who want good anatomy reference books: "An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists" by Fritz Schider, "Anatomy, A Complete Guide for Artists" by Joseph Sheppard, and "Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist" by Stephen Rogers Peck. I also highly recommend anything by Robert Beverly Hale, a man who taught figure drawing at the Art Student's League of New York.
Posted by Sherri at November 23, 2006 11:11 AM | Art
Comments
great effort. the skeletal structure just fits in. i did do some copying from the stephen peck book but most of it is forgotten. :( i think i would need the pressure of a class and an assignment to do this :D but i'm adding this to my list of things to do. thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Ujwala at November 23, 2006 09:18 PM
That's really excellent! Your skeleton is done so well, must have been very difficult with perspective etc. I like Sarah Simbletts book, called Anatomy For the Artist I think. There are some overlays in that too.
Posted by: Felicity at November 23, 2006 10:41 PM
