Life Class: Studying the Nude

by Arthur Zaidenberg

In words, in drawings, and in superb full-page photos of actual models, this is your guide to mastering the most fascinating of all artistic challenges. Beginning with a clear explanation of how to draw the simplest, most basic forms, this book leads the reader through a carefully planned succession of poses and artistic possibilities. Here is instruction usually obtainable only in the privacy of the studio.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

"In the past three years, I have travelled completely around the world three times, sketching and painting," writes artist Arthur Zaidenberg. Before that, My wife and I would spend each winter in some foreign country - Brazil, Morocco, Italy, France, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico and Cuba - where we would rent a house and paint."

Creator of the highly successful series of art instruction books for young people, Mr. Zaidenberg received his training at the National Academy and Art Students League in New York and the Beaux Arts in Paris. He also studied in Rome and Munich.

A number of his works are in the permanent collection of both the Metropolitan and Brooklyn museums. Mr. Zaidenberg has also had several one-man shows and many of his murals appear in hotels and public buildings in the United States.

Formerly an instructor at New York University, Mr. Zaidenberg has done the illustrations for a complete works of Shakespeare as well as other classics of literature.

Recent additions to his How-to-Draw series include How to Draw Butterflies, Bees and Beetles and How to Draw Landscapes, Sea-scapes and Cityscapes.