Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing
Proportions in history
A course by Leonardo Gauna , Illustrator
Learn how to observe and depict the human figure with exercises to develop your style
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About the video: Proportions in history
Overview
“We will see here a theoretical and technical explanation about the meaning of the gold number, its application in mathematics, its appearance in nature and especially in the human figure. We will also briefly look at some traditional theoretical structures on anatomical proportion that were historical references throughout the discipline.”
In this video lesson Leonardo Gauna addresses the topic: Proportions in history, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing. Learn how to observe and depict the human figure with exercises to develop your style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Proportions in history Now we will see some proportions in the history of art. By this I mean schematics, strategies or ways in which some civilizations they found this representation of the human figure, organized in a number, structure, parameter, or canon type. The canon is the unit of a proportion. For example, for the Egyptians this unit was a fist. So each head, each complete structure from head to toe It had to measure more or less 19 units. Here you can see how the 19 are organized in a standing figure and in a sitting figure. As they reach from the foot to the head, they are organi...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing
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Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching
A course by Leonardo Gauna
Leonardo Gauna is an illustrator with more than ten years of experience, who lives in the city of La Plata, Argentina. He has already worked as an illustrator for different media, institutions, agencies, and galleries that have taken him to cities like Tokyo, Toronto, Paris, Belo Horizonte, Prague, and Houston, among many others, presenting artistic and educational projects.
In 2014, TASCHEN included his work in the book Illustration Now 5! He has 12 books published and, in his latest, he compiles some of his work as an illustrator. He currently teaches workshops, courses, and carries out research on virtual reality, the subject of his thesis for his degree in Plastic Arts at the University of La Plata.
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