djcbriggs - Anatomy for Life Drawing

Anatomy for Life Drawing (NAS, on campus)

Anatomy for Life Drawing is my five-day workshop held in the magnificent top floor studio in the Chapel at the National Art School's Summer and Winter Schools for the last ten years. For beginning anatomists the focus is on the skeleton, but the content is flexible for those with prior knowledge. Beginning with establishing the action of the figure as a whole, the course progressively adds a constructional foundation of head, rib cage and pelvis masses, followed by the limbs and a closer look at the head and facial features. A life model is present throughout, and each morning and afternoon session consists of demonstrations referring to the model, skeleton, anatomical diagrams and master drawings, regularly alternating with drawing sessions. Open to students 16 years of age and over.

Next session;

July 8-12, 2024, 9:30 to 4:30 Monday to Friday, Winter School (open now)

https://shop.nas.edu.au/collections/on-campus?filter.p.m.custom.course_lecturer=Dr+David+Briggs

Life drawings by David Briggs

Handouts (password protected)

NASAnatomy2023.zip

Public life drawing sessions in Sydney

Our life model Olivia prepared a current list of venues where you can practice life drawing

https://livtoperform.com/sydney-sketch-clubs/

Useful reference books:

Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist (Stephen Rogers Peck)
https://archive.org/details/stephen-rogers-peck-atlas-of-human-anatomy-fo (read online)

Artistic Anatomy (Paul Richer, translated by (Robert Beverly Hale)
https://archive.org/details/artisticanatomy0000rich (read online)
https://archive.org/details/artisticanatomy0000rich_j8y0 (read online)

Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters (Robert Beverly Hale)
https://archive.org/details/drawinglessonsfr0000hale_q1p1 (read online)

Figure Drawing for All it's Worth (Andrew Loomis)
https://archive.org/details/Andrew_Loomis_Figure_Draw (read online/pdf)

Drawing the Head and Hands (Andrew Loomis)
https://archive.org/details/Andrew_Loomis_Drawing_the_Head_and_Hands (read online/pdf)

Constructive Anatomy (George B. Bridgman)
http://www.archive.org/details/constructiveanat00briduoft (read online/ pdf)

Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life (George B. Bridgman)
https://archive.org/details/BridgmansCompleteGuideToDrawingFromLife_201812 (read online/pdf)

Figure Drawing for Artists (Steve Huston)
https://archive.org/details/figuredrawingfor0000hust (read online)

Anatomy for Sculptors:
https://anatomy4sculptors.com/

Vilppu Drawing Manual (Glenn Vilppu)
https://store.nma.art/product/vilppu-drawing-manual/

Human Anatomy for Artists (Eliot Goldfinger)
https://www.booktopia.com.au/human-anatomy-for-artists-eliot-goldfinger/book/9780195052060.html

Figure Drawing: Design and Invention (Michael Hampton)
https://archive.org/details/michael-hampton-figure-drawing-design-an (read online)

Morpho series (Michel Lauricella)
https://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?author=Michel+Lauricella

The Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists & Illustrators (Gottfried Bammes)
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-complete-guide-to-anatomy-for-artists-illustrators-gottfried-bammes/book/9781782213581.html

The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression (Gary Faigin)
https://archive.org/details/artistscompleteg0000faig (read online)

The Human Figure (John H. Vanderpoel)
https://archive.org/details/humanfigure00vanduoft (read online/ pdf)

Figure Drawing (Richard Hatton), 1904.
http://figure-drawings.com/figuredrawing.html (pdf, $4.95)
https://archive.org/details/figuredrawing00hatt (read online)
https://archive.org/details/figuredrawingcom00hatt (pdf, 1895 edition)

Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1749. Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum Corporis Humani.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/albinus_home.html (jpgs)

Fau, J, 1849. The Anatomy of the External Forms of Man, Intended for the Use of Artists, Painters, and Sculptors.
https://sites.google.com/site/djcbriggs/fau (jpgs)

Richer, Paul, 1906. Nouvelle anatomie artistique du corps humain
https://archive.org/details/nouvelleanatomie01rich
https://archive.org/details/nouvelleanatomie02rich

Apps

Essential Anatomy (Windows)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/essential-anatomy-3/9wzdncrdsl7j

Essential Anatomy 5 (iPhone/iPad)
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/essential-anatomy-5/id596684220

Skelly - Poseable Anatomy Model for Artists, Stan Prokopenko
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Proko.Skelly&hl=en
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/skelly-poseable-anatomy-model/id976920216?mt=8

Artnatomy (Victoria Flores, online facial anatomy app).
http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/index.html

Videos

Anatomy lectures by Robert Beverly Hale

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_Yf0hghQSFJSvaPd5T3twgq8G2X6L-j8

My other classes at NAS

Understanding and Applying Colour (online, alternately 10 am - 1 pm and 6 pm - 9 pm)

This is my unique, in-depth online course on a wide range of aspects of colour, and especially those relevant to painters. The course consists primarily of copiously illustrated lectures, complemented with descriptions and demonstrations of practical exercises that progress from basic exercises illustrating colour theory to painting studies. The course attracts students from all over the world and is offered in a choice of times each term to suit all time zones.

Painting and Drawing the Life Model (on campus, Wednesday evenings)

Make sustained drawings and paintings from a life model holding the same pose over several sessions. This course provides a concise overview of approaches and techniques that will improve your life drawing and painting. Generally offered in Terms 1 and 4, alternating with Oil Painting with Colour and Light in Terms 2 and 3.

Drawing for Beginners (on campus, Saturdays)

In this course I cover the fundamentals of seeing and drawing your subject in an integrated way. We cover the use of different materials (pencil, chalk, and pen), proportions, perspective, composition, light and shade, and the expressive effects of the abstract visual elements of a drawing. Subjects include the still life, the life model and the historic NAS campus.