Fundamentals of Figure Drawing: A Complete Course for Artists of All Abilities

by Barrington Barber

Fully illustrated on each page to help illuminate the point being made, Barrington's sketches and drawings inspire the reader to strive to reach the same level of excellence in draughtsmanship and technical know-how. He explains how to make the most of life classes and how to handle different scenes.

Genres: Art, Drawing, Nonfiction, Reference

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Barrington Barber originally worked in advertising and television as designer and art director. Then taught at Ealing Art School. Then practiced as a freelance designer, illustrator, painter at Augustine Studios. He was Head of Art at St James’s Independent Schools. Author and illustrator of Fundamentals of Drawing and about 20 other books for Arcturus Publishing. Now paints, draws and writes about art.

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid reference book with clear, casual writing and good example drawings. Very useful. Not always the most modern language used when referring to peoples bodies but when considering bodies as shapes to replicate accurately/artfully it’s maybe tricky not to - a little dated but not terrible. I liked how it was organized, it was concise and readable. I read the whole thing through straight and will probably go through again in chunks while actually doing some of the drawing exercises and refer back as I go. It’s a library book so I only have it for another week or two, but if I ever saw this book for sale I’d buy my own copy to keep as a reference.

[Mohammèd Zidan]

i love it