Figure Drawing for Beginners
Body shafts
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez , Illustrator
About the video: Body shafts
Overview
“To start drawing the figure in more dynamic poses I will explain how the lines of the spine, shoulders, and hip help us to represent the figure in a schematic but effective way. ”
In this video lesson ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez addresses the topic: Body shafts, 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 AXES OF THE BODY Now that we've seen the proportions of the feet, in this unit, we're going to start exploring movement. This lesson will focus on the axes of the body. But, before we start, let's quickly review how to draw the human body. Draw a straight line and divide it in eight equal parts. Make circles in those equal parts. Keep in mind that the most important axes are the spinal column, which starts in this third and continues through this third of the pelvic girdle. We drew this in a very simplified sketch. The head, the sternum, the ribs, the lower ribcage, the pelvic girdle. T...”
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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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