The Figure: The Classic Approach to Drawing & Construction

384 Pages·1984·21.82 MB·English

by  Walt Reed

Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 - The basic form figure

Proportions
Do’s and don’ts

CHAPTER 2 - Anatomy and Figure Drawing

Bones and muscles affect the surface of the figure

CHAPTER 3 - Heads and Hands

Drawing the head in different positions
Planes of the head
The features
Light and shade on the head
Male and female heads-differences
Creating many types from the same model
Self Portraiture
The Hand — Its Powers of Expression
‟Humanizing” the block forms

CHAPTER 4 - The Figure in Motion

Gesture drawing
Select the most descriptive pose
Points to remember

The Figure. Copyright © 1976, 1984 by Fletcher Art Services, Inc. Printed and bound in the United States
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Revised softcover edition 1984.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Main entry under title:
The Figure.

1. Human figure in art. 2. Drawing-Instruction. I. Reed, Walt.
NC765.F53 743’.4 76-4545
ISBN 0-89134-097-1
Dedicated to the long roster of friends and colleagues from the Guiding Faculty
and instruction staff of the Famous Artists School, whose teaching methods,
evolved and tested over more than twenty years, developed much of the
information presented in this book.