Anatomy for Life Drawing
Resources for my courses Anatomy for Life Drawing at the National Art School:
Books:
Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist, Stephen Rogers Peck
http://www.bookdepository.com/Atlas-Human-Anatomy-for-Artist-Stephen-Rogers-Peck/9780195030952
Artistic Anatomy, Paul Richer, Translated by Robert Beverly Hale.
http://www.bookdepository.com/Artistic-Anatomy-Paul-Richer/9780823002979
Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters, Robert Beverly Hale
http://www.bookdepository.com/Drawing-Lessons-from-Great-Masters-Robert-Beverly-Hale/9780823014019
Figure Drawing for All it's Worth, Andrew Loomis
https://archive.org/details/Andrew_Loomis_Figure_Draw (read online/pdf)
http://www.bookdepository.com/Figure-Drawing-for-All-its-Worth-Andrew-Loomis/9780857680983
Drawing the Head and Hands, Andrew Loomis
https://archive.org/details/Andrew_Loomis_Drawing_the_Head_and_Hands (read online/pdf)
http://www.bookdepository.com/Drawing-Head-Hands-Andrew-Loomis/9780857680976
Constructive Anatomy, George B. Bridgman
http://www.archive.org/details/constructiveanat00briduoft (read online/ pdf)
Bridgman's Life Drawing, The Book of a Hundred Hands, Heads, Features and Faces, George B. Bridgman
http://www.bookdepository.com/Best-Bridgman-Boxed-Set%3A-WITH-Bridgmans-Life-Drawing-Hundred-Hands-Heads%2C-Features-Faces-George-B-Bridgman/9780486459141
The Human Figure, John H. Vanderpoel
https://archive.org/details/humanfigure00vanduoft (read online/ pdf)
http://www.bookdepository.com/Human-Figure-John-H-Vanderpoel/9780486204321
Figure Drawing: Design and Invention, Michael Hampton
http://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9780615272818
Figure Drawing, Hatton, Richard, 1904.
http://figure-drawings.com/figuredrawing.html (pdf, $4.95)
http://www.bookdepository.com/Figure-Drawing-Richard-G-Hatton/9780486213774
Recommended apps
Essential Anatomy (Mac, Windows and Android)
http://applications.3d4medical.com/essential_anatomy_3/
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
Online resources
GLENN VILPPU (1936- ) has taught drawing in numerous venues since 1978, mostly connected with the animation industry. He has produced educational materials in the form of videos, DVDs, and CD-ROMs, as well as books, most notably the Vilppu Drawing Manual, a summary of which can be seen online at Animation World Magazine:
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
Historical Anatomies on the Web (US National Library of Medicine).
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/browse.html (browse authors)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/addlinks.html (browse authors on other websites)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/dreamanatomy/da_intro.html (Dream Anatomy exhibit)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/dreamanatomy/da_gallery.html (Dream Anatomy gallery)
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, 1890. Anatomie Artistique.
Original French version of the classic work, well known today through the translation by Robert Beverly Hale. Download menu accessed from button on top right.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/document?O=N205845 (text [French], pdf )
http://gallica.bnf.fr/document?O=N205846 (plates, pdf)
Kevin Chen life drawing tutorials
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?1432 (discussion thread)
Artnatomy (Victoria Flores).
Interactive demonstration of facial anatomy and expression.
http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/index.html
Google Body (needs certain browsers such as Google Chrome)
Public Life Drawing Venues in Sydney
This Facebook group posts a list of life drawing venues in Sydney with times, contact details and prices. As of the time of writing the list is about two years old, so check with venues for current times and dates.
https://www.facebook.com/SydneyLifeDrawing/notes/
My other classes at NAS
Oil Painting with Colour and Light (on campus, Wednesday evenings and some Summer Schools)
This is my on-campus, practical oil painting class at NAS. It is often done by students who have previously done the Understanding and Applying Colour online course (or vice versa, the classes can be done in any order). New students work through a structured series of painting exercises progressing from tonal painting to full colour, but previous students (of either course) can choose among the exercises and work at their own pace. More info here; bookings here.
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. More info here; bookings here.
Understanding and Applying Colour (online, usually on Mondays)
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. More info here; bookings here.
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. More info here; bookings here.
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