Other editions of book Figure Drawing for All It's Worth

The illustrator Andrew Loomis (1892-1959) is revered among artists - including comics superstar Alex Ross - for his mastery of figure drawing and clean, Realist style.His hugely influential series of art instruction books have never been bettered, and Figure Drawing is the first in Titan's programme of facsimile editions, returning these classic titles to print for the first time in decades.

Artist Andrew Loomis writes this book for those who have graduated from the fundamentals of drawing and are ready to embark on their artistic careers. He coordinates all the basic facts gathering the fundamentals, aesthetic as well as practical, of commercial work into one book. He includes chapters on anatomy, planes and lighting, drawing from living models, the figure in action, and costume, among others giving the artist a firm understanding of the science of the trade. He discusses idealization and other tricks of the trade helping the reader to produce work that will find a market. At appropriate stages he inserts typical problems. Explanatory sketches and examples of some of his own best work appear on almost every page. Originally published in 1943 this book continues as a solid reference for artists perfecting figure drawing.

Large Viking Hardcover - 1946 with 204 pages, size: 12" x 9". Contents: Opening Chat - The Approach to Figure Drawing - The Mannikin figure - The Bones and Muscles - Block Forms, Planes, Foreshortening, and Lighting - Drawing the Live Figure: Method and Procedure - The Standing Figure - The Figure in Action: Turning and Twisting -Foward Movement: The Tipped Line of Balance - Balance: Rhythm, Rendering - The Kneeling, Crouching, Sitting Figure - The Reclining Figure - The Head, Hands, Feet - The Complete Figure in Costume - Closing Chat.

In this book, Loomis treats the figure as a living thing, its power of movement related to its structure and its movement separated into several kinds. We shall draw the nude for the purpose of better understanding the draped figure. We shall think of the figure as possessed of bulk and weight, as being exposed to light and therefore shadow, and hence set into space as we know it. Then we shall try to understand light for what it is; and how form, with its planes of various direction, is affected by it. We shall consider the head and its structure separately. In other words, we shall provide a foundation that will enable you to make your figures original and convincing. The interpretation, the type, the pose, the drama, the costume, and the accessories will all be yours. Technique is not so important as the young artist is inclined to believe; the living and emotional qualities - the idealization you put into your work - are far more important. So are your selection and taste in costume and setting - provided you have mastered fundamentals. Your job is to glorify and idealize the everyday material about you.

The illustrator Andrew Loomis (1892-1959) is revered among artists - including comics superstar Alex Ross - for his mastery of figure drawing and clean, Realist style. His hugely influential series of art instruction books have never been bettered, and Figure Drawing is the first in Titan's programme of facsimile editions, returning these classic titles to print for the first time in decades.