How to Draw the Human Figure: Famous Artists School Step-By-Step Method

by Cortina Famous Schools Staff

Book Overview

This book introduces you to an exciting approach to figure drawing. It was especially created by a group of America's most eminent artists who have demonstrated the methods they have used in their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064640698
• ISBN13: 9780064640695
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great!

I would purchase from this seller again and recommend. The item was delivered promptly and in the condition promised.

Good Stuff

I have always been interested in the human figure. Getting the proportions right while exhibiting action is difficult. This workbook is a excellent source to help accomplish this goal. Rikk

Still in business!

This book is a great "how-to" book because it actually teaches. As one reviewer said...some people who write "how to" books can't teach . FAS has a long history of actually teaching art and this book is just a sample of the material from that school...which is STILL IN BUSINESS ( in this book is a FREE art lesson you can send in and get evaluated by an instructor ). Get all of these in the series and you won't be disappointed!

One of the Top 5 figure drawing books in the Classical Tradition

When I review DRAWING books, the first question I ask is, "Is this for BEGINNERS?" Because I feel an obligation to the book buyer to provide good information, and also to prevent a beginning student from being discouraged, and feeling that they are defective, or ....just cannot get it. It does not seem to occur to the buyer that many authors just cannot teach. Instinct seems to suggest that that if book gets published, it must contain credible instruction by someone who knows how to teach, and everyone seems to desire to cash in on the Big Bucks market of HOW-TO-DRAW. It may seem surprising that this is just not so. Perhaps as many as half of all drawing books are not very good for beginners. I know. I've gotten familiar with most of the books on the market, and I know what I'm looking for in good instruction. I've purchased over 25 drawing books, and own the most popular titles of the HOW-TO-DRAW genre. I rate Famous Artists School's "How To Draw The Human Figure" as one of the top 5 books on figure drawing. At this price it's a bargain anyway. Using the classical method of representing the body as cylinders in basic outline, this book covers not just static models, but representation of the human figure in dynamic motion. I consider this a "must have" book that cuts through all nonsense with no wasted pages. Why do I consider this book so successful, at only 98 pages, when I call other books of the same size or 20 pages larger a failure as a drawing book? Famous Artist's school focuses only on basic figure drawing, whereas most other drawing books move on to cover other material such as composition, perspective, color etc., which shortchanges the buyer on Basic Figure Drawing. By keeping focus, this book is very useful to any beginner. At this price, it's a bargain also!

Very usefull book for begginers

With easy, steb by step method, this book guide you through fascinating skills of drawing a human figure. It also contains basic anatomy, proportions... This book realy offers more value for your money.