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The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing (Paperback)

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S. (24 Jun 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0823003035
ISBN-13: 978-0823003037
Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 20.8 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on the subject, 6 Jul 2002

By	James M. Read "jimread" (Birmingham UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've had the book for a couple of weeks now, have read all of the text and am still studying the illustrations. This isn't a drawing primer, there's none of that, 'now draw a sphere' sort of thing, you are expected to know something abut drawing or endure a steep learning curve, having said that though, please do read on.

Before I bought this book I was a 'smudger' shifting the graphite around the page using a tortillon with all the disadvantages of trying to find the 'right' paper and being unable to correct mistakes. The cross-hatching method can be used on a variety of papers, but I would recommend anyone starting drawing to use one that will take a lot of erasing, a Bristol Board or Fabriano 5 being amongst the best.

The illustrations in the book are not of the self congratulatory kind, each complete work is broken down into a series of detailed close ups. By studying these you can make out the actual marks on the paper and see properly how the contours are achieved. When I first started drawing I found myself very timid at making my marks with the inevitable result; a wishy washy drawing! Anthony's book gives you the permission you need to make deep black marks, to use edges for shadows and to make bold white highlights.

The text gives an insight not only into the technique of drawing but also how Anthony feels about it. His feeling of absolute joy at a perfect curve comes across very strongly and is an inspiration to the reader, I feel as though I have found a friend.

Cross-hatching is more difficult than 'smudging' no doubt about that, but, I can say that after finishing one image and being half way through another it's going to be my preferred method of drawing. I only wish that I'd seen the book earlier and used the technique from the start.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporar, 18 May 2003

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I have collected numerous books about drawing and in particular quite a few on anatomy for artists in several languages as I like to see how other countries teach and expose exemplary works in various genre. This one became immediately a favorite. It goes into much detail, without necessarily calling body parts, to show an artist who might already be drawing well, how to deepen one's understanding of the mechanical process and reach museum quality results in their upcoming works. It is especially nice for artists who do not expect to (1)be in the proximity of a venerable institution such as 'the League'; (2) have access to personal mentor of this caliber; or (3) afford fancy workshops-or Tony Ryder's course in France. Artists in the boonies should run not walk to get a copy. It is well written, with humour as well as precision.
There are so many books on the market for beginning artists; I find this personally well received for either advanced artists or serious aspirants thereof, who as I, think there is seldom anything more beautiful than a seemingly simple but well-executed drawing. I think artists will want to read it from cover to cover in one sitting (perhaps as I, while still in the bookstore). It may,in years to come, turn into one of those texts that people are always trying to get their hands on a copy. Even gallery owners and admirers of beautiful works on paper who don't practice art themselves per se can enlighten their appreciation. This is the kind of book some artists might not want to show their artist friends--like those surprisingly revealed in David Hockney's book!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A peerless accomplishment, 6 April 2001

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To inspire me to draw I've looked at all kinds of books, and drawings by da Vinci, Rembrandt, Rubens, the lot. I have been varingly moved, but never like I've been by the drawings in this book. The models stand solidly in space, every ripple of cellulite expressed, and so alive I fell in love with a few of them. And this is no mere photorealism; it is the fruit of close and prolonged observation and the book is a beautiful record of what the artist actually saw. No quick sketches these, they are testimony to the rewards of the sustained study. Each finished drawing took 36 hours- and it shows. One thing I learned was that chief among the reasons my drawings don't satisfy me is that I haven't spent 100th of the necessary time looking, measuring, drawing, revising. This man doesn't draw these figures, he sculpts them on the page. If this doesn't have you in tears of pleasure and envy, perhaps you should take up the guitar. Superlative, and a true expression of the classical tradition at the highest level.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Full of helpful techniques, but perhaps not for everyone
This book is full of sound advice. Whilst it is definitely worth a read through, one thing it lacks is an encouragement to develop a variety of approaches to drawing the figure... Read more

Published 4 months ago by A. White

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!
I've wanted this book for sometime, so when I recieved it and flicked through it the first time, I was highly intrigued as to whether my hunch was correct. BINGO! Read more

Published 4 months ago by arts'n'all

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent piece of work
Ryder is an accomplished artist and teacher whose work speaks for itself. In this book he explains in considerable detail how to go about figure drawing. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporar
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