Foundations in Animation Language is a First Year animation subject in the University of Technology Sydney School of Communication. Students participate in a varied program of observational drawing classes, visual research, story-telling and problem-solving projects designed to introduce them to a wide range of possibilities within animation. In collaboration with other teachers I conduct classes in life drawing, as well as field drawing involving excursions to Taronga Zoo, the Australian Museum, Cockatoo Island and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

Additional anatomy handouts (password protected)

NASAnatomy2023.zip (click on link, then click on download symbol on next page)

Public life drawing  sessions in Sydney

Our life model Olivia maintains a list of untutored  life drawing venues where you can get more practice.

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

Useful life drawing/anatomy 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/

Vilppu Drawing Manual summary from Animation World Magazine (Glenn Vilppu)
1: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/vilppu-drawing-online-gesture
2: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/vilppu-drawing-online-spherical-forms
3: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/vilppu-drawing-online-box
4: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/vilppu-drawing-online-introducing-material-and-proportion
5: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/vilppu-drawing-online-drawing-ellipses
6: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/vilppu-drawing-online-general-specific
7: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/vilppu-drawing-online-landmarks-anatomy
8: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/vilppu-drawing-online-seeing-anatomical-masses
9: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/seeing-figure-2d-object
10: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/using-tone-draw
11: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/getting-handle-direct-lighting
12: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/never-underestimate-power-life-drawing

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)
https://archive.org/details/figuredrawing00hatt  (read online)

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

Classic general drawing references

Speed, Harold, 1913. The practice and science of drawing

https://archive.org/details/practicescienceo00speeiala

Goldstein, Nathan, 1984. The art of responsive drawing

https://archive.org/details/artofresponsived0000gold  (read online)

Loomis, Andrew, 1951. Successful Drawing.

https://archive.org/details/andrew-loomis-successful-drawing/page/n21/mode/2up

Guptill, Arthur, 1961. Drawing with pen and ink (revised edition) 

https://archive.org/details/drawingwithpenin00gupt  (read online)

Scans of drawings

High Resolution Drawings from Old Masters (Facebook group)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1749572915265868

National Gallery of Art, Washington

https://www.nga.gov/collection-search-result.html?sortOrder=DEFAULT&artobj_classification=drawing&artobj_lifespan=1500_2022

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?material=Drawings

Getty Museum

https://search.getty.edu/gateway/search?q&cat=type&rows=10&srt=a&dir=s&dsp=0&img=0&f=%22Drawings%22&types=%22Drawings%22&highlights=%22Open%20Content%20Images%22&pg=1 

Archive.org

https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Drawings%22&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22image%22 

Wikimedia

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Drawings

It’s only when what can be taught, is working in perfect harmony with what cannot be taught, that a work of art results.

Harold Speed (1872-1957)