CHAPTER 6
AN INTRODUCTION TO FIGURE DRAWING
The human figure is one of the most challenging and rewarding subjects you can draw. A successful figure drawing finds a relationship between the mechanical complexities of anatomy and the tempestuous passions within each individual.
Before you begin figure drawing, it is essential that you develop both a competence and comfort with all the previous skills taught in this book. If you struggle to properly shade a sphere, then rendering the complex topography of the human torso will be an infuriating and impossible endeavor. Students who begin figure drawing before they are ready very often quit out of frustration. The figure should be a subject you work your way up to after developing strong fundamental ...
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