The Quick Pose: A Compilation of Gestures and Thoughts on Figure Drawing (Dover Art Instruction)

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Get inspired with Quick Pose's collection of over 300 figure drawing illustrations, along with insights on how to draw dynamic poses in less than 20 minutes. The foundation of all figurative work is the life study of the human form. Sculptors, painters, and illustrators pull from the process to sharpen their observations, develop better hand-eye coordination, and improve their understanding and interpretation of what they see. Quick Pose: A Compilation of Gestures and Thoughts on Figure Drawing takes a look at the process, presenting first-rate examples and a brief but well-constructed text highlighted by more than 300 illustrations. Author Erin Meads defines the quick pose as figure drawings that can be executed in less than 20 minutes . The majority of images in this book took less than five minutes to draw; their brevity encourages more dynamic poses from the model and challenges the artist to make quick decisions about what to include — and even more significantly, what not to include. Topics include symmetry, foreshortening, light and shadow, drapery, and other essential elements of figure drawing. Artists, art students, art teachers, and anyone who draws will appreciate these well-illustrated insights. Study the human form: Learn and practice with more than 300 illustrations demonstrating first-rate examples of figure drawings that took less than five minutes to draw. Dynamic poses : Most images in this book took less than five minutes to draw, which encourages more dynamic poses from the model and challenges the artist’s ability to make quick decisions about what not to include. Learn essential elements: Understand the fundamentals of figure drawing, such as symmetry, foreshortening, light and shadow, drapery, and more. This is an excellent resource for beginners learning to master the basics! Clear insights : Get valuable insights into art principles like perspective, gesture drawing, and expressiveness. Easy-to-follow text : Enjoy a brief yet well-structured text that gives you an overview of each topic and clearly explains each illustration. Perfect for artists, art students, art teachers, and anyone who draws! Insightful guidance: Access chapters full of tips and tricks to help you develop better hand-eye coordination, sharpen your observations, and improve your understanding of what you see on paper. Get the most out of every figure drawing with The Quick Pose ! Review: Transformative. - I have reaped the fruits of many, many classics: Goldfinger, Richer, Hale, Bargue, and countless others. I owe these giants much of my ability to draw the figure accurately. Anatomical knowledge is indispensable, but it won't help if the overall drawing is lifeless. The Quick Pose focuses on the first critical step of any life drawing: the gesture. Meads addresses weight/balance, line, shadow, accuracy, drapery and foreshortening strategies - all while avoiding the ponderous "over-anatomized " pitfall. It's an inspiring reminder not to skip this initial, invigorating step. As painters often say, "if there's something wrong with your painting, it's probably a problem with the drawing" Well, if something wrong with your life drawing, it's probably because you skipped the gesture. Excellent book. Review: Great Book - The best book about figure drawing that I found so far. I do not need better one. Great explanations and pictures and well as very good suggestions how to practice. I have a Kindle addition which I read on my ipad. I will buy hard copy as well.