Drawing Anatomy: An Artist's Guide to the Human Figure

by Barrington Barber

Overview

The ability to draw the human figure well is the sign of a good artist. So it is vital to appreciate the body's characteristics and how they influence posture and expression. Drawing Anatomy provides all the information you need to produce the most accurate representations of people.

In Drawing Anatomy, teacher and artist Barrington Barber begins his exploration of this area of art by explaining what the body is made of and then reviews each section of the human figure in detail in separate chapters.

• Explains how the body changes with age
• Reveals how to portray the body in motion
• Teaches how features such as eyes and mouths can vary
• Includes information on Latin anatomical names and how they describe different parts of the body

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788283236
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing
Publication date:	06/13/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	236 MB
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About the Author

Barrington Barber is a renowned authority on teaching drawing and a practising artist. After training as a graphic designer, he went into advertising, working for top agencies before progressing to freelance design and producing illustrations for a range of books and magazines. He now enjoys a successful career as a commercial illustrator and fine artist and has written and illustrated a wide range of best-selling instructive art books.
Born 1934, Barrington was educated at Hampton Grammar School and later Twickenham Art Schoo for which he received a National Diploma of Design. He then practised as an illustrator (Saxon Artist) and Graphic Designer, was Art Director at Ogilvie&Mather and S.H. Bensons, and was a lecturer in Graphic Design at Ealing Art School. Other credits include freelance work, designer, illustrator, animator and painter at Augustine Studios. He was awarded a one man exhibition in 2000 at St. Oswald Studios, and also exhibited in Putney in 2003 and Cork Street in 2004. He was Head of Art at St James's Independent Schools. He now paints, draws, writes about art, and enjoys sports, walking, philosophy and meditation.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Technical Introduction 8

The Full Figure 15

The Head 51

The Torso 65

The Arms and Hands 85

The Legs and Feet 111

The Head in Movement 137

The Torso in Movement 167

The Arms and Hands in Movement 205

The Legs and Feet in Movement 235

The Moving Body 271

Life Drawing 307

Putting it All Together 319

Index 351