Figure Drawing for Beginners
Thigh and leg
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez , Illustrator
About the video: Thigh and leg
Overview
“In this lesson we will start with the hip joint, the drawing of the femur and the movements that this joint allows. Then we will make the connection with the kneecap, the tibia and the fibula to explain the possibilities of the knee joint. ”
In this video lesson ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez addresses the topic: Thigh and leg, 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 THIGHS AND LEGS We've seen the proportions of the lower limbs, let's look at how the thighs and legs move. To do this, we'll use a sort of template of the proportions of the pelvic girdle, the femur, the tibia and the fibula. Notice that the tibia and fibula, when seen from the front, barely move. They can't move like this. Their movement comes from the femur in the hip joint. In this case, these are lateral movements, but keep in mind that the femur is inserted in the pelvic girdle. Abduction and adduction. All other movements take place in the side view. So, we have our hip joint, we ...”
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Course summary for: Figure Drawing for Beginners
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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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