Figure Drawing for Beginners
Body volume
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez , Illustrator
About the video: Body volume
Overview
“After having learned the proportions of the figure, we will explore different representations of body volume based on simple geometric shapes that will help us understand the body in 3 dimensions. ”
In this video lesson ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez addresses the topic: Body volume, 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 VOLUME OF THE BODY Having explained the axes of the body, in this lesson, we'll talk about volume. To work on the volume of the body, we need to keep in mind that each of these elements is three-dimensional. It's not just the ribcage, it's not just the pelvic girdle, there are a bunch of muscles and organs surrounding these elements. We can start by drawing very simple figures that gradually wrap around these elements, just sort of accompanying them and adding width to all these elements. In some cases, the differences between the female and male body have to do with volume and the comp...”
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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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