DRAWING: Figures
About this ebook
<p>Learn to draw people, characters, and the human form by exploring the subject’s fundamental principles with expert Michel Lauricella—artist, teacher, and best-selling author of the <i>Morpho</i> drawing series of books. This brief but information-packed guide covers essential concepts such as:</p>
<ul>• Body proportions</ul>
<ul>• Facial features</ul>
<ul>• Skeletal structure</ul>
<ul>• Muscular anatomy</ul>
<ul>• Simplified forms</ul>
<ul>• Silhouettes and contours</ul>
<ul>• Perspective and foreshortening</ul>
<ul>• Value and shading</ul>
<ul>• Clothing folds</ul>
<p>Each concept is clearly explained and richly illustrated, allowing you to deepen your understanding and effectively apply these techniques in your own work.</p>
<b>Table of Contents</b><br>
Body Proportions<br>
Head Proportions<br>
Hair<br>
Eyes and Nose<br>
Mouth and Ears<br>
Hands<br>
Feet<br>
Skeletal Structure<br>
Bone Reference Points<br>
Muscular Anatomy<br>
Skin and Fat<br>
Simplified Forms<br>
Silhouettes<br>
Positive and Negative Space<br>
Structure<br>
Balance<br>
Contour and Continuous Line<br>
Lines of Force<br>
Perspective<br>
Foreshortening<br>
Value and Shading<br>
Clothing Folds<br>
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About the author
Michel Lauricella received his education at Paris’s École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (National School of Fine Arts). He has been teaching morphology for over twenty years, first at the Émile Cohl school in Lyons, then at the city of Paris’s Ateliers des Beaux-Arts, the Gobelins school in Paris, Lisaa in Paris, and the Atelier in Angoulême. He currently teaches at the Fabrica114 studio in Paris.
