POCKET ART: Figure Drawing – The Quick Guide to Mastering Technique and Style

Joanna Henly

Rockport Publishers, Beverly, USA

Year 2018

Pages 124

This book is packed with expert technical guidance on drawing realistic figures and stunning, inspirational examples. The author guides you through every aspect of figure drawing with a lively, graphic approach to instruction – demystifying the complexities of body proportions and capturing gestures with step-by-step illustrations and expert tips. Following an introduction – including a look at career directions for figure artists and an overview of tools, materials, and techniques – your lessons begin with the basics of accurately rendering body proportions, body types, and body parts. After you gain some experience drawing basic figures, you will move on to adding expression – a person’s style and personality, proclamation and identity – to your work. Then you will finish up by heading out and about, practicing street sketching and movement. A gallery of drawings in the back provides a quick reference for inspiration and to reinforce what you have learned.