Human Figure: An Anatomy for Artists David K. Rubins
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

If we don't, we would end up with awkward poses and angles that haven't been thought through well. I suppose it always depends on the artist and what the goal is. The author of the classic human anatomy for artists is easy to use, with original drawings of over 570 photographs this reference. In his watercolour of a 'Persevering Surgeon' (see left), the British artist Thomas Rowlandson made no bones about the darkly erotic nature of anatomical dissection. This has been a life-long passion of mine. (look at his paintings, he studied, from my knowledge, the human body and does a lot of paintings covering the anatomy, or maybe, mainly the nervous system of the body.. Animal Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form. Explanations, sketches, and occasional obscure musings about human muscular and skeletal anatomy for the figure artist. As y'all know by now, I love to draw the human figure. A collection of drawings dedicated to the spirit of the human form and intended as an inspirational tool for the aspiring art student and artist alike. Despite a career that spanned a mere seven years, Masaccio, the XV century Florentine artist, has been dubbed both the 'Father of the Renaissance' and a precursor of modern painting. Here are a few studies of the human figure that I did recently for an online academy class. Study of the human figure Anatomy & Figurative. His heroic style and experiments in perspective became a . The body of Christ is remarkable for its anatomical realism - note how the muscles seem to be tensed, to reflect the physical reality of a human body being hung on a cross. It is said that before we can draw something to look natural we must first understand how it works.