Figure Drawing By Jake Spicer

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Understand the human body & transform your art with bestselling author & teacher Jake Spicer. Informative & instructive, this comprehensive guide will give you all the tools you need to draw the human figure, from life & from a screen. While many books focus on just one aspect of figure drawing, this manual unites the skills of observation, expression & 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 & exercises that move beyond the purely observed to express the gesture, form & substance of your model. Photographic & 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 & 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 & in use. Jake Spicers instructional art books have sold more than 300, 000 copies worldwide, including more than 100, 000 Nielsen TCM in the UK. Instructive step-by-steps unpack methods for artists of all abilities. Figure drawing is an enduringly popular hobby & has over 1.5 million posts on Instagram