Posts in the ‘Books’ Category
“Drawing Dynamic Hands” by Burne Hogarth
The most comprehensive book ever published on drawing hands uses a revolutionary system for visualizing the hand in an almost infinite number of positions.
February 17, 2010
“Drawing the Human Head” by Burne Hogarth
In 300 extraordinary drawings, Hogarth shows how to draw the head from every angle, age the face from infancy to old age, and delineate every feature and wrinkle.
February 17, 2010
“Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators” by Mike Mattesi
‘For animators or anyone exploring life drawing, this book is an inspirational choice.’ 3D World, Feb 2007 ‘Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators, 2e is key to understanding how to capture forceful poses with dynamic drawing. It is informative, concise, and packed full of inspirational…
February 17, 2010
“Figure Drawing: Design and Invention” by Michael Hampton
Figure Drawing: Design and Invention is an instructional figure drawing book geared towards the novice and experienced artist alike. In approaching the figure, this book emphasizes a simplified understanding of surface anatomy, in order to allow for artists to understand invention and mechanics of the…
February 17, 2010
“The Drawings of Bronzino” by Carmen Bambach
Drawings by the great Italian Mannerist painter and poet Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) are extremely rare. This important and beautiful publication brings together for the first time nearly all of the sixty drawings attributed to this leading draftsman of the 16th century.
February 17, 2010
“Big Book of Drawing” by Lee Hammond
Now beginning artists can get all the drawing help they need in one convenient place.
Bestselling author Lee Hammond is known for her clear, basic methods for drawing nearly any subject. This giant book brings together the best projects from her other titles into one super-sized…
February 17, 2010
“Anatomy for the Artist” by Sarah Simbley
In Anatomy for the Artist, acclaimed artist and teacher Sarah Simblet unveils the extraordinary construction of the human body, and celebrates its continual prominence in Western Art.
The transparent body. Using superb, specially commissioned photographs of male and female models, together with historical and contemporary works…
February 17, 2010
“Classical Drawing Atelier” by Juliette Aristides
Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time–and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a return to classical art training, are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of…
February 16, 2010
“Keys to Drawing” by Bert Dodson
A painter, teacher and illustrator, Bert Dodson is the author of the best-selling North Light book, Keys to Drawing. He’s illustrated more than 70 children’s books and worked as an animation designer for the PBS series, Intimate Strangers.
February 15, 2010
“Skulls” by Noah Scalin
On June 4th, 2007, artist Noah Scalin came up with an ingenious idea: he cut a skull out of orange paper and posted it online with the note, “I’m making a skull image every day for a year.” His uniquely witty works became a wild…
February 15, 2010
