Drawing Hands & Feet: Form - Proportions - Gestures and Actions

by Giovanni Civardi

Using pencils, charcoal, pastels, pen and ink, watercolours, felt pens and more, Giovanni teaches the importance of observation and sketching, and how to capture life and movement. He shows how to simplify the hands and feet of children and adults, with illustrations and an easy-to-understand section on the importance of anatomy and proportions. Further explanations about light, shade and tone give helpful advice on capturing the essence of the drawing. Many different techniques are included, from the linear method where the contours of the shapes are sketched, to the structural method where the main areas are emphasised. For anyone interested in the figure, this book is invaluable. It is packed with information, quick sketches and more elaborate works.

Genres: Art, Drawing, Reference

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2005

About the author

Giovanni Civardi is a sculptor, ritrattista and illustrator.

In parallel with his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brera, he studied medicine and surgery.

Ciondolo for more than ten years, he worked as an illustrator for newspapers, magazines, also making book covers.

He has made numerous personal exhibitions in Italy and abroad.

Author of drawing books for amateurs and aesthetics, he has been a professor of anatomy and drawing of the human body in public schools and private establishments.

Reviews

[Hon Lady Selene · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Honourable Reader slams her Glorious Hand against the table. It aches like a motherfucker, yet as her mind is preoccupied elsewhere she takes little notice of it apart from registering that it aches like a motherfucker. And for what? She sighs whilst making a fist, but the mind is screaming, "WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER SOME FORM OF EXPLANATORY MANUAL ON HANDS - WITH EXPLANATORY SKETCHES OF THE SAME BLASTED HAND IN EITHER THE SAME MEDIUM WITH DIFFERENT POSITIONS OR THE SAME POSITIONS WITH DIFFERENT MEDIUMS???????"

Suddenly, a stoic Giovanni Civardi enters the stage. He calmly places this book in front of the Honourable Reader and with a casual tone says, "Nothing. Ecco qua," turns away and exists the stage.

The curtain falls.

The end.

[Thetlintun · Rating 5 out of 5]

i like this book