How do i get better at anatomy drawing?

Question: How do i get better at anatomy drawing!?

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try andrew loomis books, they're the bestWww@QuestionHome@Com

RonniewithanR mentioned Burne Hogarth's Dynamic Figure Drawing, Dynamic Anatomy etc!. series (that's why he called it Dynamic Drawing)!. Hogarth was a newspaper cartoonist (he drew Tarzan for a while) who went on to found what became the School of Visual Arts and ended his life as a lecturer!. It won't tell you everything you need to know about drawing, and his approach does have slightly comic-booky results, but it is a way of thinking about the human body which, believe me, with serious study and practice will make it almost simple!.

I also like George Bridgeman's Constructive Anatomy which Dover books keeps in print (and real cheap: I believe it costs about $5 US which when you see it you will understand is a steal)!.

There are other books like Jeno Barcsay's Anatomy for the Artist (I used to like to say that if you don't have a copy of it the Figure Drawing Police will come to your house and confiscate your art supplies until someone took me seriously)!.

Let's talk about models for a minute!. You got a mirror, you got a model!. If you don't use mirrors you aren't serious!. We have the muscles and avoirdepus we have, not that some glamor organizatiion says we do!.

Finally web sites!. I'm sure there are others, but one which is usually all I need when I'm on the Web is

http://drawinglab!.evansville!.eduWww@QuestionHome@Com

There is a series of books by Hogarth (don't know first name) that are great!. They're called "Dynamic Drawing"

I used a Gray's Anatomy (not the stupid TV show) book and learned all the parts inside and out to draw anatomy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

practice!

try breaking everything down into geometric shapes, so an arm is like a couple of rectangles!.!.!. this way you can get the basic shape and it will be easier to add the detail in laterWww@QuestionHome@Com

keep drawing everything and everyone
carry a small sketchbook with you where ever you goWww@QuestionHome@Com

Practice on everybody, a lot!.

Eventually you will need nude models, for sure!.!.!.

Leonardo da Vinci operated to see the muscles under the skin!.!.!. please don't go that far!Www@QuestionHome@Com

You have to study the human skeleton and muscle structures,plus the rotation of each joint,,Www@QuestionHome@Com

Practice Practice PracticeWww@QuestionHome@Com

Draw yourself nude everyday in the mirror!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Get better models!? ;)Www@QuestionHome@Com

practiceWww@QuestionHome@Com