Patrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 04 Anatomy – Exercise D
For exercise D we are going to do an drawing. The écorché is a drawing of the anatomy without the skin. In the past they used to do both drawings and sculptures of people and horses etc with just the muscles and bones etc. And this is really a great way to really understand how they all fit together and make the figure. Matter of fact if you can find a course locally that teachers you to make an Écorché figure it would be wonderful to take.
Any way for this exercise we are just going to do the drawing and in B&W. We want to do the full figure but you can pick the pose. Just make sure you have enough information to do it correctly.
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Featured Artist – Edwin Austin Abbey
Today’s featured artist is Edwin Austin Abbey (April 1, 1852 – August 1, 1911). Abbey was an American illustrator / artist during the golden age of illustration. He had a long and important career and was a very good artist. And I am glad to share him with every one today:)
Edwin Austin Abbey at wikipedia.
Edwin Austin Abbey at bpib.com.
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Featured Artist – Harry Grant Dart
Today’s featured artist is American illustrator Harry Grant Dart (1869 – 1938). He was mainly known for his futuristic airships. Hi work has recently gotten more recognition with the popularity of steampunk. He is not well known but you can read a little bit about him at Wikipedia.
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Featured Artists – Walter H. Everett
Walter H. Everett was a good but not so well known American illustrator. He seems to have had early success and was able to study with Pyle and be published in his early twenties. But it seems that while he was good at his art he was not as good with business and missed deadlines and his rent many times. You can read more about him here. (Half way down the page.) http://www.bpib.com
You can also see some of his work below.
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Patrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 04 Anatomy – Exercise C
For exercise C we are going to do a self portrait in B&W. You can use pencil, charcoal or another B&W medium you feel comfortable using. But just no computers yet:)
Here are some famous examples of self portraits by Courbet and Rembrandt to get you motivated:)
