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Title: The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary Perspective on the Classical Tradition by Anthony Ryder ISBN: 0823003035 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64
Rating: 5
Summary: THE definitive work on quality figure drawing!
Comment: As a practicing artist I have to say that this is the finest book of its kind I've come across. If you are serious about taking a traditional approach to figure drawing and want to produce artwork of the finest quality, this is the book to look at. If you just want to learn to do quick sketches then you might look elsewhere, since the approach discussed is time-consuming and painstaking. But it is THE way to go if you are serious about fine art. If I was only allowed to have one book on my shelf this would be it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Worth every penny!
Comment: I began learning figure drawing last autumn using the constructive, anatomical approach. My main references were Bridgman and Peck. I've always been a little suspicious of the "holistic" approach to learning art. However, I kept seeing Ryder's book recommended so I decided to take a chance.
The chance paid off; this is a great book and the top-down approach to figure drawing has improved my drawings in only a few days of work. Anthony Ryder has a real gift for teaching drawing.
Having said that, I still recommend studying anatomy -- it's a great help to know what's "under the skin." My recommendation is to buy this book, copies of Peck and Bridgman, a little plastic skeleton, magazines with lots of pictures of people, and then practice, practice, practice...
Rating: 4
Summary: Breathes new life into drawing from life
Comment: If you're looking for anatomy lessons and short cuts (the eyes are one eye apart, the head five eyes wide sort of thing) then this is not the book for you. If you want to learn how to draw from life, to develop the basic techniques in tandem with a loving patience and relaxed attention, then this book will be hard to beat. Ryder demonstrates his method - starting with the "envelope" moving on to the "block in" then finished contour, and ending with the delicate shading that give life and mass to the drawings - with painstaking (but painless) care and wonderfully helpful illustrations from his own work.
I would strongly recommend this book with the warning that there are no shortcuts to drawing as brilliantly as Ryder - one thing that makes this book great is that Ryder doesn't pretend that there are any shortcuts. He admits up front that it takes hours of careful attention and work to get to the finished contour - which is the outline of the figure without the shading. But what he does give you is a very helpful technique. He helps with tips on judging distances, widths, proportions, angles; he helps with shading, seeing light and dark, building up tones.
Ryder is scrapping the scales of our eyes with this book, helping us to see - ultimately the most important aspect of drawing from life - and then showing you the best ways to get what you see on the page. It seems assumed that you will be working from a model or at the very least a superbly lit photograph. I think this book, coupled with Drawing on The Right Side of The Brain, would make an at-home-art-course that would be hard to beat.
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Title: The Big Book of Drawing and Painting the Figure by Muntsa Calbo I Angrill ISBN: 0823038963 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: Life Drawing in Charcoal by Douglas R. Graves ISBN: 0486282686 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Anatomy for the Artist by Sarah Simblet, John Davis, Sarab Simblet ISBN: 078948045X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Figure Drawing Without a Model by Ron Tiner ISBN: 0715306464 Publisher: David & Charles Uk Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression by Gary Faigin ISBN: 0823016285 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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