Sketching people : life drawing basics / Jeff Mellem.

By: Mellem, Jeff [author.]Contributor(s): Michael, Mona [Edited by:] | Hoffman, Jeniffer [Designed by:]Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cincinnati, Ohio : North Light Books, c2009Description: 127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmISBN: 978-1-60061-150-6Subject(s): HUMAN FIGURE IN ART | FIGURE DRAWING. -- TECHNIQUELOC classification: NC 765 M45 2009
Contents:
Introduction. -- Chapter 1 : Observational drawing. -- Chapter 2 : Gesture. -- Chapter 3 :Basic forms. -- Chapter 4 : Drapery. -- Chapter 5 : Expressions -- Chapter 6 : Body language -- Chapter 7 : Staging -- Chapter 8 : Value. -- Gallery. -- Index.
Summary: In this guide the artist focuses on the human form, utilizing a broad range of subjects--young and old, male and female, clothed and unclothed--in a variety of postures, from formal poses to everyday poise during activities such as reading, shopping, and sleeping. An expansive section is devoted to the drawing of heads and faces, and the book ends with a tutorial on drawing statues--an ideal way to learn how to draw the human form.
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Includes index.

Includes gallery and index.

Introduction. -- Chapter 1 : Observational drawing. -- Chapter 2 : Gesture. -- Chapter 3 :Basic forms. -- Chapter 4 : Drapery. -- Chapter 5 : Expressions -- Chapter 6 : Body language -- Chapter 7 : Staging -- Chapter 8 : Value. -- Gallery. -- Index.

In this guide the artist focuses on the human form, utilizing a broad range of subjects--young and old, male and female, clothed and unclothed--in a variety of postures, from formal poses to everyday poise during activities such as reading, shopping, and sleeping. An expansive section is devoted to the drawing of heads and faces, and the book ends with a tutorial on drawing statues--an ideal way to learn how to draw the human form.

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