Teach Yourself Visually Drawing

Find the Gesture of the Pose: Quick Sketches. To draw the human figure convinc- ingly, you must be aware of the ges- ture, or th ...

Drawing the Human Figure chapter 12 The gesture in this pose lies in the tilt of the head to the left, and the extension of the ...

Find the Gesture of the Pose: Quick Sketches (continued) The direction of movement in this sketch is captured with few details. ...

Drawing the Human Figure chapter 12 This is a relaxed, peaceful pose. The gesture has been emphasized in this example, not throu ...

Add a Color to Your Paper. In this example, the easiest type of pastel to use is a soft pastel because it can be easily erased. ...

Drawing the Human Figure chapter 12 Using a pink pastel as the main color to which some ochre pastel was added, the artist began ...

Add a Color to Your Paper (continued) To continue this drawing, the light on the top half of the left side of the body has been ...

Drawing the Human Figure chapter 12 The highlight on the top half of the back differentiates the back into two separate planes. ...

Add a Color to Your Paper (continued) This is a continuation of the drawing starting from page 250. The chair that the model is ...

Drawing the Human Figure chapter 12 This is the completed drawing. The artist further defined the foot by showing the toes as sl ...

Gallery: Human Figure Drawings. The next few pages contain some figure drawings by various artists, which show some different ap ...

Drawing the Human Figure chapter 12 This drawing has a very solid sculptural quality, which is the result of the very definite p ...

Gallery: Human Figure Drawings (continued) This figure drawing by William Bailey shows a very gentle approach to describing the ...

Drawing the Human Figure chapter 12 In this drawing, the artist used graphite on top of a toned sheet of paper. The tone was mad ...

Gallery: Human Figure Drawings (continued) This crouching figure began with a model and was completed using a photograph. This w ...

Drawing the Human Figure chapter 12 In this quick sketch, the artist’s main intent was to capture the expression of this older w ...

The Landscape Throughout the centuries, even the most ardent artists and painters of the figure and still life ventured outdoors ...

The “Nuts and Bolts” of Landscape Drawing................ 262 The Thumbnail Sketch.................................. 264 The Str ...

The “Nuts and Bolts” of Landscape Drawing Many of us are inspired by the overwhelming beauty of the natural world. However, you ...

The Landscape chapter 13 TIP This drawing of some boats in the water was most likely drawn in about 90 seconds, while the artist ...