Life Drawing: How To Portray The Figure With Accuracy And Expression

by Robert Barrett

Master the art of drawing the figure Drawing from life has been an important source of expression and satisfaction for artists through the ages. Robert Barrett , master fine artist, instructor and university professor, re-creates his studio class on the pages of this book. Inside, you'll find a complete introduction to life drawing. You'll learn not only how to accurately portray the figure, but also how to bring life and personality to your drawing subjects. Detailed lessons, including step-by-step demonstrations, cover the fundamentals of drawing and design. You'll Barrett shows you how to achieve superb figure drawings - clothed and unclothed, male and female - filled with beauty and depth of expression. Find out what artists have always known - magnificent art comes from the life all around you!

Genres: Art, Drawing, Nonfiction, Reference

160 pages, Hardcover

First published May 16, 2008

Reviews

[Cassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Want to learn how to draw people? Read this book! Professor Barrett (my illustration teacher at college) knows his stuff, and explains it so articulately in this book.

*Contains some nude figures

[Linny · Rating 4 out of 5]

more advanced that the "Basic figure drawing" I own. Consider buying. Draw thru, folds, values, rhythm, high contrast, muscle tone and action, etc.

[Serge Pierro · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent overview on Life Drawing printed on heavy paper. Lots of topics covered, along with many fine examples of the subject being presented. The only downside is that each topic is only given a page or two, when it would have been nice to see the subject instructed in more detail. Quality work presented throughout!

[Shahna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful