Guided Course: Master Anatomy with Just a Pencil
Podcast: Beyond Stick Figures: True Anatomy
A guided course by Ella Nitters , Medical and Scientific Illustrator
About the video: Podcast: Beyond Stick Figures: True Anatomy
Overview
“This reflection explores how learning to draw people isn't about talent—it's about finally noticing what’s been in front of you all along. Discover the magic of seeing anatomy as a visual language, where every sketch becomes a conversation with your own body and every line builds the confidence to move beyond the stick figure.”
In this video lesson Ella Nitters addresses the topic: Podcast: Beyond Stick Figures: True Anatomy, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Course: Master Anatomy with Just a Pencil. Master anatomical drawing with graphite pencil techniques, learn shading, create realistic studies, enhance observation skills.
Partial transcription of the video
“You know that moment when someone asks you to draw a person and you immediately panic because your artistic repertoire maxes out at stick figures with slightly better hair. Yeah, we've all been there. Welcome to the Domestika podcast, where stick figure shame ends today. Turns out the difference between I can't draw people and Holy cow. That looks like an actual human, Isn't some mysterious talent you're born with? It's just knowing where to look. And what to ignore. Let's address the elephant in the room. Anatomy textbooks are terrifying. Open one up. And you're immediately assaulted by la...”
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Course summary for: Guided Course: Master Anatomy with Just a Pencil
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Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing
Ella Nitters
A guided course by Ella Nitters
Ella Nitters is a medical and scientific illustrator from Rotterdam, Netherlands. As a child, she was phobic of human anatomy, especially skeletons, but, influenced by her grandfather, was always interested in drawing. Her degree in industrial design engineering from Delft University of Technology helped her consolidate a combination of analytical thinking and creativity. After deciding to pursue illustration, anatomy slowly became an important part of her work, and she discovered that fear and fascination often go hand in hand.
The aim of her art is clarity, and her process consists of getting lost in the scientific details of organic structures. She works for a variety of clients on projects relating to surgical procedures, patient information, medical innovations, and scientific articles. In 2018, she won a World Illustration Award for her representation of the microsurgery done on a rat.
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