Drawing: Figures - Paperback

by Michel Lauricella (Author)

Quickly learn to draw realistic people and characters!

Learn to draw people, characters, and the human form by exploring the subject's fundamental principles with expert Michel Lauricella--artist, teacher, and best-selling author of the Morpho drawing series of books. This brief but information-packed guide covers essential concepts such as:

- Body proportions

- Facial features

- Skeletal structure

- Muscular anatomy

- Simplified forms

- Silhouettes and contours

- Perspective and foreshortening

- Value and shading

- Clothing folds

Each concept is clearly explained and richly illustrated, allowing you to deepen your understanding and effectively apply these techniques in your own work.

Table of Contents

Body Proportions

Head Proportions

Hair

Eyes and Nose

Mouth and Ears

Hands

Feet

Skeletal Structure

Bone Reference Points

Muscular Anatomy

Skin and Fat

Simplified Forms

Silhouettes

Positive and Negative Space

Structure

Balance

Contour and Continuous Line

Lines of Force

Perspective

Foreshortening

Value and Shading

Clothing Folds

Author Biography

Michel Lauricella received his education at Paris's École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (National School of Fine Arts). He has been teaching morphology for over twenty years, first at the Émile Cohl school in Lyons, then at the city of Paris's Ateliers des Beaux-Arts, the Gobelins school in Paris, Lisaa in Paris, and the Atelier in Angoulême. He currently teaches at the Fabrica114 studio in Paris.