Dynamic Figure Drawing. This item is unavailable.Dynamic Figure Drawing

The definitive resource for rendering realistic figures that seem to leap off the page, from the acclaimed cartoonist hailed as the “Michelangelo of the comic strip”

Dynamic figure drawing is the most essential of all skills for the artist to learn, and one of its most challenging aspects is foreshortening. One must visualize the body forms from every conceivable point of view as they plunge into deep space, often rendering them in radical foreshortening.

In Dynamic Figure Drawing, Burne Hogarth offers a revolutionary system that will enable you to draw an incredible variety of poses, actions, and gestures without a model and with the correct relationship between forms.

Dynamic Figure Drawing covers:
• body forms
• figures in deep 3D space
• interconnection and overlapping of forms
• foreshortening
• bodies in motion
• and more!

Burne Hogarth’s unique teaching methods in Dynamic Figure Drawing, part of his comprehensive Dynamic Drawing Series, are indispensable for every professional artist, art student, teacher, painter, sculptor, illustrator, cartoonist, animator, and serious amateur.

Burne Hogarth’s masterful Dynamic Drawing Series is an invaluable resource for any artist:
DRAWING DYNAMIC HANDS • DRAWING THE HUMAN HEAD • DYNAMIC ANATOMY • DYNAMIC FIGURE DRAWING • DYNAMIC LIGHT AND SHADE • DYNAMIC WRINKLES AND DRAPERY

Burne Hogarth (1911–1996), hailed as the “Michelangelo of the comic strip,” was one of the most iconic cartoonists and influential arts educators of the twentieth century. Best known for his innovative illustrations of the syndicated Sunday Tarzan, Hogarth broke fresh ground in the newspaper comic strip by combining classicism, expressionism, and narrative in a powerful, new way. As cofounder of the School of Visual Arts—one of the world’s leading art schools—he brought his unique approach to art into the classroom. Hogarth’s art has been exhibited in many important galleries around the world including the Louvre in the Museé des Arts Décoratifs and Marseilles’ Bibliothèque. He traveled the world throughout his life receiving numerous international awards and accolades.