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Figure Drawing without a Model: Anatomy, Movement and Character Expression from Memory and Imagination. Paperback – 31 July 1997

by Ron Tiner (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
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By Ron Tiner Figure Drawing Without a Model (3rd Revised edition)
By Ron Tiner Figure Drawing Without a Model (3rd Revised edition)
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From the basics of drawing from life, to drawing the human figure from memory, Tiner offers a course of instruction. Illustrated with the author's own work, it is designed to encourage artists of all levels of ability, including cartoonists and graphic artists. The book begins with informal sketches and a brief introduction to anatomical structure before going on to explain figure movement and how the body shows its age, expresses emotion and displays character.
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  1. Print length
    160 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    David & Charles
  4. Publication date
    31 July 1997
  5. Dimensions
    20.32 x 1.27 x 27.94 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0715306464
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0715306468
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...a book revealing the secrets of good drawing... an instructive guide to imaginative drawing... -- Western Morning News, January 1992

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ David & Charles; New edition (31 July 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0715306464
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0715306468
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.32 x 1.27 x 27.94 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 51 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Trefor
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful grounding in drawing figures
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2017
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I've had one of these for about 15 years.. I'm not at all artistic but on the odd occasion I've wanted to draw something it has helped me.. I bought this copy for my step daughter who' getting into drawing and likes figures .. it's very useful for anyone looking to incorporate figures into their drawings.
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Dee Strachan
5.0 out of 5 stars Bought this second hand - wish that I had the money to buy it new
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2014
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Came across this book doing my part time degree in illustration. Not sure about my capabilities to 'draw' realistic figures. This book has some really good advice. The book that I bought was in fairly poor condition, but it's still a great tool. Very good for anyone who is struggling with figure drawing. Just love it. Buy now.
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Chas C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for anybody wishing to try illustrating
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2016
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Excellent for anybody wishing to try illustrating. Especially useful to any one wishing to produce finished illustrations and rough ideas.
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Ivan
4.0 out of 5 stars Proper book for actual artists
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2011
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The internet is teeming with advice on drawing people. There are web site tutorials. There are sites which are hard sell brochures for "wait, if you buy today, I'll also throw in this $329 value report on nose shapes!!" home study courses. There are also, of course, ads for books.

What most of these seem to have in common is the desire to teach photocopier-accurate rendering of existing photographs into pencil-lead facsimiles. This may be O.K. as a party trick or for preparation of a conversation piece "What? YOU did that? It looks just like a real artist done it!" but why re-invent the wheel?

Rendering is not really drawing. It is more akin to tracing and colouring-in. Very impressive, certainly and skilful even, but pencil-by-numbers it also surely is. Its perceived value is that it is a manual process, and the ads foster the impression that this is all that art is. Craft it is, certainly, but always it looks exactly like what it is - a copy of a photograph - and the art value surely lies with the original.

What we have here is a book about putting the vision of one's mind's eye onto paper. A necessary step is translating literal vision onto paper.
This means adopting a mind and skill set acquirable by observation and sketching.
And how does one sketch?
What does one sketch?

RTFM

Figure Drawing Without a Model helps reorientate the reader's head so that they can be effectively creative - i.e. an artist.

What it won't do is give anyone a secret trick to enable them to produce slick and soulless paint-by-numbers hobby pieces. If that's all you aspire to,this is indeed the wrong book and you'll not like it.
It is not a cheaters' guide. It is a guide to the best way to develop real skills and it urges that one practices the things that it identifies.

For someone looking for an aid to producing better commercial visuals, pre-rendered layouts, comic books or fine art, this is a useful tool.

Recommended.
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Ann Field
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 June 2018
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in excellent condition
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Anna M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 November 2016
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Brilliant book - learnt so much from this !
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M. Sheeky
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 November 2005
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This is an excellent book on the subject that includes everything one needs to know about drawing people from ones imagination.
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Bookaholic Jen
3.0 out of 5 stars Cheap price - worthwhile
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2012
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A lot of what's in the book wasn't relevant to me as I'm not into book illustration. However, for the very cheap price I paid, it was worth it for the general parts on figure drawing.
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Amazon Kunde
5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr nützlich
Reviewed in Germany on 6 February 2020
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Sehr guter Qualität, neu, 2nd edition. Ich habe vor ein paar Jahren die 1. Version gehabt. Sehr gut für Anfänger aber auch für diejenigen, die es vergessen haben oder die die freundliche, gute Beratung und Ermutigung brauchen..
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persico
5.0 out of 5 stars soddisfatto
Reviewed in Italy on 11 January 2019
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Puntuali nella consegna secondo i tempi previsti. Libro come da descrizione
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Breton Bertrand
4.0 out of 5 stars If you already draw but want a "teacher"
Reviewed in France on 27 March 2018
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A really nice book that will fly over the different states of drawing from scratch. It will help you have solid bases before getting into more refined illustrations. I recommand it for beginners only.
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Lars Spears
5.0 out of 5 stars Content is worth it.
Reviewed in the United States on 14 December 2012
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I normally don't write reviews this often but, This book is definitely helpful and while I order the hard cover edition. I really enjoy how this product is presented. I haven't read through yet but I heard many good things about Ron Tiner, A fellow artist who's in the industry recommended me this book. I'm on the side of the technical artist and I'm not usually good at drawing from mind but always need photo reference to get started and boost my ideas.

I recommend to check this book out. The knowledge and content is invaluable for those who are an artist with a weak imagination. Aleast thats what I consider myself.
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Alek
5.0 out of 5 stars Book, worthy of note.
Reviewed in the United States on 30 September 2008
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Not exactly what I expected, but a interesting book nonetheless.

I especially enjoyed the first half of the book(and it was the reason I got it).
This is not a clean cut "how to" book, this is not a beginner's book either.

It is general guide, from the viewpoint of a veteran British illustrator, for those who already know how to handle a pencil.

As I said before, an interesting book.
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