Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing, The: A Contemporary Perspective On the Classical Tradition

Received in a very good condition! Thank you

Excellent

This book is an amazing resource for amateurs... aspiring artists and just beginners in general. It covers a lot of topics from composition to proportions. It also includes portraits which is great. It's the best deal for artists on a budget but the print was a dissapointment. Try n go for a hardcover if possible

The best book.

Quality of page and print very poor.Pencil strokes are not clearly visible.

The was good

Good

come nuovo, soddisfatta dell'acquisto.

Muy practico y con obras de calidad. Imagenes de alta resolución

Fue un regalo para mi papá que dibuja y le fascinó.

As a teacher at The Art Students’ League, like most of their teachers, you are in good hands.Ryder goes through in very helpful detail the key processes of drawing, a real sense of sculpting the figure. His tips and detail advice allow you understand why and how to engage in the build up of the drawing, especially the human figure no doubt, but the overall process can be applied to all subjects.All of his figure drawings in the book and worked examples, are drawn from life and are outstanding- some of the best I’ve ever seen in figure drawing books.As the author states very helpfully, and what another reviewer pointed out, these drawings are not of 30, 60 or 120 minute poses; but total in the region of ‘12 three hour sessions’. I am aware in other notable institutions, they also have very long poses too. This clearly shows that drawing to such masterful levels, despite having wonderful ability, still takes a lot of time to do.Obviously, one will not be able to draw such realistic figures in a 30 minute pose, but one will walk away with a dam good foundation of a figure drawing.As many say, there are no short cuts in drawing, practice is the key and also the time spent will determine to what level one wants to take a particular drawing to.Ryder’s processes are the same processes I have used myself unknowingly, the book cements and expands in greater detail how one can improve ones block-in process, capture gesture, describe contour more ornately and for me, particularly helpful, the play of light, reflected light and tonal progression across the figure and within individual forms.Ryder does convey very clearly in an understandable way some of these more abstract ideas, which are key to realistic drawings.I am very glad I bought this book and will return to it again and again, as there are so many snippets of wisdom, that one cannot simply remember all after one reading.This is certainly one of the best figure drawing books I own. Ryder once taught Juliette Aristides, who in turn wrote “Lessons in classical drawing’. She often quotes from Ryder’s above book in her own classic book. Having read Ryder’s book, I do feel I have greater understanding of the real foundations of good figure drawing and that practice will finally show the benefits of this understanding.Ryder’s book is relatively cheap and a must buy. Like most of Watson-Guptill Published books, many become classics and extremely expensive to buy used.So do invest now, the rewards are priceless.

Excelente livro para quem busca se aperfeiçoar na arte do desenho, escultura, anatomia, luz, sombra, contraste e muito mais, vale a pena.