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Human proportions
This document discusses drawing the human body and proportions. It covers topics like the skeleton, proportions throughout history and for different ages, as well as variations and whether an idealistic or realistic style is preferable. It also touches on gesture drawing, interesting fashions, and drawing the female and male body.
Human proportions
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Editor's Notes
- #3 Proportions of the human body and its relation to the golden ratios and angles of ancient greece have been evaluated for thousands of years.
- #4 Just like we can use sighting techniques to break down a still life into ratios and sections, we can break down the figure into known spaces.
- #5 A further study of anatomy can break down not only the skeletal landmarks, but also the musculature of the human body.
- #14 Practice makes perfect and drawing the figure over and over and over again will help understand the many different poses and positions the figure can take.
- #15 If your pursuit is to draw the human figure properly, practice makes perfect. Many many many gesture drawings will help with this.