Figure Drawing (Paperback)

Jake Spicer

ISBN 10: 1781577021 / ISBN 13: 9781781577028

Published by Octopus Publishing Group, Lewes, 2021

About this Item

Paperback. ***'Figure Drawing is structured like an art school course and is every bit as rewarding.' Artists and IllustratorsInformative and instructive, this comprehensive guide will give you all the tools you need to draw the human figure, from life and from a screen. While many books focus on just one aspect of figure drawing, this manual unites the skills of observation, expression and understanding in one coherent approach. Beginning with the key principles of observation, Figure Drawing will help you to build a strong foundation of skills to make well-observed, proportionally accurate drawings. As the book progresses you will explore processes and exercises that move beyond the purely observed to express the gesture, form and substance of your model.Photographic and illustrative examples throughout the book support your learning at every step. Clear step-by-step tutorials provide a practical understanding of the key materials, skills and ideas in figure drawing. A comprehensive anatomical reference section, broken down into manageable zones, deepens your knowledge of the human form. The book is a Swiss-bound paperback, designed to lie flat when open and in use. Understand the human body and transform your art with bestselling author and teacher Jake Spicer Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Figure Drawing (Paperback)
• Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group, Lewes
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781577021
• ISBN 13: 9781781577028
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Understand the human body and transform your art with bestselling author Jake Spicer


Informative and instructive, this book will equip artists of all levels with the ability to make clear perceptions of the human body and translate them onto the page. Figure Drawing begins with basic principles and builds progressively, after showing you how to develop and expand your sketching practice, how to observe and see differently, and how to create a language of marks to enable you to bring this vision to paper.




As you travel through the book, you'll discover how a deeper understanding of the human body and its anatomy can transform your work. By the end you'll feel confident that everything you see, experience and understand about the body can be transformed into personal, focused and responsive figure drawings.

About the Author

Jake Spicer is an artist and drawing tutor based in Brighton, England. He is head tutor at the independent drawing school Draw, a co-director of the Drawing Circus and regularly runs portrait and figure drawing courses for the Camden Arts Centre and National Portrait Gallery.