tailieunhanh - Figure Drawing Without A Model - Practice

Tài liệu tham khảo bằng tiếng Anh về nghệ thiật hội họa - Figure Drawing Without A Model - Practice | Practice CHAPTER 3 In this chapter we shall look at a number of drawing exercises devised to help you towards your goal of good imaginative figure drawing from memory. They are aimed at consolidating the information so far presented and building on the familiarity you have gained with the human figure through your frequent use of your sketchbook. Each exercise contributes in a significant way to the development of the drawing skills you will need and in the process will help you avoid the commoner pitfalls and weaknesses to which drawings from memory are prone. The exercises outlined on the following pages should be regarded as steps in your learning process. Knowledge memorized as a list of facts is generally of little use in practical terms unless backed up by activities that put it to work. That s why the contents of the chapters in this book alternate between practical and theoretical. Carrying out these exercises will help you build a fund of knowledge and experience which you can easily and naturally call upon later. 53 FIGURE DRAWING WITHOUT A MODEL If you know where the main constituent parts of the skeleton belong you will readily understand the disposition of the body s elements in any pose from any viewpoint and so be able to construct it convincingly from memory. The two drawings at left both represent a simplified human skeleton. The first shows the main bone shapes the second a matchstick figure with head rib-cage and pelvis indicated as eggshapes. As a first step towards drawing figures from memory doodling this elementary structure in a wide variety of action poses is an excellent way to gain familiarity with the mechanics of figure movement. Once you are confident of the position and curvature of the spine and how and where the limbs go you will always know that your work is at least structurally sound. Frequent practice with matchstick versions of the human skeleton will give you an understanding of structure. 54 PRACTICE Remember that the spine .