Figures Made Easy

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Start with a heart . . . and create beautiful in-proportion people! Aspiring artists who feel intimidated at drawing figures will love Jane Davenport's amazingly easy technique, developed while she worked as a fashion illustrator. It involves using equal-size hearts to build the body's structure, and the results are astounding. Jane lays out the basics and walks you through working with different mediums; drawing the head, face, clothing, hair, and features; and constructing figures inspired by fashion, fantasy, life drawing, and more.

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Subject Covered: The human figure is a three dimensional structure of solid blocks havingweight and to draw it convincingly you must learn how to create an illusion of solid form ona two dimensional sheet of paper.The topics in this book are arranged conveniently in step by step sequential chapters, whichwill show you how to capture the spirit and evolution of the figure. This will streamline yourthoughts and result in capturing the essence of the figure in the shortest time. The approachof this book is based on teachings of the great masters of this subject which resulted in figuredrawings of unforgettable strength and beauty.This book explains all the necessary guidelines towards the proper study of the human figure.Whether you want to learn figure drawing as a hobby or make a career out of it, the simpleinstructions in this book will help you in achieving that goal.Remember the key to successful drawing of the human figure is to practise one concept at a time.