Drawing Figures is a practical guide to a wide range of figure-drawing techniques. More than 300 photographs guide the beginner through a series of exercises designed to teach all the essentials. Revealing projects focus on professional drawings, shown in the making so novices can follow the creative process step-by-step. Unique gallery pages display works of masters---drawings that will instruct and inspire every student of the medium.
Internationally noted artist Ray Smith has exhibited in solo and group shows around the world. A lecturer at the Chelsea School of Art and at Exeter Art College, he was recently Artist-in-Residence at the University of Southampton in the UK. Smith has received many distinguished awards for his work, including an Arts Council Award, a Lindbury Trust artist's award, and the Deutscher Jugendbuch Preis. He has written several titles in The DK Art School series, and is the author of The Artist's Handbook and How to Draw and Paint What You See.