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This comprehensive handbook for drawing the human figure is by a veteran instructor of the Art Students League of New York. Both a guide and a reference, it is suitable for all: novices, students, and professionals. Numerous illustrations with commentary cover the basic structure of the head and body, light and shade, the proper use of line, conveying action, depicting drapery, and much more.

This volume offers a guide to drawing the human figure naturally, not in a contrived manner by means of diagrams, cubes and ovals. All drawings in the book were made from life in studio circumstances.

Step-by-step exercises teach the fundamentals of drawing both male and female life figures. The instructions apply to various media, including pencil, charcoal, ink, and crayon. The book is filled with color photos, how-to-diagrams, and reproductions of artwork in various stages, and details and pictures materials needed and how to use them.

Offers a detailed study of the anatomical structure of the human body, and provides tips on motion, proportion, and shading the figures.

This book shows how to learn to draw the human figure regaining our ability to observe the subject.