Publisher's Synopsis
In Sketching Women, three professional studio artists (Kozo Ueda, PhD, Takahiro Okada, PhD and Minoru Hirota, PhD) join forces to show you how to sketch the female figure through 55 stepbystep drawing lessons. Each instructor will walk you through their philosophy for croquis sketching. Croquis sketches are quicklyrendered drawings that capture the essentials of a subject's form and pose with relatively few expressive lines.
There are four levels of sketching described in the book:
- 1minute croquis: very rapid gesture drawings that capture only the artist's impressions of the form, and where the pencil stays in contact with the paper for practically the entire session
- 2minute croquis: another quick sketch, but with more attention paid to the character and rhythm of the lines and how they help to express the essence of the form 5minute croquis: a more finished drawing where added tonal variations suggest volume and anatomical details 10minute croquis: more of a finished drawing than true croquis, the longer session allows the luxury of adding fine details such as the facial expression, the character of the hands and clothing texture Learn to sketch the following: Individual body parts (including faces) and their bone structure and muscles Standing and sitting poses Nudes and clothed figures Light and dark tonal variations Dynamic poses Color drawings You'll quickly hone your sketching skills with this lifedrawing classroominabook. The expert advice and observations, dozens of poses to study, as well as easytounderstand notes and tips make it easy to understand how the skeleton, muscles and posture all come together to express the uniquely female form.
