Editors of ImagineFX Magazine - How to Draw and Paint Anatomy, All New 2nd Edition: Creating Lifelike Humans and Realistic Animals

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HOW TO DRAW AND PAINT
ANATOMY

Art has taken many forms over the years, but nothing quite compares to holding a pencil in your hand and drawing the different aspects of arguably one of the greatest pieces of art in the world the human body. From the muscles that make up our anatomy, to the very hands that we create art with, we aim to teach and inspire you with a plethora of imaginative tutorials. In this new edition of How to Draw and Paint Anatomy, youll find plenty of creative projects to help you get to grips with your artistic capabilities, plus wealth of information contained within these pages. Not to mention the free online resources, including workshops, brushes, and more!

Learn to draw human and animal anatomy

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You can download all the workshop images and video files from this book.

Its important to understand how to draw the human figure, both in a static pose and in action. ()

Learn the bodys core shapes, forms, and basic structures to master drawing the human figure

Chris Legaspi shares some strategies for creating beautiful and believable lighting in your figure sketches

Patrick J. Jones shows us how to draw life from life-drawing workshops and turn them into fantasy masterpieces

Memorizing, observation, and structures of composition that will help you take your anatomy knowledge a step further

Jack Bosson puts together an engaging crowd scene involving two dancers as the main center of interest

With the figure framework in place, its time to focus on the core of the human body the torso

Master your depiction of the limbs that drive the rest of the body get these right and your figure will follow

Discover how to use form to create solid-looking feet and why you shouldnt use too much detail when you draw them

The complex interaction of muscles and anatomys guiding principles

It may seem like a simple area of the body, but the forearm is more sophisticated and elegant than you suspect

Applying the principles youve learned to understand the anatomy, making the process much easier

Break the skull and features into simple forms to get the proportions right, with Ron Lemens simple tutorial

Glenn Vilppu shows how focusing on the use of icons of basic rendering are the keys to creating expressive anatomy