Drawing And Painting The Nude

Artists have always been fascinated with portraying the nude: the beauty and nuances of the human figure are endlessly absorbing. This practical and inspirational book celebrates and continues that enduring and beautiful tradition by encouraging you to discover your own talent and style. Philip Tyler looks in detail at the key skills and themes, such as perception, proportion, composition, colour and facture, that the artist needs. He then investigates ideas and styles, and encourages you to interpret the nude so your paintings have those elusive qualities of vitality and relevance, which can turn a painting into a masterpiece. He explores the practical, technical and philosophical problems of drawing and painting the nude, with exercises to support each lesson and over 300 images illustrate the text. Aimed at both novices and art graduates, this practical and inspirational guide is illustrated throughout with 320 colour images and there are exercises to support the fifty lessons.

Giovanni Civardi breaks down the complex process of drawing the male nude, from making rudimentary choices about framing, lighting and the most appropriate drawing tools, to rendering detailed and anatomically accurate artworks. Civardis own masterful drawings provide an excellent touchstone for the artist wanting to explore the depiction of the male body, and his studies of numerous poses cover all aspects of life drawing. Civardi takes a pragmatic, almost scientific, approach to teaching the subject, combining basic physics with artistic interpretation. Drawing the Male Nude also touches upon the significant anatomical differences between the male and the female form, but these are also covered in some detail in the companion to this title, Drawing the Female Nude.

Artists have always been fascinated with portraying the nude: the beauty and nuances of the human figure are endlessly absorbing. This practical and inspirational book celebrates and continues that enduring and beautiful tradition by encouraging you to discover your own talent and style. Philip Tyler looks in detail at the key skills and themes, such as perception, proportion, composition, color, and facture, that the artist needs. He then investigates ideas and styles, and encourages you to interpret the nude so your paintings have those elusive qualities of vitality and relevance, which can turn a painting into a masterpiece.

Learn how to draw the human figure through example, with over 400 photographs and 15 practical exercises, each designed to help you develop your skills.

A thoughtful introduction to art and its interpretation for children, with a sense of humor Why is Art Full of Naked People? is an irreverent and informative primer that asks tricky questions about what makes art art. What is with all the fruit? Why is art so weird nowadays? There are questions about how art views the world, from cave paintings through to Cubism, from the Renaissance to contemporary art, questions about different genres, including still-life painting, landscapes and portraits, and questions about the role and value of art in the past and today. Artists ask questions when they make art and viewers ask questions when they look at art; this book provides an engaging way for young people to explore asking and answering questions for themselves. The book is structured around twenty-two questions, each one tackled over two spreads. Through this provocative approach it offers an introduction to art history and a toolkit to enable young people to feel confident asking questions, searching for answers, and “reading” art for themselves.

Offers instruction in drawing and painting the nude and partially-clothed human figure in both wet and dry media.

Silvan Kaeser is convinced that nude drawing has nothing to do with eroticism, but with practice and concentration. The subject of figure drawing is fascinating. Nude drawing anyway. With "Nude Drawing for Beginners", the graphic designer, nude drawing teacher and photographer Silvan Kaeser presents many useful tips and tricks that make it easier to get started with this creative work. Using many colorful nude photographs and illustrations, he explains in a simple way the procedure and how to easily and quickly get a good result. The following chapters contain many tips to learn nude drawing quickly and easily: Preface Preparation Desire First steps Exercise Light Painting Detail Anatomy Control Conclusion An enjoyable textbook for rapid progress in figure drawing: Large textbook on 76 full-color pages. 8.5 x 11 inches With many explanatory nude photos and illustrations For students, draftsmen, designers and creatives of all kinds Learn to draw nudes with 11 chapters Countless drawing tips and tricks Paperback with matte soft cover Designed in Switzerland The Author Silvan Kaeser, 48 is a graphic designer from Lucerne, Switzerland. He attended the renowned School of Design, Lucerne. He has been the owner of an advertising agency for over 20 years. StadtHirsch.ch. In his spare time he photographs, gives lessons in nude drawing, design fonts and is a ski instructor.

Demonstrates modern methods of painting the nude, derived from techniques of the great masters. De Ruth describes the painting materials and tools that are specifically suitable to painting the nude. He explains the basic elements of drawing the nude figure, analyzing the movement of the figure, problems of balance, and how to light various anatomical forms. --From publisher description.