Drawing the Living Figure (Dover Anatomy for Artists)

Very nice book you learn a lot

Great reference material. Fast delivery !

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The faces to the drawings are pretty lame, but if you want more visuals references to study the anatomy of the body, and have a different interpretation of what the muscles may look like in different poses compared to other references you may have, then this book isn’t bad at all.

This one is so far among the best books I bought on the subject of drawing nudes. I am shock with review such as "I am disappointment with this book" of course not giving the reason for disappointment. If some expect to buy a book that by reading it and staring only, they become nude drawing artists, such a book does not exist. For serious students/artists, this is a must.This book has great drawings of nude figures, three per page of same figure, one showing the muscle, another skeleton and a finally finished figure. All we need to know before drawing a nude on one page. Does not get better than that. Fantastic book to learn from. I also find the finished figures drawings in this book great to use to practice gesture drawings. I recommend this book to anyone who knows what it takes to become and artists of nude figures and is willing to work for it. I love this book and I am very happy with my new purchase. I bought a new copy for $8.98 via Amazon from Alpine Butterfly. It came fast and it was very well packed.

THIS BOOK IS A "MUST HAVE". It is not the only drawing book that you need in your personal library, but it is one of the most essential.The book includes about seventy well-drawn male and female nude drawings, grouped by type of pose (standing, crouching, twisting, etc.). Each of the seventy poses is drawn three times -- (1) as an annotated finished drawing, (2) as an annotated (identically sized) skeleton in the same pose, and (3) as an annotated (identically sized) muscle diagram in the same pose.The anatomy is at a level of detail designed for the figure-drawing artist, not for the medical illustrator. As such, only those muscles and bones that are significant to a particular pose are labeled, and are described with simplified nomenclature.I remember complaining to my instructor that I could discern the rib cage in our male model, but not in this rounded-back posed female model. This book is the ideal reference for seeing the support infrastructure in such situations.Although there are many approaches to figure drawing, understanding the effects that underlying anatomical infrastructure have on surface anatomy is essential to realistic drawing. In addition to this book, you should also have other books in your figure drawing library, that cover croquis, circles & guidelines, tonal masses, planes, gestures, cylinders, lighting, proportions, contours, and other techniques. But Joseph Sheppard's "Drawing the Living Figure" will be your primary anatomical reference.

Joseph Sheppard's other book Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists is a much more useful book. It's far more detailed. This one isn't bad but it's just not great.

Between the simplified cartoon anatomy books, popular today, and the detailed treatments inspired by medical textbooks, is this fine work. This book is built from the ground up for artists. By focusing on surface anatomy, showing its relation to underlying muscle and bone structure, and then presenting it all with a multitude of useful and expertly done drawings, Sheppard has produced what may be the finest anatomical artist reference.Most professional artists recommend Bridgeman's works. I don't doubt the usefulness of Bridgeman to a true working professional, but for me, and maybe other amateurs, the concepts in Bridgeman never seem to reveal themselves. Sheppard will be useful the first time you open the book and will certainly clear much of the confusion in figure drawing.

Very good

Skeletal drawings with the layers of muscles are very helpful.

Esse livro parece ter sido feito pra ser acompanhado de outra obra do mesmo autor, o livro "Anatomy: complete guide for artists". Se o assunto é anatomia, sou mais esses dois aí do que aqueles livros chatos e mal organizados do Andrew Loomis, Burne Hogart e George Bridgman.E, se precisar de uma ajudinha extra e barata, o livro básico do Jack Hamm, "Drawing the head & figure".

A great reference, has helped me improvemy drawing skills

デッサン力は見分ける眼力と記憶と整理。本のトレースは一番大切な眼力を奪う。眼力の一部は分析力。分析とは全てを持つ実物に対して行うべきこと。他人の絵はあくまでも他人の理解により整理・単純化・抽象化されている。この本も同じ。上半身しか描けない輩が多いのは何かのモノマネで凌いでいるからで、全体を理解した人には起こり得ない現象である。この本は自らの理解度の確認や新たな理解のヒントを掴む上で価値があるが、それを会得する術は本のトレースではない。