Skip to Main Content
Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School
book

Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School

by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Magdalen Livesey
June 2017
Beginner content levelBeginner
160 pages
6h 20m
English
Rockport Publishers
Content preview from Drawing Lessons from the Famous Artists School
Proof 1
Job: 11803 Title: #218076# Drawing Lessons From The Famous Artists School (Rockport)
DTP: GLP Page: 122
Drawing Lessons_094-125_11803.indd 122 16/2/17 3:51 PM
Text
right upper arm echoes the position of her angled back. Note how
Rockwell propped up his model’s leading foot on a shovel to empha-
size the idea that she is in motion. This was a frequent approach for
the artist, who also used books to raise his models’ heels and toes to
create an exaggerated sense of movement.
“Whenever possible,” wrote Austin Briggs, “I study the action or
activity I am illustrating, so that I can be sure my characters look
and move as convincingly as possible ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

The Artist's Guide to Drawing People

The Artist's Guide to Drawing People

Jean-Pierre Lamérand
Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects

Step-by-Step Studio: Drawing Lifelike Subjects

Diane Cardaci, Nolon Stacey, Linda Weil, Diane Wright

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781631591228