What Makes A Great Figure Drawing?








Proportion


Anatomy


Shading


Drama




Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1510-11, Red, White and Black Chalk, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Proportion

Anatomy

Shading

Drama



Seated Nude Pablo Picasso Spanish 1943

Seated Nude Otto Dix German 1923
Standing Nude Henri Matisse French 1908–9
Jenny Saville, Study for Pentimenti Ill (sinopia),
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Madonna and Child, c. 1525
Pierre-Paul Prud’hon Male Nude Turning Black and white chalk Private collection
Joseph Christian Leyendecker c. 1895
Hashiguchi, Goyō, 1881-1921, artist

Dream: I want to be a good at drawing.

Goal: I will draw for two hours to improve my skills and powers of observation.

Drawing America

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