The Beginner's Guide Human Anatomy: An artist's Step-by-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials

by James Horton

Experiment with a range of drawing materials, from chalks and charcoal to watercolors and oils, allowing each medium to enhance your work. Understand the body’s structure and how it moves. Develop your skills with a series of exciting projects, including arms, torso and legs, heads, the male and female body, a female reclining, an athlete, and a dancer.

80 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2002

Reviews

[Girl Underground · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good primer for an artist's anatomy practice. It may not be the most accessible for beginning artist's, but it's a good next step if you have a strong grasp of proportion. The drawing projects are worth repeating a few times while you get comfortable with these basic concepts, but you'd get more out of it if you broke out of the book's drawing prompts and started drawing out of your own head or off different models.

[Anthony Keys · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great fundamentals for an artist. I feel more equipped to start my graphic novel!

[Paula Greenfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book about drawing and the different medias that one can draw with. From pencils, to charcoal, paint to pastels.