Figure Drawing for Beginners
Column (and movement)
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez , Illustrator
About the video: Column (and movement)
Overview
“By having the elements of the upper body (head, torso and pelvis), we will divide the spine into 3 parts, cervical (neck), dorsal (torso) and lumbar (between the torso and pelvis) and then divide them into vertebrae 7, 12 and 5 respectively. Then we will see how these vertebrae are connected to understand the range of motion of the upper body. ”
In this video lesson ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez addresses the topic: Column (and movement), which is part of the Domestika online course: Figure Drawing for Beginners. Learn basics techniques to draw the human body with precise proportions and without using a model.
Partial transcription of the video
“THE SPINE Now we'll take these three parts of the body, and connect them through the spine. Here we have a simplified view of the head from the side, a simplified view of the ribcage, also from the side, and a simplified pelvic girdle. One reason to memorize these proportions is that we can play around with them, but always in connection with a very important element. This important element extends to this midpoint, connects here, and goes to the middle of this part of the ribcage. And we'll find the first few vertebrae, the cervical vertebrae. Then, up to the middle here, along this whole ...”
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Course summary for: Figure Drawing for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching

ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez
Miguel Bustos Gómez, better known as Zursoif, is a Colombian artist, illustrator, and teacher with 15 years' professional experience. He has been teaching at Casatinta since 2012, leading drawing, anatomy, and illustration workshops. He has also worked as an illustrator for different publishers including Rey Naranjo on Gabo: memorias de una vida mágica, 2012; Ediciones Vestigio on El Pornógrafo, 2019; and Editorial Planeta on El difícil oficio de perdonar, 2019.
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