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Figure Drawing for All It's Worth Hardcover – May 31, 2011
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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.
- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTitan Books
- Publication dateMay 31, 2011
- Dimensions9.22 x 1.02 x 12.25 inches
- ISBN-100857680986
- ISBN-13978-0857680983
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"Holding this book is like holding a time capsule, beautifully preserved in spirit for the next crop of future artists in the generations to come." - Art Sketch
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- Publisher : Titan Books; Facsimile edition (May 31, 2011)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0857680986
- ISBN-13 : 978-0857680983
- Item Weight : 2.8 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.22 x 1.02 x 12.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #33,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #21 in Human Figure Art (Books)
- #26 in Art Encyclopedias
- #43 in Figure Drawing Guides
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This is a wonderful time for young artists because of the latest reprints of Loomis' instructional books. I have seen many copies of the original volumes in libraries and I believe the reprints to be higher quality than the originals. Going to art college my friends and I had to settle for third and forth generation photocopies made from borrowed copies; it was impossible to buy copies of Loomis' books. Now thanks to these wonderful reproductions Mr. Loomis is training up a whole new army of artists!
Loomis is different. He goes through all the intermediate steps you need to draw a figure. You learn to draw "manikins" from your imagination, with body parts in the proper proportions, and in all kinds of poses. He also teaches you how to draw the figure in perspective. Once you master that, he covers all the anatomy you need to know in order to create realistic figures. Finally with all that mastered, he covers clothing & shading the figure (value) along with how to draw some of the more complex body parts like heads, hands, and feet.
As a professor I can state confidently that the step-by-step teaching approach in this book is the best that you can find, outside of maybe taking a class. But even most figure drawing classes don't cover the material in this book!
To summarize you learn the fundamentals of drawing figures: proportion, anatomy, perspective, values, color, and knowledge of mediums and materials. The only drawback for today's students (who I find mainly want to draw Manga and Anime-style characters) is that the drawing style is dated. But if you master the fundamentals in this book you can easily adapt them to other genres.
- Professor F., past-Director of UNM's Interdisciplinary Film & Digital Media Program
This will not tell you which lines to put and where when you are drawing the human figure. It will, however, help you with ratios (my biggest issue), different angles, age groups, and how to make it all look realistic. The tips are really well written and simple to understand. There may have been one or two points with that I disagreed with, but that was not essential to my overall appreciation of the book.
It is a rather large book. Not thick, but large. I hadn't looked at the description to see its dimensions, but it's not a problem. In fact, I love the size of it. It makes the sketches inside more clear and they don't have to use a miniscule type for the words. Just let it be known it is about the size of your average coffee table book.
Worth the purchase and helps the drawing of the human figure tremendously.
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Reviewed in Brazil on May 24, 2023
O livro é ótimo. Serve para quem já sabe desenhar e para quem está a começar a aprender.
Capa dura, papel de boa qualidade e ótima impressão.
Reviewed in Spain on January 12, 2024
O livro é ótimo. Serve para quem já sabe desenhar e para quem está a começar a aprender.
Capa dura, papel de boa qualidade e ótima impressão.
Artistas que admiro y conozco conocen este sentir y recomiendan este libro que con las décadas se ha convertido en un estándar para cualquiera que este deseoso de mejorar su técnica y mas importante; su mentalidad como artista.
Como primera impresión puedo mencionar que Andrew Loomis nos insta a creer que nuestro trabajo puede y debe ser siempre motivo de mejora para poder conseguir lo que cualquier artista desea; vivir del producto de su creación.
Adicionalmente puedo decir que el libro luce muy completo, esta lleno de enormes bocetos, diagramas, referencias e ilustraciones bellamente explicados y por lo que puedo ver en el indice explica todo desde lo que se debe de saber del dibujo del cuerpo humano; proporción, estructura osea, músculos, iluminación, posturas, manos, pies.... etc.
Estoy ansioso por seguir las enseñanzas de este magnifico artista y pronto implementar esos conocimientos a mi trabajo.