Moving Or Still, Nude Or Clothed: Still Strikingly Stunning
The blog post subject applies to a human body, in this case especially to a woman's figure. Yet, any body is beautiful: the lines, the muscles, the curves that Nature gifted all of us independently of gender, race, etc.; are stunning.
From August through December of this year I had a great opportunity to be in a Figure Drawing Class with one of the best art professors in San Francisco Bay Area, Jane Fisher.
In this class we learned the terms and definitions of human body anatomy; particularly the bones.
The main reason that I've attended this class was a priceless chance to draw the live models from San Francisco Art Model agency.
"Study of the human figure has traditionally been considered the best way to learning how to draw, beginning in the late Renaissance and continuing to the present"
(Kimon Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw, ISBN 0395205484)
When our professor told us that she fell in love with human anatomy, especially bones, I was questioning it: how can you be in love with, let's say, skull or rib cage, or coccyx (the "tale-bone").. But after drawing quite a few sketches of skeletons and gestures of live models, I have to admit: The human body IS AMAZING. There is no straight line, all bones and muscles ARE meant to be in the right place for a right function! Unbelievable!
In this class (which is actually a first part of complete course of Figure Drawing) I've done probably more than 100 quick sketches of the fast (2, 5, or 10 min) movements; around 20 long studies of the body, many body parts drawings from anatomy books and old masters artworks. That was quite an experience. The class was intense, filled with condensed knowledge, lots of interesting slides, facts, and inspirations for a future research.
Here are just a few drawings of the models. Some of them are in charcoal some in ink, some of them on white paper, others on toned:
... and many more drawings are in the Nude gallery, which will be growing not only with classic studies, but also with somewhat abstract or romantic paintings.
In Every Piece Of My Art There Is A Piece Of My Heart And A Sparkle Of My Soul
