Figure drawing master class :lessons in life drawing Dan Gheno.

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 How to See Form -- To capture the beauty and grace of the human body, view the figure as a collection of planes and shapes, and pay close attention to light, shadows, line quality and the third line -- ch. 2 Training Your Hand -- Drawing skill is a result of hard work, practice and acquirable eye-hand coordination -- not talent -- ch. 3 Action and Gesture -- Find the model s gesture and learn how to use it as a guide in your drawing process -- ch. 4 Making Better Lines -- Master how to portray linework evocatively and combine it with tonal mass to create powerful drawings -- ch. 5 A Portrait of the Hand -- Train your eye to draw hands in a way that allows them to serve as portrait -- almost as important as the face itself -- ch. 6 Dynamic Heads -- Putting life into a head drawing requires assimilating it with the rest of the body, capturing an attitude and using historically dependable techniques to capture a facial likeness --

Note continued: ch. 7 Putting Together the Human Form -- How to analyze and correctly draw different areas of the body, and then bring them all together in one unified form -- ch. 8 Drapery on the Human Form -- Drapery has an anatomy all its own, and the knowledge of it helps you to analyze and draw folds on the human form -- ch. 9 Composing Your Drawings -- Learn how to achieve balance, rhythm and contrast in a drawing -- ch. 10 How to Use Narrative in Your Art -- Discover ways to make your narrative drawings and paintings speak eloquently to the viewer.

With Figure Drawing Master Class, you will discover the secrets to creating masterful figure drawings through examples of Old Master drawings, as well as Dan Gheno's own beautiful drawings, demonstrations and diagrams.