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Life Drawing for Artists
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Life Drawing for Artists

by Chris Legaspi
December 2019
Beginner
176 pages
4h 15m
English
Rockport Publishers
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Index

A

Anatomical landmarks, 62

head and neck, 64

identifying, 62

torso and limbs, 84

B

Ballpoint pen, 18

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe, 166

Box forms, 139

Breasts, 86

Brow line, 66

Brush pens, 18

C

Cafe sketching, 156

C-curves, 23

Centerline, 66

Chin, 66

Clipboard, 19

Clips, 17

Colored pencils, 18

Compound 3-D shapes, 43

Connect-the-dots exercise, 161

Construction, 37

Contours, 30

Copy paper, 19

Crosshairs, 66

Cross sections, 44, 139

D

Dexterity exercises, 158

Down-view head position, 81

Drawing board, 17

Drawing pencil, 16

E

Ears, 66

Edges, 51

Editing, 102

Electric sharpeners, 22

Erasers, 17, 19

Eyeline, 66

Eyes, 66

F

Felt-tip pens, 18

Female models, 86

Field sketching materials, 18

Finish stage, 60

Foreshortened poses, 92

Form principle, ...

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